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Note:  This website is not owned or funded by Simutronics even though I work for them.  This is a private project that I work on in my spare time. The ChristianGaming staff <snicker> is solely responsible for the content on this site.  The views of each game reviewer is their own and does not necessarily reflect the views of ChristianGaming or its staff.

What We are Trying to Do

    • We are trying to create a comprehensive site dedicated to promoting Christian gaming.
    • We are trying to be a place where Christians can go to get information about online, computer and console games which are of interest to Christians.
    • We are trying to get Project X developed to create a massively multiplayer online game specifically designed from the ground up for Christians.

What We Believe

    • Every Christian site has one but we aren't so vain as to think we can get a statement of belief perfectly right.  I'm sure we'd offend any number of Christians (Duh!) so you won't find a comprehensive list detailing exactly what we believe.  So, instead of trying to re-state what others have stated so well and who are better qualified than us to state it, we have decided to link to sites which explain Christian Doctrine much better than we could.   Now, we haven't actually checked every detail of everything doctrinal on these sites so we might not agree with everything they say (Heck, anyone who's found two Christians that agreed on everything is in heaven) but we like them just the same.  Since our trip to heaven is likely a ways off, we'll just have to settle for the best of what's available. 
    • www.carm.org.  Click on the doctrines link which is especially good.  Easy site to navigate and chocked full of stuff on what to believe and why.  This is our preferred site since we don't have to work hard or buy lots of stuff to find things out.
    • www.equip.org.  Reformed slant to everything but we forgive them anyway even though it was rather hard to find their statement of faith through all the marketing (we gave up after dead ending at so many things for sale).  But we're sure it's there someplace.  You might be able to find it.  Hey, don't get uptight!  We're just kidding!  Click on the resources link.  If you find something there that offends you, well, they wrote it!  Didn't we already say we might not agree with everything on these sites?  Nevertheless this is a pretty good site for finding lots of books to buy to find out what to believe.  There's even a link to get free articles if you're willing to supply your name and email.
    • www.answers.org  Wow, we liked this one because of all the links.  There's got to be vast amounts of stuff to disagree with in here but probably lots of good stuff too.  Have at it!
    • Ok that's it.  There's many more sites we could list but you can find them through the ones above (Not sure if CRI has links to other sites since we couldn't find any.  They probably know it all anyway). 
    • If this doesn't satisfy you, email us at illbetyouarereallyacult@christiangaming.com. We'll probably ignore it since we are trying to duck writing a formal statement of what it is we believe exactly.  But then, maybe we'll do one after all if the complaints pile up high enough to swamp our site.  Besides, have you tried reading between the lines or noticed our peculiar use of the word, "everything"?  Try reading some of the words backwards for an additional surprise (gotta be rather creative on this one).  And if you don't know what we mean, don't write us asking 'cuz we aren't going to say.

 

Eric Slick , Founder (eric@christiangaming.com)

The impetus behind Project X and this site, Eric has been an avid gamer for most of his life.  As a youth he'd spend many hours designing and creating new games to play.  He earned a BA and an MA from Oral Roberts University in Theology which proved to be the exact right course of action to break into the gaming industry (12 years later).  After college, he worked in the ministry, teaching school, serving as Minister of Education, running a Christian School and Preschool and later owned and operated a Christian bookstore, printing business and newspaper.

During that time, he found out about DragonRaid, a thoroughly Christian roleplaying game that he used very effectively in scripture memorization with his students and with the youth at his church.  This re-kindled his interest in developing games, particularly Christian games.  Selling one game to a computer magazine, STart, encouraged Eric to try and write other programs but that effort failed when the realities of feeding a family of seven forced him to pursue a steadier source of income. 

During one venture into the world of retail business, he found out about an online game called GemStone III.  Curious, he started playing the game and soon was writing a "clone" in an effort to understand how such a game was coded.  As it turned out, Simutronics (the creator of GemStone III) was hiring people to help with their online games.  Eric applied and was hired.

