For those who are gamers, how do you handle Christian Ethics vs gaming?

[AstralHammer]

I'm not going to take a look at the list, because I might be critical, and then your list might be blank.
So, I'll let you decide... unless you really would like me to evaluate it from the scriptural perspective.

It's public. It's ok.

 

[CoreyD]

It's public. It's ok.

One thing I can tell you, as a long time gamer, is that games made in the 20th century are not very creative.
The creative minds of the past, made, and still make the best games. So, if you want to find a game that's not a bundle of meaningless confusion... The only downside, is that most aren't cheap.
However, there are tons of freeware games out there... I just remembered... most people don't have Windows XP, or Windows 7, so most of those games won't play on a new Windows OS.
This is what I mean by getting left behind.

 

[AstralHammer]

One thing I can tell you, as a long time gamer, is that games made in the 20th century are not very creative.
The creative minds of the past, made, and still make the best games. So, if you want to find a game that's not a bundle of meaningless confusion... The only downside, is that most aren't cheap.
However, there are tons of freeware games out there... I just remembered... most people don't have Windows XP, or Windows 7, so most of those games won't play on a new Windows OS.
This is what I mean by getting left behind.

I wonder about these in terms of an older OS. I have came across these sites in the past but have not played any games off of them yet.

I believe these are all free. They even have Below the Root, an old Commodore 64 game I remember from when I was a kid.
My Abandonware: My Abandonware: because old video games were better

DOS Zone | DOS games in browser DOS Zone is free too. If you want to keep your saves in the cloud, it’s dirt cheap. Like $1 a Month.

 

[AstralHammer]

I don't think there's anything wrong with the idea of fiction in general, but it can go south quickly when you start making up deities and stuff. I think a great idea would be to look at some Christian Fiction writers like CS Lewis. I don't think Tolkien's works is all that ethically stable, but I think Lewis does a greater job at how you can merge fiction while staying in the boundaries of scripture.

I guess this is why this an interesting topic for me and should fictional video games with magic in it be avoided when there is no deity worship or deity-sourced powers? At the beginning of my first post in this topic, my answer would be it is acceptable. From what you and @CoreyD have been sharing, it causes me to think a bit about it.

 

[Delvianna]

I guess this is why this an interesting topic for me and should fictional video games with magic in it be avoided when there is no deity worship or deity-sourced powers? At the beginning of my first post in this topic, my answer would be it is acceptable. From what you and @CoreyD have been sharing, it causes me to think a bit about it.

I think the answer comes down to discernment and asking God. If there isn't a source stated for the power, I think it can go either way but I wouldn't say just outright its wrong or okay. I think it depends on the storyline, message and themes at that point.