“Video games are a good fit for theological exploration”
A March 5, 2012 Polygon article about theological exploration in games and a look at how that occurs in the controversial, religiously-charged game The Binding of Isaac.
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World Journalism Institute
The World Journalism Institute’s mission is to recruit, equip, place and encourage journalists who are Christians in the mainstream newsrooms of America. It is based in Asheville, NC.
“The Best Selling Video Game of Every Year Since 1977”
An April 23, 2013 slideshow put together by Complex Gaming which shows the history of the most popular games. This could be useful in identifying trends in popular games.
“Losing Our Religion”
An April 5, 2010 Kotaku article on the treatment of religion in video games historically.
“I’m A Mormon. Pop Culture Often Mocks My Faith, But Fallout Treated It Right”
A March 6, 2013 Kotaku article by a Mormon on the portrayals of his faith in video games, particularly the Fallout series.
James Paul Gee
The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University and a researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy. He argues that video games work to enhance learning. He’s the author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2007), The Anti-Education […]
“Good Video Games and Good Learning”
A 2005 article in Phi Kappa Phi by James Paul Gee, a prolific education scholar known for his studies on the value of video games for education.
“‘Game Over’: A Look at Nintendo’s Past and Future”
A Feb. 23, 2012 article on the development of the prolific video game company Nintendo.
“The curious religions of multiplayer video games”
A July 14, 2013 Q &A with Dr. William Bainbridge on the research he did for his book eGods, which studied the religions in online multiplayer video games.