Within a year, he had moved to working on Simutronic's latest game, DragonRealms, eventually becoming its Product Manager, directing its development. After DragonRealms, Eric was tapped to be the Producer of Hero's Journey (www.herosjourney.net) and then more recently was promoted to Director of Development and Technology. The years at Simutronics have proved very valuable and has put Eric in a position where he is better able to pursue his dream of creating a Christian game.  Thus, Christian Gaming and Project "X" was formed to see if such a dream could become a reality. 

After about three years of active development, and a variety of hardware disasters, Eric shifted his focus to family and work which consumed his time for several years. During that time, ChristianGaming.com floundered as a news and review site, but kept a presence with its forums because of the dedicated work of volunteers who believe in the mission of ChristianGaming.com

Simutronics

While not directly affiliated with ChristianGaming.com, this is the company Eric Slick works for and will hopefully provide the backbone for the online deployment of Project X (once funded) so it's included here for those interested in knowing who's behind what.  

Founded 13 years ago, this company has been in the forefront of online gaming.  Long before "multiplayer" was a word used by the retail market it was a living reality for GemStone II and GemStone III, our most successful online game.  Over a million players have played this game in the last decade.

Simutronics has seen the online world grow from a few proprietary services such as GEnie, CompuServe and America Online to the mushrooming of the internet into a worldwide phenomenon.  This founding company of massively multiplayer online games grew, changed and thrived in this rapidly evolving marketplace.

As a bootstrapped company we always were short on cash even while we were long on dreams.  Larger and better funded projects such as Ultima Online and Everquest have taken the crown of being the producer of the most successful online game, but only temporarily.  Hero's Journey represents Simutronic's newest entry into the world of graphical online RPGs.  It's intended to be the foundation for a truly groundbreaking gaming experience that hopefully will allow Simutronics to re-take the lead in producing the finest and most successful games online.

Former or Inactive Staff

Joshua Hughes, Games Reviewer (sentfrab@aol.com)

Joined CGaming in May, 2001 and has quickly become one of the major contributors to this site. He lives in Great Falls, Montana. He's involved in his school paper (Stampede) and its Literary Arts Magazin (CMRXpressions). He attends Charles M. Russell High School (CMR). He's been a Christian since he was seven years old and is an avid gamer since kindergarden. He's a PS2 loyalist and reviews games for it in the school paper, local paper and CGaming (of course). He also helped come up with a concept for a section in the Two Guys Software game, Revelation. Josh has won the Quill and Scroll Gold Key award for excellence in video game reviewing and is a member of the Quill and Scroll honor society for high school journalists. He's planning on a major in journalism, either at University of Montana (Missoula, MT) or University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN).

 

Mike Williams, Games Reviewer (STUDLEE11@aol.com)

Joined CGaming in May, 200. He was born in Michigan on 1/30/81 and has been playing games since he was 5 years old. He was saved when he was eight years old. He's currently going to college to get a degree in criminal justice and plans on being a Michigan state police officer someday. He plays the most popular computer games and is a self proclaimed first person shooter guru. His favorite game of all time is Deus Ex.

James A Walls, Games Reviewer

A native of the Philadelphia area, and a proud Pennsylvanian, I have been gaming since I was only 9 or 10 years old.  A player of Pen and Paper RPG's, CRPG's, Console RPG's and Boardgames, my collection or books, CD's, and dice is vast... and a bit embarrassing.  At 21 years old I am a non-denominational Christian who has attended Penn State University but will be graduating from somewhere else (still to be decided) within the next few years.  Most of my primary interests are either literary, historical, or philosophical but for a hobby there is nothing like sitting behind the screen of your TV and bashing a few monsters to get the blood running!  Founder of a small RPG club in Levittown PA and ex-President of the Gaming Association of Penn State, if you are ever in the Philly area, and aren't pounding cheese steaks, look me up and I'll whip out the Game Mastering material for you!

 

 

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