But I am a proponent of the "Christian Gamer" cause, being one myself, and in support of the challenge that faith and gaming, or faith in/presented in gaming, brings. (Read here for a more personal account of why I support video games.)
In an effort to showcase the good, the bad and the ugly of this great debate, below I will compile as many links and articles in today's media relating to faith and video games as I can find. I offer this page merely as a reference page and not necessarily for my opinions. (those can be found here, the "Faith and Gaming - Me" tab.)
Many of the articles below do have a bias that tends to slip jabs at Christianity, so while I support the video game industry, I do not care for the poking fun at my faith, even if there are some people out there who do give Christians a terrible name. And I'm not insinuating that these websites have an anti-Christian bias.
There's a war going on out there, not always against flesh and blood. I'm not trying to change the world, but I know it's best to put on your armor and be prepared before you rush into the fray.
VIDEO GAME SITES
G4TV
- Praise His Holy Game: Christian Game RoundUp - April 10, 2009 (This one is amusing because Christian-based video games do have a bad reputation.)
GamePolitics
- Faith-Based Bloggers Slam EA For Staging Fake Religious Protest at E3 - Jun. 11, 2009; Joystiq and GameSpot's reporting.
GameSetWatch
Joystiq
- Bible Adventures coming to Wii, Xbox 360 from Left Behind - Dec. 11th, 2009
Kotaku
- Religion - an index of their "religion" tagged articles
- Religion Week 2010
- Losing Our Religion - Religious Censorship - Apr. 5th, 2010 - A part of Religion Week 2010. A great article that posits, "Just imagine how inspiring they'd be if we were allowed to experience them on a more personal, interactive level, say with a video game controller in hand."
- For the Love of God, This Week's Rock Band Tracks - Apr. 8th, 2010 - A part of Religion Week 2010.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
- "Buyer Beware: Satanic-Themed Video Games Concern Parents," from The Bulletin - Feb. 23rd, 2010; G4TV's response Satan Makes a Comeback in Video Games - Feb. 24th, 2010
CHRISTIAN VIDEO GAME COMPANIES
- Left Behind Games Bringing Christ to Xbox, Wii from G4TV (of special note is the author's defense of his treatment of Christianity and its media.) - Jan. 26th, 2010
OTHER MEDIA
- New Video Game's Objective: Stop the Spread of Christianity and Islam - from WSLS-10, Roanoke, VA - Jun. 3rd, 2008. Found via GamePolitics.
