Thomas Umstattd Jr.

Lost Silence

We bombard our brains with noise. As a young person I am now able to go through an entire day and never leave time for silence. But at what cost? It is in the quiet place that God speaks, where the conscience can be heard and secret things revealed. Silence allows us to think through difficult issues, sort out conflicting emotions and get right with God. Gaming, or media in general for that matter,...

Heeding the Echoes of War

Every beat of a man’s heart pulses the desire for greatness. We long to take up our sword and join in the fray. Yet, the lives of most men don’t look like a grand battle. They look more like a game of put-put golf. We don’t realize the things we do have little impact on the world outside the miniature golf course.  The game is fun, but it lacks meaning. What has happened?  We...

Focus

What is the difference between a fire cracker and a rifle round? They both have powerful gun powder and they both make people jump through sheer noise. The firecracker has no control. Whereas when a round dwells in the barrel, the rifle focuses the power of the powder blasting the bullet hundreds of yards away. The rifle round can change the course of history, the fire cracker amuses children. Does...

cgames.com – My Other Blog

Hello Friends, Quick note. For those of you who only get this blog via Facebook, you are missing out. You get way more coolness and less hassle when you subscribe via email or RSS . I have started blogging at cgames.com . Think of it as the rough draft of the book I am writing about the dangers of digital gaming . Brain Morgan is a contributing writer to the cgames blog .  Those of you who haven’t...

Catholic Priest Decries the Evils of Video Games

Here are some interesting thoughts from Father Raymond J. de Souza “Don’t play video games. Don’t own them. And for the sake of all that is good and holy, don’t buy them for your children. “Video games are like a black hole into which time disappears. Students today often confess to wasting a couple of hours a day on them. Corporate Canada likely loses whole weeks of productive...

Why I am Writing this Book

In the movie The Lord of the Rings, Aragorn takes a risk by going into the mountain of the dead. He went in hopes of securing for Gondor reinforcements to aid in the fight against evil. The dead while an unlikely ally in this cause ended up making the difference. I have been thinking a lot lately about why I am writing a book about the dangers of digital gaming. And frankly, it’s not about the...