Darth Vader: A Case Study in Undeserved Mercy and Amazing Grace
The journey of Anakin Skywalker may be a little hard to accept from some of us… and perhaps that’s because we don’t believe he deserved his final redemptive arc. Anakin’s […]
Mira: A “Wild Child” Turned Warrior
As the self-proclaimed “wild child” of the Huntrix crew, Mira’s brash demeanor concealed her deepest wounds… a pain she revealed in her darkest hour as she repeated the lies of […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Unworthy” Thor: Moving Forward From our Past Mistakes
Thor might be one of the most powerful beings in the entire MCU, but the events of Avengers: Infinity War left him with a burden that all of his super […]
It Takes Two: Giving The Gift of Forgiveness
If you play a video game with another person long enough, they are inevitably going to make some mistakes… some that we find amusing, and others that may cause actual […]
The Duck Hunt Dog: Adding Insult to Injury
The game villain who had the greatest impact on me at a young age wasn’t Ganon, Bowser, or even Ridley… it was the Duck Hunt Dog. This nameless antagonist wasn’t […]
GameStop and a “Protection Predicament” (Broken Season – Part Three)
This one is a bitter one to write, because my personal history with GameStop and the brands over the years that it has absorbed (Babbage’s, Software Etc., EB Games, ThinkGeek, […]
Jedi Chronicles: A Personal Reflection in Restoration After Loss (Part 4)
Well, that was disappointing… after gaining so many valuable experience points and getting SO CLOSE to the next save point in my game, I was defeated in combat and lost […]
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and Licensed Games: A Path to Redemption? (Ezekiel 37)
“For over a thousand generations, licensed video games were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times… before the Empire.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi Okay… I […]
Finding God in Video Games 