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Sacred Space: What’s Wrong with Videogames in Church?“My objection to video games in church boils down to what makes a church.”
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Mixed Signals: How to Make a Proper Apology“Learning to make a proper apology is one of those indispensable life skills that we all need but few of us were trained to deliver appropriately.”
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Videogames Killed Authorial Intent
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 5 CommentsA few days ago, Kill Screen Magazine’s web site published the first of a regular series I’m writing for them called “Top Down.” It’s basically a series of posts that draws out the worldview impressions and implications that games have, as a result of their... -
The Most Popular Posts of 2010: #8 – Inception: Reality is Not a Game
Posted on January 18, 2011 | No CommentsInception isn't so abstract. It's not about the future. It's about the dangers we face here and now. -
Most Popular Posts of 2010: #9 – The Lost Finale: All of This Matters
Posted on January 13, 2011 | No CommentsIt's not that we need to make sense of the finale. We need to make peace with it. -
Most Popular Posts of 2010: #10 – Glee’s Grilled Cheezus
Posted on January 11, 2011 | No CommentsGlee wonders if religion is beyond reason. -
Can an iPad Turn Me Into a Book Lover?
Posted on January 4, 2011 | 8 CommentsYeah, I am now one of those guys. I finally broke down and got an iPad. As a simple explanation: I needed something portable on which to consume and to write, but I dreaded the thought of a laptop. I wanted to buy something I... -
Christ and Pop Culture’s Guide to Christmas
Posted on December 15, 2010 | 1 CommentHave a Christmas question? We've got a Christmas answer! (Unless we don't) -
RetroPost: A Christian Defense of a “Secular” Christmas
Posted on December 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsHow should Christians react to this lovely mess of a holiday? -
Bristol, We Have a Situation.
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 4 CommentsCan I assume that everyone has seen Bristol Palin and “The Situation’s” safe sex PSA? If not, here, let me ruin your day! What’s noteworthy about this clip isn’t the stars included, but the incredibly muddled message of the PSA itself. After all, they were... -
RetroPost: Assassin’s Creed 2: Shot Through the Heart
Posted on November 16, 2010 | 1 CommentA video game tackles religion head-on. The results are mixed. -
Veronica Mars: The Ugly Truth, Barely Sensationalized
Posted on November 10, 2010 | 4 CommentsA long-lost teen mystery drama tackles human nature dead on. -
RetroPost: So You’ve Lost an Election…
Posted on November 9, 2010 | No CommentsRemember when Obama won that election? Wasn't that crazy? -
Podcast #97: A New Leaf
Posted on November 4, 2010 | 9 CommentsViolent games, a reactionary election, a horror-filled Halloween, immoral atheletes, and a Rocky Horror Picture Show. -
Embracing Our Ghosts
Posted on October 29, 2010 | 1 CommentThere's a kernel of truth behind every ghost story. -
Playing Human in a Video Game
Posted on October 20, 2010 | No CommentsCheck out my latest column for GameSetWatch: Gaming and Confronting Our Humanity It’s possible to write about games dispassionately, taking apart the storyline, the different technical aspects, and the gameplay features. It’s possible to give a game a numerical score in various categories, from sound... -
The Yoga Wars
Posted on October 7, 2010 | 15 CommentsOn Facebook, someone asked me: “What do YOU think of the Yoga Wars?” Here’s my response: Well, I don’t think Mohler’s wrong. To some degree, it seems to me like an issue of semantics. It’s possible, obviously, to do the various Yoga moves as physical... -
Glee’s “Grilled Cheesus”: Is Religion Beyond Reason?
Posted on October 7, 2010 | 7 CommentsWhen Glee addresses issues of faith, it's a hit and miss affair. -
How The Social Network Provides Painful Perspective
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 1 CommentA new film reminds us that we can't and shouldn't always place our trust in the system. -
Survivor and Games as a Mirror to Ourselves
Posted on September 30, 2010 | 1 CommentOn the latest episode of survivor, something kind of shocking happened. Naonka made quite a big move in order to acquire for herself a clue that would help further her in the game. In the words of Jeff Probst (from his highly recommended weekly blog... -
Podcast #96: Embracing the Idiot Box
Posted on September 30, 2010 | 1 CommentThe Fall TV Season demonstrates what interests us as a culture. -
If Outsourced was outsourced it would be significantly better.
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 1 CommentDid Outsourced ever stand a chance of being funny? Maybe. It could have defied expectations and depicted Indian culture as something beautiful and used it as a mirror to our own culture, demonstrating our own faults. Instead we see conversations like this: Todd: See, in...