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Of Games and God : A Christian Exploration of Video Games

ISBN: 9781587433252 | 1587433257

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Baker Pub Group
Pub. Date: 1/15/2013

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Summary Table of Contents

Video games are big business, generating billions of dollars annually. The long-held stereotype of the gamer as a solitary teen hunched in front of his computer screen for hours is inconsistent with the current makeup of a diverse and vibrant gaming community. The rise of this cultural phenomenon raises a host of questions: Are games too violent? Do they hurt or help our learning? Do they encourage escapism? How do games portray gender? Such questions have generated lots of talk, but missing from much of the discussion has been a Christian pers... MORE

Foreword
Finding Balance in an Unbalanced Discussion
How to Understand a Video Game
Making the Immaterial Playable: Games, Religion, and Spirituality
Games and the Culture of Destruction: Violence and Ethics in Video Games
Escape! The Peril of Addiction and the Promise of Fantasy
Real Men, Real Women, Unreal Games
The School of Mario: The Brain, Educa... MOREtion, and Video Games
Making a Different World: Christians Building Video Games
Plays Well with Others: The Social Side of Gaming
Do You Want to Continue Playing?
Glossary
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