Asides Archive

Tweet At Books & Culture, Betty Smartt Carter’s “The Good Man Philip and the Scoundrel Pullman” is an amusing summary of Philip Pullman’s career, written as a semi-parody of the Grand Idea of his recent novel (The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ), in...

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Tweet As I mentioned the dust-up between Jim Wallis and Marvin Olasky a little bit ago, I thought I’d give this quick update. Wallis has since apologized to Olasky for saying that he lies for a living, saying he should never speak such words about...

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Tweet Today over at foul-mouthed but entertaining and insightful video-game related web-comic, Penny Arcade, there’s a comic and discussion about the ethical issues surrounding used games. Writer, Jerry Holkins (or Tycho), did an excellent job of boiling the issue down to its’ fundamentals: In a...

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Tweet This week Judge Royce Lamberth of the District Court for Washington, DC, issued a temporary injunction halting the enforcement of President Obama’s stem-cell executive order from last year. If you do not recall, this order reversed President Bush’s ban on using human embryos for...

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Tweet I’m curious as to how many of our readers watch the newish History Channel program, “Chasing Mummies.” It features Egyptologist Zahi Hawass as he takes a team to explore mummies and their crypts in the land of the Pharaohs. The show seems to expose...

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Tweet I’ve always found Jim Wallis unimpressive. My first encounter came when he spoke at my undergrad university in 2006. Recently, Marvin Olasky criticized Wallis for not admitting his political leanings, which if you’ve read God’s Politics or his many other publications you will quickly...

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Tweet In my last post, I made casual mention of the fact that video games are becoming more varied, and I wanted to explain a little bit more about what that means. In short, it means there’s a game for you. Yes, you. Probably the...

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Tweet We here at CaPC spend a lot of time talking the whos, whats, and hows of pop culture. All of that talk is governed by the when (that is, now…certainly not yesterday), and the where (the West). But we don’t talk a lot about...

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Tweet One of the surprising aspects of my (slow and only by God’s Grace) growth as a Christian is how often the Holy Spirit convicts me of mindsets that  I have taken up from my culture, mindsets that are so deeply rooted that it feels...

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Tweet I essentially agree with the premise of this article that what makes video games such an interesting medium is the worlds that are created within.  Of the top few most memorable games I have played, I would say each presents a compelling, imaginative, or...

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Tweet I’ve seen several references recently to the “Bechdel Test” for movies, including one last week in Christianity Today‘s Her.meneutics blog. If you’re not familiar with the Bechdel Test, it judges a movie’s portrayal of women based on three criteria: 1. It has to have...

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Tweet In the most reacent issue of Collide Magazine various church/ministry leaders (across various disciplines) were asked to list their favorite and most essential productivity tools. Naturally many listed their Mac Books, iPhones, and various software, apps, and programs they use on a daily basis....

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Tweet What I’ve been watching lately: 1) Arrested Development- I can’t believe I didn’t watch this show when it was originally aired, it is hilarious. But thanks to Netflix I am watching it now. We’ve finished season one and just begun season two and I...

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Tweet I read an article today about how to help your children fight idolatry in their lives with regard to video games.  The article actually had some really good points, but the editor of the article more or less equated video games with idolatry.  This...

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Tweet I’ve been playing a few of what many refer to as “god-games,” these days. They tend to be strategy/simulation games in which you direct the outcome of a civilization or an individual through various systems and triggers. Of course, the two main games I’ve...

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Tweet If you’re reading this, you’ve noticed something different. Yeah, maybe you can’t put your finger on it, but there’s something odd about us. We got a little bit of a facelift while you were out, and we hope you like it. The change is...

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Tweet In the past few months I’ve been writing a regular column for GameSetWatch and Gamasutra called “The Gaming Doctrine,” which examines religious, moral and ethical issues within the gaming sphere. It’s been a blast, and the discussions that have resulted in the comments at...

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Tweet The Death of Friendships…what do you think, hysterical panic or probably true? And is it all really the fault of social networking?

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Tweet Statistics Show That Romantic Comedies Ruin Relationships – I knew it!

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Tweet Could There be Redemption for Mel Gibson?

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