Monday, February 20, 2012

Moving Pixels Podcast: They Make Games on Boards Still?

Jorge joined Rick and I for a discussion that we have been wanting to have for some time about board games.

We talk about a lot of games and maybe a little about why we play and are still drwan to games of a non-digital form, despite the flash and spectacle of our beloved video games.

Moving Pixels Podcast: They Make Games on Boards Still?

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Fearing God, Fearing the Body: The Theology of The Binding of Isaac


In which I consider the theological questions raise by The Binding of Isaac, especially concerning the connections that it explores between evil and the body:

Fearing God, Fearing the Body: The Theology of The Binding of Isaac

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The Moving Pixels Podcast Joins the League of Legends

The ever articulate Jorge Albor and game designer Matthew Gallant joined me this week to discuss my current addiction, League of Legends.

I love the game. I put up with its community.

We have a host of things that we discuss about it, though, such as games as sports, its business model, and its general design.

You can find that discussion here:

The Moving Pixels Podcast Joins the League of Legends

Monday, February 13, 2012

God, The Game Designer

I wrote a piece partly inspired by a re-reading of Genesis and partly by a memory of an essay over at Gamasutra. The good folks at Christ and Pop Culture were kind enough to publish it.

I love the splash image that they worked up for the article as well.

God, The Game Designer

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Lana Del Rey's “Video Games” and, Well, Video Games


More "curmudgeonly old guy" thoughts on gaming culture and the mainstream.

"In my day, geeks were geeks and bad boys were bad boys."

Del Rey gets her bad boy in my geek. Still surprisingly weird to me, but maybe not to anyone under 30.

Lana Del Rey's “Video Games” and, Well, Video Games

Friday, February 3, 2012

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Big Games and Little Boys


Probably no one is going to really read this one.

A little too personal maybe, but sometimes you have to write something a little wistful, I think.

Big Games and Little Boys