Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Oh, my stars... <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-godgames10may10" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/busines s/la-fi-godgames10may10</a>,0,1260114.story?page=1&coll=la-home-business Converting Video Games Into Instruments of God May 10, 2006 Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. As the video game industry gathers at the Los Angeles Convention Center this week for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, a devout group of publishers is praying for a direct strike on their elusive target: the eternal souls of game players. One game, "Left Behind: Eternal Forces," which debuts today at the expo, features plenty of biblical smiting, albeit with high-tech weaponry as players battle the forces of the Antichrist in a smoldering world approaching Armageddon...
Originally Posted By sherrytodd So for parents who don't like their children playing violent video games, this is the alternative? Sure it's still violent, but we put God in the game so it's ok now, oh and when you kill someone, if you pray then it's ok.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl Biblical video games aer nothing new. When I was growing up, my father was a preacher and along with our Mario games and whatnot, we also played games involving Moses, Mary and Joseph and other biblical figures. Woo hoo! Collect Mana and convert people... I kid you not. ;o) ~Beth
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF But wait! There's more! You can do the flipside and fight on the Antichrist's side! Mark Morford, who I generally don't care for, nonetheless had a good description of it: "It's Grand Theft Auto for the Rick Santorum set."
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "So for parents who don't like their children playing violent video games, this is the alternative? Sure it's still violent, but we put God in the game so it's ok now, oh and when you kill someone, if you pray then it's ok." Yeah, well of course it's acceptable! Look at Passion of the Christ. An extremely violent movie, but it was heavily endorsed by churches, and families were encouraged to see it. I guess if violence is used to spread your message, it's ok...it's just not ok if it doesn't.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Tiggirl, I remember some of those old Bible games too! Man, that was some bad programming, LOL! I wouldn't have minded playing them if they at least had good control! They couldn't have made them more boring if they tried... Hey, if they can make them just as entertaining as Mario & the gang, go for it. I just don't see the need for the violence.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Here's a preview of the game from IGN <a href="http://pc.ign.com/articles/700/700708p1.html" target="_blank">http://pc.ign.com/articles/700 /700708p1.html</a> From this writeup, it sounds kind of interesting. At the very least it sounds like it presents it in a way that is not too preachy. Although I'm not really into RTS games (real time strategy), this does sound like a step above most of the "Christian" video games that have come before. I guess time will tell if people are interested or not.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF I think one of these articles said it was previewed at C3 (?), and I would say there's a good chance that this wasn't the final product. So, we're given impressions of a work in progress that may or may not be as "bad" as these articles suggest. Either way, I won't get it because I totally suck at video games, no matter how often I play them. I'm in the middle of "The Incredibles" and have been stuck on a Dash level for the past couple days. AAAAAAAAAAAACK!
Originally Posted By mele It's important that little kids spend their days worrying about the terror of Armageddon. It builds character.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Maybe it will have an unlockable Pat Robertson as a superhero character!
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "It's important that little kids spend their days worrying about the terror of Armageddon. It builds character." Maybe they can call the next one "God Will Get You For That".
Originally Posted By mele Oops, make that "bench pressing for Jesus" not just benching. Ha <<"God Will Get You For That">> LOL! That's a good one. I know too many people who already play that game.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy This thread is actually pretty funny, but here we have another Christian bash fest from the libs, the same people who get offended at everything Coulter says. Thats fine... You guys have at it.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy When I was a kid and in church the library had this way-cool video game of Biblical adventures ("way-cool" = kinda primitive [circa 1990] but I was mesmerized, lol). One was I think David and Goliath, one was somethin' about climby a grassy mountain or crossin' grassy hills, but the way-coolest was Noah's Ark. You got to go around a forest pickin' up the 2x2 animals and load 'em in the ark, and gradually the atmosphere would get darker (i.e., "cloud cover"), and thunder and lightnin' would increase. Boy howdy, you better get them animals loaded up 'fore the storm hits! Man I loved that lil' ol' game, heehee...
Originally Posted By wendebird >>It's important that little kids spend their days worrying about the terror of Armageddon. It builds character.<< It does say it's appropriate for ages 13 & up. So I wouldn't think anyone would let their little kids play it. At least I hope not. >>Maybe it will have an unlockable Pat Robertson as a superhero character!<< >>Benching 10,000 lbs for Jesus!<< Nice comments. Adds nicely to the discussion. I have girls & they're much under 13, so they'll most likely never play a game like this. IMO, video games don't need to be so violent, but then again I don't have kids who like that sort of thing. Also, I gotta say, my sentiments echo Beaus. Why the bashing on a Christian video game? I'm sure there are much worse/violent games out there to bash. Why this one?
Originally Posted By cmpaley JMJ >>This thread is actually pretty funny, but here we have another Christian bash fest from the libs, the same people who get offended at everything Coulter says.<< Considering most Christians (i.e., Catholics, Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican) don't believe in the faulty premillenial, pretribulation dispensationalist theology behind the whole Left Behind phenom, I don't see how. Now, it could be considered poking fun and Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals, but that's another story. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis.
Originally Posted By mele (Note to self: making a joke about Robertson's improbable weight lifting accomplishment equals bashing all Christians.) Why bash a Christian video game that is full of violence? How about because Christians are often decrying violence in movies and on tv? How about because children who are 13 are still children and, again, the game is violent. How about because many, many children under the age of 13 will play this movie? How about because I disapprove all violent video games, tv shows and movies? How about because I disapprove of teaching children to live in fear of God's wrath, Armageddon and the Rapture? I can do every single one of those things and still BE a Christian.
Originally Posted By cmpaley Ah, the simplicity of the Credal formulas: Apostles' Creed: He (Christ) will come to judge the living and the dead. Nicene Creed: He (Christ) will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and His kingdom will have no end.
