Gaming and the Heroic Life

Video games fuel a fundamental human drive for adventure--like the epic quest to slay zombies, a solo voyage to rescue the princess, or setting off with a clan to defeat the final boss.

The desire to be a hero in your journey is something Bobby Angel can relate to. A lifelong gamer, he was the cohost of the God and Gaming series on YouTube and often appears as a guest on Bearded Blevins's Around the Halo on Twitch. In Gaming and the Heroic Life, Bobby explains that you don't have to just play the role of hero in a game--you can actually pursue a heroic life by the way you engage the virtual world.

Gaming and the Heroic Life is a map to becoming not only a better gamer but also a better person--one who has a purpose and knows where they fit into the world.

The book contains three levels:

• Level One explores why people love games and what games have to do with God.
• Level Two examines how the Easter eggs of truth, beauty, and goodness in games impact players in much the same way that they impact your relationship with God.
• Level Three demonstrates how gaming can propel players AFK (away from keyboard) to find purpose and meaning in service to others.

Bobby shows where video games intersect with a life of faith in God--how games echo with our call to holiness and how we can respond to that call in both the virtual and real worlds.

Bobby Angel is a Catholic author, speaker, and certified mentor for the CatholicPsych Institute with more than twenty years of experience in ministry. He is the author of Gaming and the Heroic Life and coauthor of Pray, Decide, and Don't Worry: Five Steps to Discerning God's Will with his wife, Jackie, and Fr. Mike Schmitz and of Forever: A Catholic Devotional for Your Marriage with Jackie. Angel also contributed to the books Catholicism after Coronavirus, Wisdom and Wonder, and The New Apologetics.He earned bachelor's degrees from the University of Florida and St. John Vianney College Seminary and master's degrees from the St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary and the Augustine Institute. He trained at the Theology of the Body Institute. He also has worked as a certified firefighter and emergency medical technician.Angel has spoken at the National Catholic Youth Conference, the Good News Conference, Life Teen retreats, and diocesan youth conferences. He was a regular on Jonathon "Bearded" Blevins's Around the Halo on Twitch, the Ascension Presents YouTube channel, and the Word on Fire God and Gaming video series with Fr. Blake Britton. He contributes to the National Catholic Register and serves as a guide for the JP2 Trails retreats.He lives with his family in the Dallas, Texas, area.Jonathan "Bearded" Blevins is the founder of BeardedBlevins Stream Team and Little Flower Media.

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