Jack Hoey III is Minister of Research and Theology at Seacoast Church in Charleston, SC. His job means that he gets to read a lot of books, which is every bit as great as it sounds. It does not mean that he gets to play video games, but he is pretty sure he is one good performance review away from making that happen. This piece reflects his own thoughts and does not represent the views of Seacoast Church

“O, Columbia!” ‘Bioshock Infinite’ and Donald Trump’s America

For me, Donald Trump will always be Zachary Hale Comstock, Prophet and Founder of Columbia and the villain of Ken Levine’s ‘Bioshock Infinite.’

Revelations of Suffering in ‘Final Fantasy X’ and Shusaku Endo’s ‘Silence’

Violence, death, and loss are common themes in Final Fantasy games but none of them make suffering central in quite the same way as Final Fantasy X.