Why Aren't There Any Good Christian Games?

Play World of Warships here: https://wo.ws/491jITK Thank you World of Warships for sponsoring this video. During registration use the code BRAVO to get for free: 500 doubloons, 1.5 million credits, 7 Days of Premium Account time, and a ship! Applicable to new users only. --- Wherever there's media, so too is there Christian media. And video games are no different, in that respect. However, you may have noticed that there aren't very many "good" Christian video games: why is that? Why is it that despite Christians often complaining about violence or prurience in video games, there aren't any respectable Christian alternatives? As a Christian myself, I felt compelled to find the answer: join me on a curious adventure through theology, history, economic sociology, psychology and more, as we figure out why there aren't any good Christian games. --- 10% of Moon Channel's Gross Revenue goes to charity: including our sponsorship income! We are currently supporting Doctors Without Borders (MCF). You can learn more about Doctors Without Borders at https://www.msf.org/. -- Please also consider supporting Moon Channel on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/MoonChannelYT --- Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:59 - The "I'm a Christian" Disclaimer/What is a Good Christian Game? 07:42 - History of Protestant Work Ethic and its Impact on American Christianity; Intersection of Theology and Economic Sociology 17:00 - Protestant Ethic, American Exceptionalism, and American Christian Values 21:35 - Video Games vs. American Values 31:01 - Summary of Points so Far 32:23 - Analyzing Christian Video Games/The Non-American Perspective 41:32 - Can a Christian Game be Good? 44:21 - Conclusion 45:50 - End Credits Gag --- Additional Reading: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism https://selforganizedseminar.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/weber_protestant_ethic.pdf Teaching Us to Fear, Excerpt https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1166785.pdf --- The Video's Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLETW98X7fZkM_zI2BYIfrfcSSIAxKuU_Q --- Attributions: Captain Bible Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut7JlPeGNyM Bible Adventures Footage: https://youtu.be/QQnB5QrQWA8?si=Dgv525gSjLJ-EWqr Bioshock Infinite Footage: https://youtu.be/ZietNuVY3V0?si=gIRq1frAcpPSvNqJ Death Race Footage: https://youtu.be/aBBtt72aJLA?si=WQIk9sbMjpKKDNtw Baldur's Gate 3 Prurient Meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuNHGGjgIpI Backyard Baseball Footage: https://youtu.be/P7NZbu-h1tE?si=SeVXmdQTmZE0l9uz EU4 Reformation Timelapse: https://youtu.be/4SWTiKWzGKI?si=OzInYdnfRewfq_w2 Computer Space Footage: https://youtu.be/b3BQsCCwo8w?si=v1CMKfvmhPtRgdxm Pong Footage: https://youtu.be/fiShX2pTz9A?si=aNvnakQWSATteDmy Super 3D Noah's Ark Footage: https://youtu.be/Fkz2Exvlxfg?si=nyYzd_WAvl9vQ4a- DougDoug Footage: https://youtu.be/wjron5SqM8I?si=zAha97l_ikLRPakO [AI is spooky man] Magic School Bus Footage: https://youtu.be/3o9_Pe7DfVc?si=PpgW3MC1Onxw8d5E Oregon Trail Footage: https://youtu.be/r6IGEy7A6Hg?si=SrCtSgL8J9YtwQft NIV Bible and 20 Lost Levels of Joshua Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSNyUGJj5nE --- Silly Song Lyrcs: We are not pirates! We don’t do anything! We download emulators that lie around! And if you ask us if they do anything we’ll just tell you ... they don’t do anything! Well, I’d never download a rom and I’d never play it either and I’ve only made a backup to a physical CD and I’ve never been to romsites and I’d never torrent either and I’ve never used a cryptographic key. Cause we’re not pirates! We don’t do anything! We just backup roms that lie around! And if you ask us, if they do anything! We’ll just tell you … that it’s really only for preservation actually, and they don’t do anything! --- Please also check out more work from this video's thumbnail artist, @BobberWCC ! Twitter: twitter.com/bobberwcc Twitch: twitch.tv/bobberwcc More: bio.site/bobber