And The Award for Best Supporting Character Goes To… Bob? (Acts 9:10-18)
Master Chief. Link. Lara Croft. Commander Shepard. Bob from accounting. Solid Snake. Hold on, hold on… let’s just back up the train for a second. Who in the world is […]
Reaching For the Fast Travel Button? When Getting There is None of the Fun (2 Cor 11:23-27)
As our games grow larger and open-world gaming via an overworld map or at least a hub world has become the standard operating procedure for almost every major title that […]
Through a Glass Darkly: Adventures In Babysitting (In Space) 1 Cor 13:12
“Shoot the red eye! No, the RED eye! RED! RED!!!! Ok, shoot the Middle eye! The MIDDLE eye! The RED MIDDLE eye! See, now you are dead. I hope you […]
Do You Believe in Cake? (1 Kings 22, 2 Chronicles 18)
Portal. A game that began as a simple tech demo and became a franchise all of its own, complete with memorable characters, one of the great ending theme songs of […]
Much Ado About Minecraft: When You Just Don’t Get It (John 21, Acts 9)
It is embarrassing to admit this, but I have a somewhat sketchy track record when it comes to predicting the success of a gaming franchise. On one hand, I was […]
The Man in the Iron Mask: Cyborg Ninjas Need Forgiveness Too (1 Tim. 1:12-16)
When you are introduced as Cyborg Ninja, you are sort of destined to be remembered more for your suit than who is inside it. Nameless and faceless for much of […]
Plants, Zombies and Sacrifice: When the Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few (Acts 5-7)
I have a special place in my heart for the original Plants vs. Zombies. I know there have been two new releases that took this brand in a multiplayer shooter […]
Finishing the Fight: The Bittersweet Taste of the End Game (2 Timothy 4)
I have fallen prey to this more times than I can count… that deep feeling of melancholy associated with reaching the final endgame sequence in a well-told video game story. […]
When the Ending Really Matters: Mass Effect and the Difficulty with Pre-Destination (Romans 8)
Obi Wan Kenobi said it best when he sadly intoned “It was as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced”. But I am not […]
Knights of the Old Republic – The Thin Line Between Jedi and Sith (1 Cor. 9:19-23)
It is time… time to discuss what I hold to be the single greatest video game of all time – Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic. If there […]
Finding God in Video Games 