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Orthodox Christianity and geek subculture, hosted by Fr. Justin, an Orthodox priest and life-long book-, computer-, game-, sci-fi-, and fantasy-geek.
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Video: https://youtu.be/QKxNVGMAKWY In which we explore the impact of the World of Code on stories and games… and speculate about its resultant impact on current concepts of identity and even parallel universes! I had a
Video: https://youtu.be/-lPHuWCbvKk It’s story-time! In this first episode of a new arc that I’m going to entitle “WordPlay”, I tell the story of my weirdest, most intertextual essay ever and how it and Postmodernism and
Let’s be clear about what this casting of a female Aslan really is. Video: https://youtu.be/2B1U-Lqn4xE
Video: https://youtu.be/QKxNVGMAKWY In which we review the characteristics of the World of Code we’ve covered so far, add “data” into the mix, and examine – by applying this understanding to a single simple and personal
Video: https://youtu.be/EcT4MqUTdKw To exist and to interact with the world around it, computer code needs to be “embodied” in (of course) computers, and, despite its virtually infinite extensibility (at least in theory)
What value can we find in video-games? My talk at Doxacon Seattle 2025 mines my experience as a gamer, focussing on Starflight, and as a Minecraft Server Administrator for theological and experiential insights.
Video: https://youtu.be/Msl3uV1yhB4 In which we continue our consideration of computer code with conditional commands, reflecting on the implications of the consequent complexity
Video: https://youtu.be/k27vb6kybEo In which we begin in earnest our engagement with the World of Code by reflecting on the basic (pun intended) principles of computer programming
In this introductory episode, we begin a second “season” of the Geek Orthodox podcast, “The World of Code”, with two new summaries of the first season: one generated by AI, the other by yours truly.
This guest-lecture at Simon Fraser University on Biblical intertextuality in fantasy and science fiction focuses on three excerpts from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (Gandalf’s fight with the Balrog in The Lord of the Ring
The keynote address I gave at Doxacon Seattle in 2019 on the trope of transformation in fantasy literature and its importance, alongside the importance of our embodiment, for our identity.
In which I read to you an essay I wrote long ago, in a faraway land called St. Vladimir’s Seminary. Source: The full text of the original essay can be found here, on ChristianFantasy.com Related: My favourite wedding hom
In which I reflect on some of the echoes of Arthurian legend in Lewis and Tolkien, and on some of the influence and significance of the death of Arthur for me Show Notes: Tolkien: Lewis: “When the Pevensie children had r
In which King Arthur and his death are presented in their most perfectly poetic and Christian form Show Notes: Date: AD 1859-1885 “The Last Tournament” Isolt tells Tristam her response to the news he was married:“‘I will
In which we dive into the definitive English rendition of the legend of King Arthur to examine Sir Thomas Malory’s complex and nuanced handling of the causes and implications of King Arthur’s death Show Notes:
In which we examine the transition from the treatment of Arthur as a primarily historical to a primarily literary figure in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain, and the resultant changes to the handlin
In which we look at an X post about Bel and the Dragon as an opportunity to learn a bit more about the so-called Apocrypha
In which we begin our in-depth engagement with “The Deaths of Arthur” by examining the historical context and sources for Arthur and the significance of his death. Show Notes: Historical Context: Roman Britain, AD 43 – A
In which I outline my intentions for the podcast. Show Notes: My introductory essay on Orthodox Christian “baptism of culture” and on my related intention for this site to be a point of Orthodox Christian engagement with
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