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 […]
Final Fantasy and “Amnesiac Protagonists”: Becoming a New Creation in Christ
“Amnesiac protagonists” are a pretty common trope in video games, and it’s one that the Final Fantasy series has successfully employed many times. Our gaming avatar is just as unfamiliar […]
Xbox’s Unique Console Naming Process: A New Creation
Over the years every console developer has had their own specific naming style for each version of their hardware… but if I’m being honest, I’ve always found Microsoft’s choices to […]
Dealing With “Unfair Nicknames” in Animal Crossing and Beyond
One of the ways that Animal Crossing makes the villagers in the game feel like real characters is the way they come up with nicknames for my avatar. Typically, they […]
From Disgrace to Grace: Turning our Marks of Shame into our Testimony
While Jinu’s past makes it hard to see him as a fully sympathetic character, the constant voice of Gwi-Ma in his ears reminding him of his failure and making him […]
A New Start for a New Year… for Ourselves and Others
There have been several times in my gaming history when I reached the horrific realization that I needed a fresh start… and I don’t mean simply resetting a checkpoint or […]
Xbox Console Names: A New Creation
While each current console developer has their own specific naming style for each version of their hardware, Microsoft’s has been, well… a little confusing. After their original system was simply […]
Finding God in Video Games 