Loving Those “Hard to Love” Enemies
Video game villains have evolved a LOT over the years… while our original antagonists like Ganon and Bowser had fairly basic motivations (making our lives difficult simply because they could), […]
The Key to Inner Peace: A Thankful Heart
Even my favorite games have portions in them that I’m not always “thankful” for… I don’t really enjoy “grinding” in Destiny, I don’t appreciate the time constraints in a Mario […]
Kingdom Hearts: Actively Prepared or Passively Equipped?
Thoughtfully choosing which items my character procures, carries, and uses tends to be critical to my success in the game I’m playing… there are dozens of different armor sets, swords, […]
Halo Plasma Pistol: Waiting or Charging?
The Covenant plasma pistol is often one of the most underrated weapons in the Halo series because it is the one that is most frequently used incorrectly. While its’ basic […]
Peace IN the Storm, Not FROM the Storm
While it can be hard to believe during some of the toughest controller-tossing battles we face, video games were designed for the player to WIN. There is a solution to every […]
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 […]
Finding God in Video Games 