Location: O'Doherty's Pub in the Valley - Celtic Room!
TIME: 8 p.m - 9:30 p.m.
NOTE: We start on time...so be a little early to get your order in!
TOPIC: The Benefits of HALO, Call of Duty, and other First Person Shooter (FPS) games in Training our Young Men for Battle
- In what context(s) do we want our young men to think about fighting…killing?
- What, if anything, is redeeming in FPS gaming?
- What, if anything, is deplorable in FPS gaming?
- Where is the line between redeeming and squandering time where “entertainment” is concerned?
- In the context of spiritual warfare (not physical fitness), how is a good game or racquetball/tennis or a long run a better investment than an intense hour of online Call of Duty or Halo?
- What signs of maturity would cause you to “trust” your boy to play ultra-violent FPS games?
- What elements in gaming are absolute show-stoppers? “Don’t even bring that in the house!”
- What are the benefits of being conversant in the latest FPS game in gaining a handle from which to proclaim the gospel?
- Halo Reach World Premier Trailer
- Call of Duty: Black Ops – World Premiere Uncut Trailer
- My Ten Hours with Halo: Reach – Urban Christian News
- Christian Gaming Zone – Zounds Youth Rock Ministries “Remember: just 'cause you're an Orc doesn't mean you can't witness for Jesus to your fellow gamers! For the Lord!”
- The Moral Cost of Video Games – Christian Science Monitor
- Mega-church Minister Linked to Paramilitary Video Game – Daly KOS
- Video Game Controversy – Wiki
- Shooter Video Games Can Improve Decision Making
- Christian Answers reviews: Halo, Halo 2
- Parenting in the Age of First Person Shooter Video Games – The Future of Children blog – Princeton-Brookings
- On Killing – The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society – Dave Grossman (Available from Amazon)
- Halos and Avatars – Playing Video Games with God – Craig Detweiler (Available from Amazon)
- Minecraft and Matthew 28
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