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  • Without Logic, Without Purpose – We Become Death

    May 9, 2013 | Filed under: Guest Article
    By: Joshua Yearsley

    He looks up at me, eyes wreathed by blueberry-bush bulges. I have beaten him to within an inch of his life.

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  • The Boston Bombings Are Not a Meme

    May 3, 2013 | Filed under: Featured Article
    By: Joel Cuthbertson

    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has six stars on GTA but no cheat codes!! #BostonBombings

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  • Editor’s Religion Month Recap

    May 2, 2013 | Filed under: Housekeeping
    By: Bill Coberly

    Our first themed month was a success! Over the course of April (and the very beginning of May) we published 12 articles on religion and/or theology in games.

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  • Sanctifying Games

    May 1, 2013 | Filed under: Guest Article
    By: Oscar Strik

    Games frequently talk about religion, but rarely interact with the transcendent ideas of deities and the holy that religion is about.

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  • Gods in the Machine

    April 30, 2013 | Filed under: Featured Article
    By: Jim Ralph

    This is a letter from God to man.
    Hey there, how’s it going?
    Long time no see.

    danlesac
massacre

Without Logic, Without Purpose – We Become Death

May 9, 2013 | Filed under: Guest Article
By: Joshua Yearsley

He looks up at me, eyes wreathed by blueberry-bush bulges. I have beaten him to within an inch of his life.

Boston_Marathon_explosions_(8652971845)

The Boston Bombings Are Not a Meme

May 3, 2013 | Filed under: Featured Article
By: Joel Cuthbertson

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has six stars on GTA but no cheat codes!! #BostonBombings

religion

Editor’s Religion Month Recap

May 2, 2013 | Filed under: Housekeeping
By: Bill Coberly

Our first themed month was a success! Over the course of April (and the very beginning of May) we published 12 articles on religion and/or theology in games.

67-lpmotb_ch049_062

Sanctifying Games

May 1, 2013 | Filed under: Guest Article
By: Oscar Strik

Games frequently talk about religion, but rarely interact with the transcendent ideas of deities and the holy that religion is about.

danlesac

Gods in the Machine

April 30, 2013 | Filed under: Featured Article
By: Jim Ralph

This is a letter from God to man.
Hey there, how’s it going?
Long time no see.

qunarienmasse

The Tao of Dragon Age

April 29, 2013 | Filed under: Guest Article
By: Michael Elliott

I love the Qun, and like people who have a religion or a faith that gives them joy, I can’t help but share it.

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Messianism & Earthbound

April 25, 2013 | Filed under: Guest Article
By: Ethan Gach

Earthbound isn’t just a beloved classic; for many it’s a digital savior.

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Plowshares into Skyhooks: The Evolution (Intelligent Design?) of Bible Games

April 24, 2013 | Filed under: Featured Article
By: Aaron Gotzon

Frequent readers will note my intimate familiarity with the Evangelical subculture. We had our own hit novels, our own major motion pictures, and, of course, our own games.

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A Thousand Deaths

April 24, 2013 | Filed under: Game, Guest Article
By: Raymond Neilson

A game about videogames, about agency, and about the Mormons (a group of which I was once a member), and about how I see all of them.

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Upon the Face of the Waters

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Featured Article
By: Matthew Schanuel

I’ve crafted worlds before, as a dungeon master and writer, and I enter new worlds each time I download a new game. All of these have their own metaphysics, rules and boundaries.

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