Theology Gaming Podcast

Zach and Justin talk about how the intergenerational gap between Church members is cause for concern, and possibly how to fix it in this (obviously, considering our focus here) important pop culture arena.

Theodicy and the problem of evil have been problematic and debatable issues in the Christian tradition for centuries. See us try to comprehend it within the span of an hour...mostly with success. Michael Jones, Eric Anderson, and Andrew Crawford star!

E3: The Home of Trailers! E3: Everything Comes Out Next Year! So let's talk about hype for things that don't exist yet and other such stuff.

Zach, Michael Justin Jones (Theology Gaming University's Guidance Conselor...sorta) and Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel talk about the concept of "fandoms", or pop mythologies. Why do people get into these things so much? Also a ton of Dr. Who spoilers!

Zachery Oliver

As I drone on and on about the Souls series, somebody finally wants to play it due to my incessant pleading: Ted Loring! So we had a Soul to Soul talk! Topics include Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, lore, and other stuff.

Ted talks about the missions and rains in Africa! Or maybe it has something to do with the Toto song, who knows? Also some talk of Xbox One and Dark Souls II

A new series for us! We just about theology this time. Michael Jones wanted to know about atonement theory, so that's what we talked about!

Zach, Jonathan Clauson, Eric Anderson, Andrew Crawford and fashionably late Guidance Counselor Pastor Person Michael Jones talk about identity! Also Josh Cauller gets name-dropped a few times for some reason!

Zach and Justin talk about obscure game that we've played that we want other people to play. Or, really, we just ramble on about a bunch of stuff. Valkyrie Profile and Bushido Blade feature rather prominently, along with Square-Enix!

Listen to us ramble on about the Resurrection cogently, and subsequently fail to talk about video games in relation to it! Or maybe we did better than we thought?

We FINALLY get a second one of these out! Spoilers up to Magus' Castle, so fair warning on that. Justin Fox join Zach and Bryan for the Chrono Trigger stuff! Spoilers up to Magus' Castle if you haven't gone there yet, so fair warning!

We talk about exploration as a concept, experiencing new ways of seeing the same truths in Christianity and in video games. Ted's story from Senegal also makes its way here!

Satanic attacks for video game developers? How to determine which video games are appropriate for Christians to play? Facebook buy Oculus Rift? Video gaming and discipleship?

Healing's such a regular part of video games, but we don't often think of it as we play. What if we did, though, and suddenly broke out of our normal habit? This podcast would result. Topics include cessationism, continualism, and vidya games!

Today, Zach, Justin, Pat, and new guest Ian Rosser talk about fighting games from a billion different angles, and also shamelessly self-promote our various projects and stuff we are doing! Topics include Tee Church, rapping, and fighting game knowledge!

Suffering remains an essential topic in Christian circles. So how can we apply video games to it? Topics include Soundshapes, Game Gear, Sega Master System, Chrono Trigger, The Last of Us, The Banner Saga, Shin Megami Tensei, NieR, The Shivah, and others.

Learn about competitive gaming with Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel and Richard Terrell of the Critical Gaming blog (and developer of BariBariBall). Topics vary from Smash Bros. to board games competitions to bobsledding - yes, bobsledding.

Zach and Josh, alone in the wilderness, talk about a variety of topics from the controversy surrounding Ken Levine to why Olympic video games are so bad. Includes talk of the State of Theology Gaming, Savant: Ascent, Sang-Froid, and tug of war.

What is Christian Art? How can video games fit into this? How do you make them accurate and genuine vehicles for the Gospel while also being pretty good video games? Zach, Josh, Justin Fox and Michael Uzdavines discuss these issues in-depth.