Video Game Speedrunning: Beyond eSports

In the past decade or so, much attention has fallen on the burgeoning popularity of eSports, multiplayer video games played competitively in a sport-like context. The most popular titles are largely real-time strategy, fighting, or first-person shooter games, such as League of Legends, Defense of the Ancients, Counter-Strike, Fortnite, and Super Smash Bros, and the …

Soteriology and Logical Possibility

Underlying Christian discussions about the nature of salvation are philosophical assumptions about possibility and the nature of God. We often are trying to square Christian doctrines with philosophical consistency when we discuss how individuals are saved, and this is a worthwhile goal. Therefore, evaluating the philosophical worldviews we each bring to both the biblical text …

Swimming and Confronting Chaos

Ten years of my childhood and adolescence were spent participating in competitive swimming. It was by far my strongest extracurricular commitment, extending year-round in both club and high school programs. Through it I learned priceless life lessons and cultivated a habit of applying focused, determined effort to tasks. It also became a central part of …

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