Releasing Our Burdens: Walking Away to Pray
I have learned a critical truth over my years of playing (and sometimes getting stuck) in video games… many times I just need to put the controller down, walk away, […]
Pray Without Ceasing: Even Spartans Have to Recharge Their Shields
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a fairly reckless Halo player… the knowledge that I’m playing as a Spartan soldier covered from head to toe in powerful Mjolnir […]
Steam: Digital Ownership or a “License” to Play?
After years of building up a PC platform juggernaut that has become so dominant that physical PC games have basically ceased to exist, Steam is finally sharing the truth at […]
Halo Switching to Unreal: A Foundation That Will Last
Halo’s move from utilizing their own propriety “Slipspace” technology to announcing they will build all future Halo content using the “Unreal” game engine is a pretty significant decision… the studio […]
Halo: A Story Told in Parts
Playing through the original Halo games back when they first launched is a vastly different experience than returning to replay them now. In my first playthrough, this seemingly basic “space […]
Intentional Preparation Prior to Battle Participation
In Kingdom Hearts, the intentional choices we make before our mission to prepare for it has a massive impact on how they play out. From deciding how to invest the […]
Open Worlds With Closed Doors
While each world in Kingdom Hearts is open for general exploration, there are many areas within each level that are not designed for us to interact with. While trying to […]
Sanctuary: A Soundtrack That We Choose
The musical soundtrack behind each level of Kingdom Hearts does more than provide a bit of ambience… it changes the way we perceive the area that we are in and […]
Healing in the Midst of our Battle
In most of my modern gaming adventures, my characters have the ability to “auto-heal”… simply getting out of combat for a few seconds gives them the chance to catch their […]
Sora and a Journey of Affliction
The most memorable video game stories I’ve ever played always involved a massive amount of very painful, VERY personal challenges for the protagonist to overcome. But the reason these stories […]
Finding God in Video Games 