Much Ado About Jinu: Cancel Culture vs. Mercy and Grace
In our final reflection on Kpop Demon Hunters, the most challenging part of the movie is how we reconcile the truth about who Jinu has been (a clearly flawed human […]
Between Imposter and the Monster: Hope for the Hopeless
Over the course of the KPop Demon Hunters movie, each of the glimpses we get into Jinu’s broken and shame-ridden psyche builds to a crescendo as he sings the words […]
Forgiveness and Restoration: Unexpected Beauty in the Broken Glass
The revelation that Rumi carried the very same patterns as the enemies they had spent their entire lives fighting was almost too much for her teammates to bear… and the […]
Jinu’s “Deal With the Devil”: Seeking Peace in the Wrong Places
In KPop Demon Hunters, Jinu’s “Deal with the Devil” is a tragic example of seeking peace and absolution from the wrong places. Unable to silence the voices in his head […]
Rumi’s Private Pain and Secret Shame: Concealing Never Leads to Healing
In spite of all of her success as the lead singer and warrior of Huntrix, Rumi held a secret that she was hiding from the world as well as those […]
Nintendo’s Wii Sports: Making the Game Accessible to All
The Nintendo Wii certainly had many highlights during it’s run, but the one game that definitively determined the success of this unique console was “Wii Sports”. The simplicity and accessibility […]
The Nintendo 64: From Super Mario to Superman
The Nintendo 64 console was home to many of the best video game releases of all time, but that doesn’t mean that they always got it right. The same platform […]
Deconstructing the Duck Hunt Dog
The gaming villain who had the greatest impact on me at a young age wasn’t Ganon, Ridley, or even Bowser… it was the Duck Hunt Dog. It wasn’t because he […]
An “Ugly Sonic” Start, a “Super Sonic” Finish
Video games have a really poor track record of becoming successful movies, and it looked like that trend would continue when the first images of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie […]
Sonic and Shadow: Parallel Pains, Diverging Destinies
In many ways Sonic and Shadow’s journeys run parallel to each other, as both hedgehogs have endured far more than their fair share of painful losses and unprovoked challenges in […]
Finding God in Video Games 