The document discusses controversies that arise from niche games involving mature subject matter like sex, suicide, and divinity. It explores how these controversies can spur spiritual innovation by expanding narratives to imagine the past, present and future. The concept of a "meganiche ecology" is introduced, referring to how niche game spaces evolve through iteration while balancing hope and action within globalized networks.

1. WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTENT CONTAINS MATURE SUBJECT MATTER AND MAY OFFEND SOME AUDIENCES. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

2. WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTENT CONTAINS MATURE SUBJECT MATTER AND MAY OFFEND SOME AUDIENCES. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

3. SEX. SUICIDE. DIVINITY. THE EMERGENCE OF NEW CONTROVERSIES IN NICHE GAME WORLDS

4. CONTROVERSIES THAT CAN EXTEND BEYOND THE EDGES OF THE GAME SPACE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPIRITUAL INNOVATION.

29. BUT IF THIS IS THE DESIRE OF THE MAINSTREAM

32. … THEN WHAT DOES IT MEAN

33. … THEN WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE NICHE?

42. SERIOUS PLAYERS HAVE AN AGENDA TO RECONCILE HOPE AND ACTION

43. WITHIN THE GLOBALIZED MEGANICHE

44. NICHE VOICES COMMODIFY THEIR MEDIA

45. SO THAT BILLIONS CAN FINALLY UTTER….

46. FINE

47. FINE….I WILL HAVE YOU SEE IT

48. FINE….I WILL HAVE YOU SEE IT MY WAY.

49. HOW DO WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CONTROVERSY AND PROPAGANDA ?

50. PROPAGANDA CREATES RATIONALE

51. CONTROVERSY CREATES MYTH

52. FOR DEVELOPING GLOBAL NARRATIVES

53. REFLECTIVE OF THE PAST

54. COMPARATIVE TO THE PRESENT

55. IMAGINATIVE OF THE FUTURE

56. A MEGANICHE ECOLOGY

57. A MEGANICHE ECOLOGY EXPANDS AND EVOLVES

58. A MEGANICHE ECOLOGY EXPANDS AND EVOLVES THROUGH NICHE ITERATION

59. A MEGANICHE ECOLOGY EXPANDS AND EVOLVES THROUGH NICHE ITERATION WITH REFLEXIVE INTEGRITY

60. A MEGANICHE ECOLOGY EXPANDS AND EVOLVES THROUGH NICHE ITERATION WITH REFLEXIVE INTEGRITY BOTH IN AND AROUND GAME SPACES.

61. BECAUSE WHAT WE PLEASURE

62. BECAUSE WHAT WE PAIN

63. BECAUSE HOW WE PLAY

64. THE MISSIONS WE CHOOSE TO ACCEPT

65. ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL

66. BECAUSE WE CAN SUSPEND DISBELIEF

67. FOR THE SAKE OF ACHIEVING OURSELVES

68. BUT WHAT IF WE SUSPEND BELIEF?

69. NICHES EMPOWER THE MEGANICHE

70. IMAGINE THE PLANET

71. IMAGINE THE PLANET PLAYFULLY AWARE OF ITSELF.

73. Annie Spencer [email_address] www.bealinstitute.org Toronto, Canada

74. 911 SURVIVOR, JEFF COLE, MIKE CALOUD, JOHN BRENNON ANTI-BUSH GAME, STARVING EYES KABOOM, THE SUICIDE BOMBING GAME, FABULOUS999@yahoo.ca NENE SUICIDE GIRL, TOM FULP BORDER PATROL, TOM METZGER SUPER COLUMBINE MASSACRE RPG, DANNY LEDONNE EYEWITNESS, HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC STUDENT PROJECT GLOBAL CONFLICTS: PALESTINE, SERIOUS GAMES PAX WARRIOR, 223 YYZee STUDIOS DARFUR IS DYING, CAZAUX JACKSON KEATING RUIZ SANTIAGO STEIN TREUNG YORK McDONALD’S, I’M PLAYIN’ IT, MOLLEINDUSTRIA SUBSERVIENT CHICKEN, BURGER KING SEXTRIS QUEER POWER, MOLLEINDUSTRIA LEFT BEHIND: ETERNAL FORCES, LEFT BEHIND GAMES SECOND LIFE, LINDEN LABS DASHWOOD DUNGEON, MS. CHERI HORTON SHANGHAI GALLERY, ANNIE SPENCER, FAUSTINE FAUBERT, CFC MEDIA LAB