Reading Time: 6 minutes What is the margin between being good and being great? It’s something I’ve often thought about. It also seems to be preoccupation of every self-motivation video I see on Instagram, or misattributed quote on Twitter. There is an obsession with greatness, and yet so few people are able to achieve it. I believe it’s because […]
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Exploring the world of gaming from a secular perspective.
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The wrong writer for the next FromSoftware Game—and the right one
Reading Time: 4 minutes If there is a gamer in your life, you might not have seen them for a while. They’re not returning your texts. They’re showing up to meetings red-eyed and exhausted. There is a reason. They’re playing Elden Ring. If they say otherwise, that they don’t enjoy the series, that it’s too difficult and obscure, they’re […]
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Replay: ‘Dark Souls’ (2011)
Reading Time: 6 minutes To mark the release of FromSoftware’s video game epic, Elden Ring, I will be playing through every Soulsbourne game. I have never played any of the games in the series, and I’ve been regularly told that they are some of the most difficult games ever made. I have a checkered history with difficult games. I […]
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Microsoft’s purchase of Activision is about the Metaverse
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s been a lot of talk about the Metaverse recently, thanks to Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement last year that he’d be changing Facebook’s name to Meta and shifting the company’s focus to “the Metaverse.“ What is the Metaverse? Although we have glimpses of the Metaverse today in gaming (Roblox, Fortnite, and other games), the Metaverse is […]
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‘Unsighted’: The Best 2D Zelda Game of All Time
Reading Time: 6 minutes I have a checkered past with the Zelda games. The first Zelda game I ever “played” was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. And by “played” I mean I watched my friend play on his Nintendo 64. His little brother would also watch, and because he was louder and angrier (and family), he would […]
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‘Returnal’: The game I beat without my daddy’s help
Reading Time: 9 minutes I don’t like to use the phrase “kids these days.” For one, I’m not actually old enough to use it, and two, generational feuds are nonsense. They’re perpetuated by short memories and a lack of empathy. The sooner we can do away with such silly tribalism and see past our own experiences, the sooner we […]
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COVID denialists are humanity’s griefers
Reading Time: 8 minutes One of her biggest mistakes might be how she views COVID denialists themselves. They are, in essence, griefers. And ignoring griefers does not make them go away.
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COVID Denialists Are Humanity’s Griefers
Reading Time: 8 minutes One of her biggest mistakes might be how she views COVID denialists themselves. They are, in essence, griefers. And ignoring griefers does not make them go away.
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Belief Has ‘Vanished’ in Ireland — and an Archbishop Reveals Why
Reading Time: 7 minutes Yes yes, Jesus is all great and fun and all, but he won’t stop a predator from joining the youth ministry. The Happy Pretendy Fun Time Game must pause briefly while the GM — er, the pastor does a quick RL background check.
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ANOM: The Conflict Escalation of Privacy Continues
Reading Time: 7 minutes Today, let me show you the increasing lengths some folks will go to for privacy — and how it can be destroyed.