For those that have been following, this is part 3 of my series of posts from Tales of Xillia 2. The protagonist of Tales of Xillia 2, Ludger Kresnik, is a very interesting character even though he doesn’t say much. He’s the main character of the series, joined by the original cast of Tales of Xillia. Not… Read More Gaming with God: Ludger Kresnik, Destroyer of Worlds
At Beneath the Tangles, we always strive to facilitate community and conversation. While our blog resources have been and will always be the primary focus of facilitating discussions about anime and faith, and we will always be actively engaging our readers in the comments section of each article, we’re excited to be able to announce… Read More Introducing Our New Discord Community
After multiple rounds of battle, we finally have our first ever winner of our anime March Madness. In a final vote of 58% to 42%, the winner is…
This is the last in a three-part series by guest writer James. You can catch up on Part 1 here and Part 2 here. – – – – – – At the end of Part 2, I suggested that Okabe may be mistaken in assuming God’s will must override his own. Without question, what God intends… Read More In God’s Good Time – An Analysis of Steins;Gate (Part 3)
This is the second in a three-part guest series by James. – – – – – – In Part 1, we saw that Okabe and his friends suffer greatly for presuming to meddle with time travel. Whether that suffering comes at the hands of an impersonal universe or a personal God is the question we… Read More In God’s Good Time – An Analysis of Steins;Gate (Part 2)
We are all going to die. Eventually. That’s a simple fact of life – death and taxes are coming for you. Nothing reminds us of our mortality more clearly than the popular (over 6 million downloads and counting) Japanese mobile game Survive! Mola mola (Apple, Android). If you haven’t played it before, Survive! Mola mola! is… Read More Newman’s Nook: Death is Imminent, Don’t Fear It
We’re excited to introduce the first post in a three-part guest series by James, a research associate with the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics. He writes regularly at their website, tifwe.org, and a sample of his work can be found here. He wrote a series for us about the visual novel Planetarian in September 2014, so… Read More In God’s Good Time – An Analysis of Steins;Gate (Part 1)
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