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Surf Report – 1/8/2014

Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Surf Report.

.: God:

“We plunged into John 8 and looked at how Jesus coined the phrase, “He who has no sin casts the first stone” and then as the only sinless person is like, “I don’t condemn you.””
via Love Subverts

.: Life:

Sandwiched between two links this week is my life.

In review, December was a pretty awesome month. The Hall family watched God provide financially for both Christmas and current/future student loans. A random envelope here and there were proof that He is working behind the scenes…even when it doesn’t feel like it. Funny how God’s character doesn’t change despite our situations. He is not a mere god of the moment but the God that created the heavens and the earth. I can’t wait to see what He has in store for my family and I in 2014.

.: Gaming:

“In other, more succinct words: the game came first, rather than the pride of the singular director.”
via Theology Gaming

Snapshot of the Day – Pokémon Y

Building The Perfect PlayStation 3 Library

Just as Jor-El knew that Krypton’s days were numbered, I too can see the end of PlayStation 3 games being available for purchase. Below you will find a list of all the PlayStation 3 games I have owned/played. Are there any games missing from this list, that you would recommend, that I should hunt down and acquire? The perfect PS3 library must be built.

Assassin’s Creed
Assassin’s Creed II
Assassin’s Creed II: Brotherhood
Assassin’s Creed II: Revelations
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Bit.Trip Runner 2
Burnout Paradise
Dragon Age Origins
Dragon Age 2
Ducktales Remastered
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Final Fantasy VII
Flower
Guacamelee
Journey
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Lego Lord of the Rings
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
Little Big Planet
Mass Effect Trilogy
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
PixelJunk Eden
PixelJunk Monsters
PixelJunk Racers
Quantum Conundrum
Rayman Origins
Red Dead Redemption
Risk Factions
Shadow of the Colossus HD
Skylanders Giants
Skylanders SWAP Force
Skyrim
Thomas Was Alone
Uncharted Trilogy
Wheel of Fortune

The Gamer Devotional: In the beginning…

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1

Every story has a beginning.

In the way back year of 1972, Allan Alcorn created a small game by the name of Pong. Taking the concept of table tennis to the two-dimensional realm, Pong pitted two players against each other with two in-game paddles and a ball. The graphics were simple; the gameplay addictive. Pong may not be the very first video game ever created but Pong has been credited with demonstrating that money could be made with video games. Pong was the beginning.

Just as the video game industry was launched with Pong, the Biblical book of Genesis serves as the starting point for humanity. Notice in the verse above (Genesis 1:1) that God created the heavens and the earth. This was our press start moment.

What game features your favorite beginning?

Five Elements of Biblical Nutrition

“The more you focus on truth, the clearer it becomes. The more you wrestle with how to live it out in your life, the more skilled you get at living biblically. So the five elements of your biblical nutrition are: hearing, studying, reading, memorizing, and meditating.” (p.62)

Farrel, Bill. The 10 Best Decisions a Man Can Make. Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 2010. Print.