Returning to My Own Vomit: Playing The Binding of Isaac

Nice title, huh?

It's biblical.

Returning to My Own Vomit: Playing The Binding of Isaac

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?

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

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

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

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

Quarrel Is Scrabble Meets Risk

I want to like Quarrel.

I don't like Quarrel.

Quarrel Is Scrabble Meets Risk

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