Author Archive
Labeling
Dr. Dave Greenfield is one expert I came across while researching gaming. He maintains a website, Virtual-Addiction, which looks specifically at Internet Addiction. I found an interview he did with Today where I think he hit it right on the head.
“The bottom line is it doesn’t really matter what it’s labeled, because the reality is [...]
Chicken v. Egg?
Which came first the chicken or the egg? I think this question is easily answered since a chicken could have survived without an egg, while an egg would require incubation (aka: a chicken) to survive. Whatever. No; I am not going to talk about the inherent lameness of video games involving chickens in this posting. [...]
MMO: A Minor’s Massive Obsession
Originally written as a composition assignment, 8 April 2008.
Cyberspace must be running in its own time zone. What starts as “just a few more minutes to finish this level” soon becomes an hour. When Olivia and Kurt Bruner kept hearing this from their son while he was playing games, they set out to discover the problem. [...]
Just Pray No!
This weekend (March 29-30) is the 18th “Just Pray No” world wide weekend of prayer and fasting.
Just Pray NO! Ltd. mainly focuses on drug and alcohol addiction, but I think that praying for those held captive by addiction to video games is also appropriate.
For Christians specifically, it is important not only to avoid addiction, but [...]
“Pearls” of Wisdom on Gaming
Micheal Pearl, a renowned Christian author who has written extensively on parenting, has a monthly publication entitled No Greater Joy Magazine. In the latest edition, he contains what I consider to be some very insightful thoughts on the whole gaming issue.
This particular article was in response to a letter he received. The letter writer had [...]
