Celebratring Purim in Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

13 mei 201513 mei 2015

Wolfenstein. The Old Blood (2015) arrived in store earlier this month. It is a prequel to MachineGames’ highly acclaimed Wolfenstein. The New Order (2014). WOB is shorter than WNO: in…

Silent Adam. Silence and Religion in the film ‘Wall-E’

11 mei 201511 mei 2015

This month my article 'Silent Adam. Silence and Religion in Wall-E' has been published in: 'Blessed are the eyes that catch divine whispering'. Silence and Religion in Film by Schüren Verlag.…

Batman’s near death experience

29 apr 2015

In the 2nd installment of the Batman Arkham series, BA: Citt (2011), the game protagonist Batman (voiced by Kevin Conroy) experience a strange sort of near death experience (NDE). Poisoned…

Tarkovsky’s Sacrifice: between Nietzsche & Christ

6 dec 2014

Almost four years ago (January 2011) I took part in an interreligious scholarly congres in Jeruzalem: Jewish Christian Perspectives (cooperation of among others Bar Ilan University and Tilburg University). Thios morning I…

Wolfenstein. New Order: Jewish mysticism and theodicy

13 jun 2014

The newest installment of the Wolfenstein series, called New Order, wanders deeper in philosophical and theological themes than any of its predecessors. Superhero William ‘B.J.’ Blazkowicz has found his voice…

Jackson 2.0: immortality or illusion

11 jun 2014

Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009), King of Pop, was resurrected for a special performance at the Billboard Music Awards in May 2014. Unfortunately, he did not rise in the flesh…

Playing God: Symposium Religion & Videogames

28 mei 201428 aug 2014

The gaming industry has recently surpassed Hollywood both in quantity and in revenues. In 2013 ‘Silicon Valley’ generated revenues of $ 93 billion, a 17.7% increase on the amount earned…

Haus Abendrot: Hitler won the war

17 mei 20145 jun 2014

This week the long awaited next installment of the legendary Wolfenstein series will be available fort he gamer community. Every since Wolfenstein 3D (1992, free-to-play on http://3d.wolfenstein.com) revolutionized the game…

Devil may Cry: Michelangelo’s Pieta turned inside out

15 apr 201415 apr 2014

In 2013 the Japanese studio Capcom published the 5th installment of the Devil May Cry series, effectually a reboot with a complete new narrative. Developer Ninja Theory (Heavenly Sword, 2007)…

TEDx Living limitless: the Soul Cloud

19 mrt 201420 mrt 2014

In February I was invited to deliver a speech at the TEDx Tilburg University about 'living limiltess'. In this talk I claim two things. 1) Living without limits is only…

‘The Lamb of Comstock.’ Dystopia and Religion in Video Games

14 feb 201420 feb 2014

NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED TODAY. In the article ‘‘The Lamb of Comstock’. Dystopia and Religion in Video Games’ I will introduce four high quality, commercially successful videogames: Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, Dishonored and…

Als geven delen wordt

27 nov 201316 feb 2018

Met Sinterklaas en Kerstmis geven wij in Nederland elkaar stapels cadeautjes. Economische crisis of niet, de collectieve uitgave aan feestcadeau’s zijn elk jaar weer een beetje hoger. Kennelijk bezuinigen we…

The Sound Theology of Hugo Ball

16 sep 201318 nov 2013

Lecture 'The Sound Theology of Hugo Ball', international congres 'God in Quesion', European Society for Catholic Theology, Brixen (Italië), 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ZzmPv4sNs

The Story of the Incorruptibles

8 jan 201218 nov 2013

Lecture, 'The Story of the Incorruptibles', international congres 'Communicating Bodies', University of Graz (Oostenrijk), 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ujAeMmVls

Return to Castle Wolfenstein: critique of Nazi occultism

6 nov 200624 dec 2014

(Nederlandse versie) The game Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) by id Software, Gray Matter Interactive, Nerve Software and Activision is a very violent ‘first-person shooter’. Besides being an excellent videogame…