Gadfly-Goods

awardwinning smalltime gamesmith

personal account of a 30-something weirdo masquerading as a "ZZT company"



Anonymous User asked:

do you believe god exists within video games or are they, like everything, made of sin

According to Johannine theology, the Word which created all things is the Light of the World, yet the world doth not comprehend/perceive it (John 1:5). John also says that this light is Shining in the Darkness, which happens to be the title of Camelot Software Planning's hit 1991 dungeon crawler for the Sega Genesis. Therefore, we can conclude that God is in at least one videographic game.

Moreover, speaking of the Word, how hubristic would it be of us to claim that videogames lie in sin, while yet we humans are a continual fountain of sin! Verily, when God sendeth his Word unto us we set it aside and hearken not unto it. And yet a videogame, which is made of naught but the dust of the earth, doth dutifully execute every word of machine language that doth enliven its being. Wherefore, shall not their sins fall upon the heads of us, their makers, and they be filled with the grace of our God?

Alternatively, if you're talking about the character of God who has appeared in countless JRPGs, I think there's something to be said about how he keeps making new appearances despite how many times he's been killed. Perhaps "God" in this case is a gestalt that naturally emerges from the logical results of electro-ludic processes.

Thank you for the ask. Please ask again. :eggbug:


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