Teenagers from the Advent Christian Church in Portsmouth play the video game "Halo 2" under the direction of Pastor Russell Carle.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Me and Hunter, we can’t be beat on a team. Many have tried and have died," said Alec Harding, 14, of Portsmouth, as he took a break from the video-game action Friday night at "The Fridge."
Behind him, in a horseshoe-shaped ring of chairs in the basement of Portsmouth’s Advent Christian Church, sat other teenage boys. Their eyes were focused on a semi-circle of three televisions wired together atop tall metal stands. The boys’ hands twitched away over myriad buttons on remote controls. The televisions were broadcasting the video game "Halo 2," with the action from each screen linked together so each contestant could be a sniper capable of "killing" any of the other participants. Beyond the din of the players’ banter and video-game explosions, other boys and girls played pingpong or simply hung out with their friends.
As the video-game round ended, Pastor Russell Carle called out to the youth for...
Paul Washer | 5/13/2017
