Articles in the Games Category
Bioshock 2 and the Power of InfluencePosted in Featured, Games, Headline on 5 March 2010
How Bioshock 2 speaks to the nature of salvation and discipleship.
Podcast #75: The Coming Farmville ApocalypsePosted in Featured, Games, Headline, Podcast, Technology on 3 March 2010
Ben and Rich discuss the cultural implications of Farmville, and give Chat Roulette a spin.
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Wii Fit Bronze PigPosted in Featured, Games, Headline on 25 February 2010
Carissa Smith mixes her metaphors and tries not to turn the Wii Fit into a golden calf.
Podcast #73: The GamesPosted in Featured, Games, Headline, Podcast, Sports on 19 February 2010
There’s a double meaning there. Get it?
Podcast #71: How “Chuck” “Lost” the “Assassin’s Creed” While Emerging from ChurchPosted in Featured, Film, Games, General Culture, Headline, Literature, Podcast, Politics, Television on 29 January 2010
This week, we’re at your mercy.
Assassin’s Creed 2: Shot Through the HeartPosted in Featured, Games, Headline on 28 January 2010
A video game tackles religion head-on. The results are mixed.
Looking Back: Five 2009 Video Game Moments That Give Me Hope for the MediumPosted in Featured, Games, Headline on 14 January 2010
At their best, video games can cause us to rethink what we know about the medium, ourselves, and life.
Looking Back: How Gaming Changed Us in 2009Posted in Featured, Games, Headline on 8 December 2009
Three dominant forces this year: complexity, criticism and co-operation.
Podcast #65: Being a Terrorist and Fighting Against Grenade SpamPosted in Featured, Games, Headline, Podcast on 13 November 2009
Does Modern Warfare 2 signal industry health or illness?
Modern Warfare 2: The Wrong Side of the Gun?Posted in Featured, Games, Headline on 29 October 2009
A leaked video of this year’s most anticipated game has everyone asking “What were they thinking?”
Podcast #60: The Pop Culture 180Posted in Featured, Games, General Culture, Headline, Literature, Technology on 18 September 2009
Who suffered most? Rich and Ben go head to head to find out.
Pop Culture 180, Part 5: Video Games Vs. Books… a Fight to the Death?Posted in Featured, Games, General Culture, Headline, Literature on 13 September 2009
Are the two mediums mutually exclusive, or something else?
Pop Culture 180, Part 3: I Told You I Could Quit… But Now I Dislike People.Posted in Featured, Games, General Culture, Headline, Literature on 9 September 2009
Reading is certainly enriching, but is it an inherently selfish act?
Pop Culture 180, Part 1: Giving up Halo for E.M. ForsterPosted in Featured, Games, General Culture, Headline, Literature on 7 September 2009
Will giving up video games make me a better person? Will reading make me smarter?
Podcast #56: Sotomayor, Splosion Man, and Into the WildPosted in Featured, Film, Games, Headline, Podcast, Politics on 14 August 2009
Judicial stuff, splodin’, and leaving society. All bad ideas.
Splosion Man’s Twisted VisionPosted in Featured, Games, Headline on 5 August 2009
Splosion Man provides an incisive look at… ah, who are we kidding?
Podcast #50: E3 and Summer GamingPosted in Featured, Games, Headline, Podcast on 12 June 2009
The future of gaming is coming… but they haven’t yet announced an official release date.
RetroPost: The Dangers of Video GamesPosted in Featured, Games, Headline, RetroPost on 11 June 2009
Warning: Video Games may be hazardous to your health. Or not.
Going Beyond New Releases: Appreciating Culture as Tradition, Part 2Posted in Featured, Film, Games, General Culture, Headline, Literature, Music, Technology on 10 June 2009
How technology changed us, and what we can do about it.
Beyond New Releases: Appreciating Culture as Tradition, Part 1Posted in Featured, Film, Games, General Culture, Headline, Literature, Music on 9 June 2009
How consumer culture makes us slaves to the new.
