God is in the Games

Ashley Baxstrom: As I made clear in a previous post, I am not a gamer nor techie nor even that good at using my smartphone. The best I can claim is having made it to the fighting-Jafar level of Sega’s Aladdin game. But connections between religion and the gaming world keep catching my eye. Both of the following were found through @religtal on Twitter, which conglomerates tweets and articles on “religion in the digital age.”

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First up: a new videogame, “The Binding of Isaac,” which features the tagline “Life ain’t easy when your mother is hell-bent on murdering you.” Continue Reading →