Hi there!
I’m Ben Larkin, somewhat known around the internet by my pseudonym ‘Fr33Lanc3r’. I’m a recently graduated Biblical Student (Advanced Diploma of Ministry), which also implies that I’m a Christian, which I unashamedly am, even if my views tend to be a bit different from what I see a lot of Christians expressing. Video Games are the most significant of my hobbies, and it is one of my hopes to see this hobby reconciled with the society, and especially with the people who share my faith, as more than just a toy for children, but as a serious force that has the potential to be an artform in it’s own right. I enjoy a good book (especially if it’s from the Fantasy genre), a well made video game, a decent movie, any opportunity to write about something (even though the regularity with which I post might suggest otherwise), and spending time with the people I consider to be important in my life.
I originally started this blog as a way to work through some of the things that I’d been studying, or things that I had come into contact with as a result of my studies. It quickly morphed into a place where I would share almost anything that came to my mind – from video games, to college, to general Christianity, even politics. Eventually it became almost completely focused on my experiences in spending time on online games within an evangelistic framework – to the point where writing about anything else became really strange. In October last year, I set up another blog to talk about digital mission and online evangelism as I see it, and what it can become, bringing this one back to the awesome randomness of it’s heyday. I’m going to try and post as close to weekly as possible (some weeks I may even get two in), and I always encourage discussion about anything I write here – I love to hear different points of view (and I love to debate views I don’t agree with).
