Comments on: Finding the future of Internet ministry in WoW

By: From Second Life to Real Life | Lessons From Babel

From Second Life to Real Life | Lessons From Babel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:14:03 +0000

[...] a relationship there as well (many times getting married). This goes back to a couple of previous postings I had about how we need to learn to integrate online relationships that are avatar-based (whether [...]

By: Researcher at UC Irvine to study WoW | Lessons From Babel

Researcher at UC Irvine to study WoW | Lessons From Babel — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:59:18 +0000

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By: Talk to the hand | Lessons From Babel

Talk to the hand | Lessons From Babel — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:52:54 +0000

[...] week, I posted on how the study of online gaming, specifically interactive multiplayer games such as World of [...]

By: John

John — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:43:23 +0000

I run a social network based on WoW… and have extensive in-game experience for years.

By: mike miller

mike miller — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:20:53 +0000

As a publisher it is amazing how the skills and technical understanding of the younger generation can be at least partially attributed to online gaming. Nice post

By: Brian Barela

Brian Barela — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:42:57 +0000

Dave great post! I attended the Virtual Goods Summit in SF this Fall and the focus was on online gaming as you observed. Most of the principles for building virtual communities and selling virtual goods are being extrapolated from that world.

Don’t know if you’ve read Andrew Chen’s blog, but he is a maven of this world. The seminar he did during the conference is also posted on his blog.

http://andrewchenblog.com/

By: kbonikowsky

kbonikowsky — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:33:17 +0000

I have been a WoW gamer for the last 4 years. My husband and I are officers in our WoW guild as well as being elders in a church we helped to plant. Our gaming expreince has led to real life friendships, job opportunities and a great way to meet up and rub shoulders with non-Christians. Something, that being in church leadership is sometimes hard to do!

I was also a part of a large Christian gaming guild that required a statement of faith acceptance before admittance. They held Bible studies in-game and tried to come up with ways to witness in-game as well. It was an interesting concept, but I didn’t stick with that guild do to my heavy involvement elsewhere.

I have had to defend my gaming hobby, hence a 3-part blog on the Christians and demonic activity in fantasy. To God by the glory! http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/my-beliefs-about-demonic-activity-part-3/

By: CindyK

CindyK — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:31:13 +0000

Ahem… I don’t normally admit this but in addition to being a Church Geek I’m an avid online gamer. I don’t discuss it much in Church given the ‘classic’ view of Christians for D&D and all its derivatives.

I began online gaming over 20 years ago, and have only been saved for 2 years and while I’m no expert I can certainly give you an insider’s perspective to the world of online gaming, if you’d like to shoot me an email.

Thanks – I think you’re on to something here and good luck!

By: Tony Whittaker

Tony Whittaker — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:50:48 +0000

A recent Pew Internet research study suggested that 50% of people like playing some sort of computer game. I know that in UK expenditure on gaming exceeds that of buying movie tickets.

There are several Christian ‘gaming clans’ I have heard of over the years, who do online multiplayer gaming, and try to build relationships through that means. There is a chapter on gaming in the book:

UNDERSTANDING EVANGELICAL MEDIA
The Changing Face of Christian Communication
Editors: Quentin Schultze, Robert Woods
IVP Academic
ISBN 978-0-8308-2882-1

I did have a page on gaming on the web evangelism guide, and am in the process of updating it – will soon be back at
http://www.internetevangelismday.com/games.php

blessings

Tony