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January 2014

January 23, 2014

‘Tearaway,’ Tolkien, and the Role of Sub-Creation

Warning: This article contains spoilers about the video game Tearaway. Tearaway I don’t think Media...

January 09, 2014

Eulogy for a Video Game Box Artist

"His artwork ignited my creativity and inspired my love for visual art and art history....

January 03, 2014

5. Gone Home: “To be Fearful, Alone, and Disenfranchised” #CaPC25

All this week, the writers of Christ and Pop Culture unveil their 25 most loved things of...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

16. Kentucky Route Zero: “Playing Becomes a Kind of Rest” #CaPC25

All this week, the writers of Christ and Pop Culture unveil their 25 most loved things of...

December 30, 2013

22. Cart Life: “I Wanted to Make a Better Life” #CaPC25

All this week, the writers of Christ and Pop Culture unveil their 25 most loved things of...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

The Human Generation: How the Last Generation of Videogame Consoles Changed Gaming Forever

"Videogames have revived themselves by moving the focus from computer processors and features, to human...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

Are Concussions the Price We Pay for Manly Men?

If football makes weak boys into manly men, does that nullify challenges to game violence...

September 04, 2013

3 Ways Gone Home will Surprise and Challenge Christians

An evocative new game recalls the '90s, yet retells an old truth: You can't go...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Does Media Violence Lead to the Real Thing?

In a recent New York Times opinion piece, three psychiatrists ask, "Does Media Violence Lead to the Real...

August 20, 2013

How “The Walking Dead” Solved Videogames’ Christ-Figure Problem

Can video games portray good examples of Christ Figures?

July 2013

July 31, 2013

The Candy Crush Saga Addiction

"Some people will pay to play Candy Crush Saga until they can’t cover their mortgage."

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Booker DeWitt’s Shotgun Baptism and the Tragedy of Cheap Grace in Bioshock Infinite

If you’ve been tuned into conversations about gaming within the past few months or...

June 24, 2013

When Corporations Repent: Accepting Xbox’s Mea Culpa

Immediately following the announcement of Microsoft's Xbox One, many gamers were up in arms about...

June 18, 2013

The Retro-Gaming Renaissance and the Democracy of the Dead

"The past often speaks to us with a clarity and beauty that the present seems...

June 03, 2013

Peter Molyneaux’s Curiosity, Godus, and The Accidental God

"No one wants a game where a single lucky teenager sits as permanent winner with...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

The Cussin’ Anchor-Man is Doing Okay

A.J. Clemente had a bad first day at work. But then, who hasn't? Apparently, his...

April 10, 2013

Skyrim: For Christians! Finally!

It has been asked before, and answered by our own Alan Noble, whether or not...

April 03, 2013

Podcast #116: GDC 2013 and The State of Videogames

Every week on the Christ and Pop Culture Podcast, various Christ and Pop Culture writers...

March 2013

March 08, 2013

How “Religious Folk” Made Bioshock Infinite Better, and How We Can Make Other Games Better Too

People enjoy stories. We like to communicate things to one another; it's why we have...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Podcast #112 The Future of Gaming and Refusing to Give Up Facebook

Christ and Pop Culture editors Drew Dixon and Brad Williams discuss the Playstation 4 and...

January 2013

January 21, 2013

A Bloody Torso, Video Game Violence and Responsibility

"Videogames and all other forms of art or entertainment are merely a reflection of our...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Our Favorite Games of 2012

The Christ and Pop Culture writers got together and hashed out our list of the...

December 21, 2012

Do We Really Need Christian Video Games?

I just read a lovely piece that I thought I would share my thoughts on...

December 19, 2012

Christianity in Civilization V?

Have you ever wondered what Christianity might look like if it could rise above political...

December 10, 2012

On Religious Videogames and “El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron”

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, while far from 2011's most popular game, was one...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Selfishness and Selflessness in Videogames

Our editor-in-chief here at Christ and Pop Culture, Richard Clark, has written an interesting article for...

November 30, 2012

Video Games Embrace the Permanence of Death

"Just remember that death is not the end," or so goes the Bob Dylan song....

November 16, 2012

Play in Process: Why ‘Curiosity’ is the iPhone’s New False Religion

"It's not merely a cruel and mocking simulacra of videogames themselves, but a kind of...

November 15, 2012

Video Games, Mementos, and Material Reminders of What’s Important

Richard Clark and I are really different dudes, and after reading his article on possessions,...

November 14, 2012

Dads: The New Video Game Heroes

"How interesting would it be if video games turn out to be tools that challenge...

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