Games Archives

Like the freedom of the airship in a Japanese role-playing game, our freedom in Christ is not simply a negative liberty, a release from worldly constraints

In ‘Dark Souls’ as in life, if we linger by the fireside, our embers become ash.

In ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’, I learned that listening to stories unrelated to my own offer meaning and purpose previously hidden.

The absence of a divine presence in ‘The Banner Saga’ contributes to its greater sense of emptiness and loss.

‘The Witness’ reflects the layered complexity of the Christian tradition.

We may be broken, but ‘That Dragon, Cancer’ confesses that we are never alone nor without hope.

Millions of geeks, male and female—regardless of gender—are all telling stories, playing games, making movies, and drawing comic books that portray a better world.

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.

It was grace, and the relationships born out of that act of grace, that transformed Thel ‘Vadam.

If we’re demanding that our childhood be recycled over and over, perhaps it’s because adulthood as currently conceived of has very little to offer us.

What makes a good father? Surprisingly, video game narratives have a lot to say about the choices a father makes for the sake of society and his own family.

Very similar to roguelike gaming, faith isn’t a journey that can be completed.

As God’s former enemies, we know firsthand the transformation that’s possible when creative displays of grace and mercy are shown.

‘Grim Fandango’ comments on the finality of death and the necessity of accepting it.

In a way, Iwata’s life spoke a universal language that transcended his status as Nintendo’s president.

In Lovecraft’s world, evil is external, overwhelming, and no responsibility of ours to control; the reality is that most of us stumble into evil one innocent step at a time.