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December 2010

December 08, 2010

Black Flops: Why The Latest Call of Duty Fails the Medium

An attempt to reward the hardcore gamer fails the average person.

November 2010

November 24, 2010

Thoughtful Pop Culture Resources: Games

Discover the video game related resources that inspire, provoke and delight us.

November 16, 2010

RetroPost: Assassin’s Creed 2: Shot Through the Heart

A video game tackles religion head-on. The results are mixed.

November 04, 2010

Podcast #97: A New Leaf

Violent games, a reactionary election, a horror-filled Halloween, immoral atheletes, and a Rocky Horror Picture...

October 2010

October 19, 2010

RetroPost: Fallout 3 & The Challenge of a Gaming Morality

What does it mean for a game to tell us what gives us good "Karma"?

September 2010

September 23, 2010

Podcast #95: Master Chief Goes to Washington

We discuss video games, violence and the law.

August 2010

August 16, 2010

Why Christians Need Extra Lives

Christians can no longer ignore the inevitability of the maturing video game medium.

July 2010

July 26, 2010

Inception: Reality Is Not a Game

Inception isn't so abstract. It's not about the future. It's about the dangers we face...

July 12, 2010

Friday Night Lights Tackles Abortion Head On

FNL provides us with a brutally honest look at how a teenager and those around...

July 01, 2010

Red Dead’s Particular Brand of Redemption

Being an outlaw is easy; changing is the hard part.

June 2010

June 24, 2010

Podcast #87: Are Video Games Maturing or Devolving?

There may be signs of life in this medium, but you'll have to search for...

June 03, 2010

The Call of Duty Endowment and Veterans

Does "charity" make it okay to support propaganda?

April 2010

April 23, 2010

Dante's Inferno and The Battle For Salvation

How one game went where no other game has gone before.

March 2010

March 05, 2010

Bioshock 2 and the Power of Influence

How Bioshock 2 speaks to the nature of salvation and discipleship.

March 03, 2010

Podcast #75: The Coming Farmville Apocalypse

Ben and Rich discuss the cultural implications of Farmville, and give Chat Roulette a spin.

February 2010

February 25, 2010

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wii Fit Bronze Pig

Carissa Smith mixes her metaphors and tries not to turn the Wii Fit into a...

February 19, 2010

Podcast #73: The Games

There's a double meaning there. Get it?

January 2010

January 29, 2010

Podcast #71: How "Chuck" "Lost" the "Assassin's Creed" While Emerging from Church

This week, we're at your mercy.

January 28, 2010

Assassin's Creed 2: Shot Through the Heart

A video game tackles religion head-on. The results are mixed.

January 14, 2010

Looking Back: Five 2009 Video Game Moments That Give Me Hope for the Medium

At their best, video games can cause us to rethink what we know about the...

December 2009

December 08, 2009

Looking Back: How Gaming Changed Us in 2009

Three dominant forces this year: complexity, criticism and co-operation.

November 2009

November 13, 2009

Podcast #65: Being a Terrorist and Fighting Against Grenade Spam

Does Modern Warfare 2 signal industry health or illness?

October 2009

October 29, 2009

Modern Warfare 2: The Wrong Side of the Gun?

A leaked video of this year's most anticipated game has everyone asking "What were they...

September 2009

September 18, 2009

Podcast #60: The Pop Culture 180

Who suffered most? Rich and Ben go head to head to find out.

September 13, 2009

Pop Culture 180, Part 5: Video Games Vs. Books… a Fight to the Death?

Are the two mediums mutually exclusive, or something else?

September 09, 2009

Pop Culture 180, Part 3: I Told You I Could Quit… But Now I Dislike People.

Reading is certainly enriching, but is it an inherently selfish act?

September 07, 2009

Pop Culture 180, Part 1: Giving up Halo for E.M. Forster

Will giving up video games make me a better person? Will reading make me smarter?

August 2009

August 14, 2009

Podcast #56: Sotomayor, Splosion Man, and Into the Wild

Judicial stuff, splodin', and leaving society. All bad ideas.

August 05, 2009

Splosion Man's Twisted Vision

Splosion Man provides an incisive look at... ah, who are we kidding?

August 04, 2009

Supreme Dialogue: Sotomayor and the Place for National Discussion

Where should the Christian stand in the judicial debate?

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