Bucky Barnes: From “Winter Soldier” to Avenger
While every Marvel character has a complicated backstory of some kind, Bucky Barnes is in a league of his own. Sure, Iron Man was a selfish, greedy war profiteer and […]
Marvel’s Hawkeye: Gifts that are Matched to our Calling
Of all the people who make up the Avengers in the MCU, Hawkeye is the one who seems most out of place. He wasn’t given superpowers by exposure to gamma […]
Ben Grimm: A Unique Transformation for a “Fantastic” Calling
Ben Grimm was living a fairly normal life before he was exposed to the radiation that transformed him into “The Thing”… an accident that granted him superhuman strength and endurance, […]
The Fantastic Four’s Mr. Fantastic: The Adversities that “Stretch” us into our Destiny
Reed Richards already possessed an incredible gift to help humanity in the form of his genius level intellect, but it was the accident that gave him his “stretching powers” that […]
Spider-Man: The “Spider Bite” that Becomes our Calling
On the surface, there isn’t too much difference between Peter Parker’s “Spider-Man” and the gallery of rogues he is frequently forced to deal with. Each of them suffered devastating personal […]
Captain America and a “Worthy” Question
If you saw it without it being spoiled for you, then you know exactly what I’m talking about… the moment that ignited cheers in theaters around the world as Thor’s […]
Black Panther: Finding the Purpose in our “Rebirth”
T’Challa may have been born to be a leader, but he wasn’t born as his super-heroic alter-ego the Black Panther… it was only after he was “reborn” that he gained […]
Final Fantasy: Small Beginnings, Big Endings
Like most game series that have survived from their original 8-bit NES incarnations into the modern era of photo-realistic graphics, Final Fantasy has come a VERY long way. When this […]
Kingdom Hearts: A Kingdom for EVERY Heart
My favorite part of the Kingdom Hearts franchise has always been the incredible diversity of all of the characters that make it up. Gaming icons such as Cloud Strife and […]
Microsoft’s Minecraft Approach: Cross-Platform Cooperation
When Microsoft originally purchased Mojang, the studio responsible for Minecraft, fans were understandably worried that one of the largest franchises in the world would become an Xbox exclusive going forward. […]
Finding God in Video Games 