Playing Valheim With The Boys

The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show – Playing Valheim With The Boys

Let’s talk about playing Valheim – the new Viking survival game I have been enjoying with my sons and an assortment of friends and family.

We have learned some important life lessons so far. Team work, strategic thinking skills, and how to fell trees without them dropping on your head – it’s all here, folks.

The graphics may not be anything to write home about. As many have pointed out, the game has a very Minecraft feel to it where textures are concerned. But the map to explore is huge and randomly generated. The score is relaxing and appropriately themed. And the lighting effects and scope of vision are downright breathtaking sometimes. Not only that, but the building, crafting, and requisite resource collection mechanics are deeply satisfying and engaging.

Also, more broadly, how do we think about videogames and computer games? As I have argued before, play can be more than entertainment. If we choose to utilize them this way, playing videogames can be an excellent medium for learning. But we have to be intentional and strategic about what games we play, as well as how and why we play them.

Listen to this episode of The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show to hear all about it.

Aurora Overrun by a Venezuelan Prison Gang, 'The Great Train Robbery,' and Job 1 – The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away; blessed be the name of Yahweh.” In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. – Job 1:20-22   This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 04:45 – My Commentary on Job 1 37:58 – Armed crew storms Colorado apartment building overrun by Venezuelan gang spilling out from sanctuary city: wild video – Allie Griffin and Jennie Taer, New York Post 1:07:55 – Trump Rips ‘Stupid People’ Allowing Gangs To Take Over Colorado Apartments – Zach Jewell, DW 1:22:57 –  CO Dem Governor Says Alleged Migrant Gang Takeover Of Apartments Is ‘Imagination’ – Zach Jewell, DW 1:31:00 – Denver's mayor does the Norm MacDonald meme about the migrant crime wave: "The much bigger risk is a perception that the newcomers are dangerous" – Davy Crockett, NTB 1:40:24 – ‘The Great Train Robbery’ by Michael Crichton – Goodreads.com 2:03:20 – Matthew Henry’s Commentary on Job 1 – Blue Letter Bible

1. Aurora Overrun by a Venezuelan Prison Gang, 'The Great Train Robbery,' and Job 1 03:08:36
2. Reviewing 'Over Ruled' by Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze 01:39:47
3. Reviewing 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck 02:50:26
4. Considering Just War Theory and Christian Pacifism in Relation to Esther Saving the Jews 01:43:28
5. Reviewing 'When Christians Disagree' by Tim Cooper 02:41:22