Christians and Christianity never fair well on videogame related sites. Theological and spiritual discussions always seem to devolve into name calling/ hateful discussions. Take for instance a recent post on Joystiq.com. The post speaks of a recent opinion piece posted to the Christian Civic League of Maine’s website, The Record, entitled Ban this Video Game. Instead of analyzing The Record opinion piece, Joystiq.com is content to make fun of punctuation and generally mock the Christian group. This is a shame. What Joystiq.com should have done is note the following:
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Intake
Kotaku had a random post this week (12/10/09) entitled Pokémon Teaches Your Children To Worship Satan. The post was based on the video below: The Kotaku post seems clear in its attempt at humor (inadvertently mocking Christianity in the process). Nothing new for the Internet. However, I think that there is depth and truth to this video. Let’sContinue reading “Intake”
Fiery Actions
As videogames progress as an art and hobby, the level of how much a game lets a player express himself has increased. Awhile back I was playing through Fallout 3 (which I did not finish as the scenario described below freaked me out) and came across a mission that I could just not resist.
Announcing Something New: JBG Blog
New experiences are a way of life – remember the last time you decided to try some sashimi and regretted it later? – . In order to further the Johnny B Gamer experience, we have decided to add a section dedicated to blogging. Here you will find links, videos, and thoughts that are not always going to be videogame related. Hopefully this will help facilitate discussion outside of our regularly scheduled content. Enjoy!
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