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Gaming and the Heroic Life A Quest for Holiness in the Virtual World

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Gaming and the Heroic Life
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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.

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Format: Paperback book
Product code: AM802494
Dimensions: 5½" x 8½"
Length: 128 pages
Publisher:
Ave Maria Press
ISBN: 9781646802494
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Written by Bobby Angel

Praise

Finally we have a gamer and missionary disciple leading the conversation about video games and their impact on the human person.

From the foreword by Jonathan “Bearded” Blevins

With the soul of a gamer and a heart for Jesus, Bobby Angel really nails the mission field of gaming that a lot of people simply overlook. This is a perfect guide to being in the culture but not of it. It’s dangerous to go alone—take this book!

Katie Ruvalcaba, Twitch streamer @MrsRuvi

Bobby Angel’s insight into the world of video games, young people, and the life of virtue has qualified him in a unique way to offer the wisest counsel for anyone interested in all three.

Fr. Mike Schmitz, Host of The Bible in a Year podcast

Gaming and the Heroic Life is a must read for gamers seeking to take their own gaming experience (and life) to a deeper level, and a must read for non-gamers seeking to understand the appeal and fulfillment that comes from gaming. I know it will be a gift to many!

Sarah Swafford, Catholic speaker and author of Emotional Virtue

This book is both timely and relevant as we seek to reach the next generation. Gaming and the Heroic Life continues the work of the New Evangelization by branching into a topic not much discussed but very much needed in the Church. As is evidenced by the recent beatification of Blessed Carlos Acutis, video game culture will be a pivotal place of catechesis and encounter in the years to come, and this book will prove a valuable tool to that end.

Fr. Blake Britton, Cohost of the God and Gaming podcast