When Our Credit Isn’t Enough

I know that the store has received some fire over the years for its seemingly unfair trade-off policies and store credit scales, but I can not lie; I love GameStop. I remember when the first GameStop stores came into existence in 1999 after they changed their name from Babbage's (which I think was a great…Read more When Our Credit Isn’t Enough

Playing Off Another Man’s Coin

Some of my earliest memories of video games occurred in arcades. Just in case you are one of those gamers who started playing on this side of the 21st century, an arcade is a place that is so much more than where people go to play retro video games and blow their hard-earned milk money.…Read more Playing Off Another Man’s Coin

All On the Same Level

Despite what many people may think, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not an alienating principal that bashes people in their heads with their own flaws and sins. There is this misconception that “sinners” are those who do not belong in churches or with Christians in general, but that could not be further from the…Read more All On the Same Level

The Wrath that We Deserve

As I start off with this series on the Romans Road, I am reminded of a big mess called Sin. Yeah, we will get to the Biblical concept of sin here in a little bit, but what I am actually talking about takes place in the post-apocalyptic world of Final Fantasy X. JRPGs (Japanese Roleplaying…Read more The Wrath that We Deserve

Traveling Down that Road

I recently had the epiphany that, though most of us play video games, I would imagine very few of us know how they work. Putting a cartridge into my Nintendo Switch, I notice just how small those little pieces of plastic and micro-filament are. How is it possible that something so small could generate such…Read more Traveling Down that Road

Look for the Marker

Man, have games gotten big. The closest thing we got to open-world games back in early days of gaming were the old Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) and Legend of the Zelda titles because they allowed for players to “explore” the environment around them. Unfortunately, exploring looked more like wandering into a conveniently placed cave and…Read more Look for the Marker

When the Best Becomes Old-Hat

Though I am only 36 years old, there are a few items that I have placed on my bucket list, assuming that I live long enough to accomplish all of them. I would love to go and visit the hospital in which I was born, which just happen to be outside of Tokyo, Japan. I…Read more When the Best Becomes Old-Hat

The Power of Dreams

Growing up in the 80s and the 90s, I had the privilege of living through the era of the Game Boy. This hand-held, monochromatic, functional paperweight gave millions of people around the world an early taste of what gaming would become; an experience that can be taken on the road. I can still hear that…Read more The Power of Dreams

Building It Better Than Minecraft

My children are Minecraft nuts. When the game came out over a decade ago, I thought that it was a simple “Lego” fad that would go away over time, but it has certainly proven everyone wrong. With its 3D and blocky aesthetic, virtual architects all over the world have built some of the most mesmerizing…Read more Building It Better Than Minecraft

Streaming What Matters Most

Ever since I started writing this devotional I have been challenged to not only look back into gaming’s past but also it's future as well. As I am writing this, the 2019 E3 Expo is only a few days away, and with it comes the promise of new games and hardware, many of which will…Read more Streaming What Matters Most