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Two Can Play at That: What Komen Can Teach Us about BoycottsIs it justified, even heroic, to use power to force our will on others?
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When Games Matter: Arkham City and Seamless Storytelling
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No Comments"This moment in Arkham City gives me hope because it was a moment of truth. A moment when the world worked as it should and my determination to save it was tested." -
When Games Matter: Why Games Aren’t About Story
Posted on January 31, 2012 | 16 Comments"The best games give us a sense that we are making our own story and our place in that story is absolutely essential." -
When Games Matter: The Art of Story in The Binding of Isaac
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment"Isaac respresents a stellar achievement in storytelling by taking something as simple as "powerups" and using them to shed light on the troubling world in which a young boy lives." -
When Games Matter: For the Love of the Grind
Posted on January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment"The fact that Skyrim broke me of my anti-grinding ways is a tremendous compliment to the world that Todd Howard and his team at Bethesda have created." -
When Games Matter: Skyrim’s Personal Deities
Posted on January 3, 2012 | 26 Comments' . . . in this moment, Skyrim was working to encourage me to take this personally, to deal with the existence of a personal deity and determine how I would interact with it." -
When Games Matter: The Most Disappointing Game and the Best Review
Posted on December 20, 2011 | No Comments"Maybe one day, I will garner the courage to revisit L. A. Noire . . . . For now, however, it just makes me feel like a jerk." -
The War on Christmas and the Kingdom of Christ
Posted on December 19, 2011 | 9 CommentsIn fighting to keep Christ in Christmas are evangelicals embracing consumerism and ignoring Christ's Kingdom ethics? -
When Games Matter: When Music Makes a Game
Posted on December 13, 2011 | No Comments"The goal behind each of these puzzles is literally to coax pixies out of their hiding places and release their magical power. . . . . The greatest achievement of S&S, however, is never making the player feel ridiculous for doing these things." -
Is Tim Tebow Christianity’s MVP?
Posted on December 8, 2011 | 10 CommentsEvangelicalism's favorite quarterback may talk a good game, but it's the follow-through that counts. -
When Games Matter: The Wonderful Lore of Skyrim
Posted on December 6, 2011 | 11 Comments"... the multitude of these details serves to do something rather rare in video games--it makes the game more about the world than it is about me." -
When Games Matter: Game Night as Means to Sanctification
Posted on November 29, 2011 | 1 Comment"Too often I refuse to apply the Bible to the "little things" in life--like card games." -
When Games Matter: Why I Passed on Modern Warfare 3
Posted on November 22, 2011 | 6 Comments"I understand the appeal of MW3, but at the end of the day it really is just another shooter that emphasizes putting other people in their place." -
When Games Matter: Skyrim as Religious Experience
Posted on November 15, 2011 | 5 Comments"Despite these inherent risks, Skyrim has been a worshipful experience. And every mountain stream, every cave, and every village is but a foretaste of the world to come." -
When Games Matter: The Anatomy of a Boss Fight
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 11 Comments"Arkham City treats us the way we all want to be treated—it's fair, honest, and consistent." -
When Games Matter: My Wife, Dance Central 2, and the Importance of Feedback
Posted on November 1, 2011 | 4 Comments"She has beaten me by 2 million points before—if you watched us dance you would agree that this is just." -
When Games Matter: PayDay: The Heist and Virtual Crime
Posted on October 25, 2011 | 9 Comments"If we were to replace PayDay's security guards and law enforcement officers with mindless zombies or hostile aliens or terrorists, I would not be writing this article, no one would be interested in this discussion, and the game would remain essentially the same." -
Videogames, Bibles, and Beer: An Interview with Game Church
Posted on October 24, 2011 | 6 CommentsWe discuss videogames, the gospel, and methodology with the founder of a controversial new ministry. -
When Games Matter: What I Learned about Counseling from Sideway: New York
Posted on October 18, 2011 | 3 Comments"Such counsel overwhelms people and does more harm than good. . . . Believe it or not but a well designed videogame actually brought this to my attention." -
When Games Matter: Controlling Horror in the Rise of Nightmares
Posted on October 11, 2011 | 4 Comments". . . there is very little in our lives that we have complete control over and yet the consensus on control in games is that the gamer should always be in charge." -
When Games Matter: Leedmees, Kinect, and Creativity
Posted on October 4, 2011 | 2 Comments"Leedmees requires patience, foresight, balance, and teamwork. Its a game of both body and mind."