video games
Anime is packed with spirituality and gaining popularity among Gen Z
By Josh Packard and Kaitlyn Ugoretz — October 31, 2022
(RNS) — Anime, filled with Japanese spirituality, is part of a massive boom in the popularity of East Asian media.
Indigenous video game streamers advocate for representation and education
By Jessica Mundie — November 30, 2021
(RNS) — On video game streaming platforms, Indigenous gamers are sharing their unique cultures and spirituality with the intent to educate and empower other content creators.
Controversial Iraq war battle to be subject of new video game
By Joseph Hammond — April 1, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Six Days in Fallujah’ depicts the Iraq War’s bloodiest battle and is set to be released some 13 years after it was first announced.
Social distancing is no stumbling block for Texas church’s Minecraft Easter egg hunt
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 10, 2020
(RNS) — Since it was announced in March, Tate Springs Baptist Church’s virtual Easter egg hunt has grown into a national event, even leaping to the attention of the National Esports Association.
How ‘joke religion’ turns deadly serious when the online alt-right comes to life
By Tara Isabella Burton — May 14, 2019
(RNS) — The nihilism of today's alt-right is both a religion and a rejection of the transcendence that religion holds out as a balm.
The spiritual legacy of Doom
By Kaitlin Curtice — December 11, 2018
(RNS) — I experienced a combination of terror and awe: gun in hand, destroying demonic monsters and those who guarded them anytime they came into our path.
If you build it, will they pray? Constructing religious worlds with Minecraft
By Kimberly Winston — February 6, 2018
(RNS) — Minecraft is becoming what some hoped failed Christian-themed games like Catechumen would become — a tool for exploring and advancing religion among gamers.
ISIS lures with video game themes
By Lauren Markoe — March 13, 2016
(RNS) Life imitates murderous art.
Page 1 of 1
