It’s rare for a first-person shooter to be rated T for Teen. So Brink burst onto the scene with some big anticipation. But it wasn’t just the rating. Brink uses a technology called Smooth Movement Across Random Terrain (SMART), that allows characters to leap up and over obstacles.…
Thor (PG-13) Thor is an interesting choice for Marvel to lead off their summer blockbuster season. In the next few months we’ll also see films about the Green Lantern and Captain America, but the comic book Thor isn’t that well known outside of the geek crowd.…
My friend Chris at youthministrygeek.com tells me that “Games” is the most popular search word used by youth workers. That makes sense, since I’m always looking for more ways to have fun and create healthy interactions with our teenagers. So in that spirit, here’s my top-five list of both paid-for and free tech-games.…
Put your paws up if you’ve ever had this question: What do (ahem) Lady Gaga and God have in common? No really…there is more here than you might think—for example: Lady Gaga believes in God: “It doesn’t matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M.”…
I know what you’re thinking…it couldn’t get worse than “Whip My Hair” right? But little did you and I know that close on the heels of Willow Smith’s karate hair thrashing nightmare was the horror known as Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” In classic train wreck fashion, you simply can’t look away when you watch the video.…
I am horrible at directions. You know the old joke, “She couldn’t find her way out of a paper bag?” Yep, that’s me. My husband, on the other hand, can go somewhere ONCE in HIS WHOLE life and find his way back to the exact location without ever looking at a map.…
You’ve no doubt heard about MTV’s new show Skins, based on a popular show from across the pond. Well I’ve watched an episode, and it’s everything you’ve heard—and more. This third episode is named “Chris,” after one of the teenagers the show centers around.…
An article from Jonathan McKee at TheSource4YM.com “Bullying” is the buzz of 2010. Articles, studies, news reports, anti-bullying banners…I can’t go a week without hearing someone talking about it, someone who hasn’t been bullied. Something happens to kids when they are repeatedly mocked and pushed around publicly.…
Today, we’re finishing up this series to help students build biblical filters to discern the influence of culture into their lives. TAKE A PERSONAL LIFE INVENTORY To help our students continue down the path of biblical discernment, encourage them to examine the condition of their own life.…
The revolving world is a constant blitzkrieg of the sensational and the sickening. As youth workers, we understand that culture plays a big role in the development of teenagers’ identity. Culture is both a glorious and disastrous melding of art, tech, fashion, language, music, web sites, dominating values, politics, advertisements, current events, books, movies, celebrities/icons, magazines, TV shows…the messages and mediums of culture are nearly endless.…
