The game sure generated a lot of debates, but it failed to generate revenues.
Yesterday the Left Behind Games announced its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2006, and it posted sales of just over $2.2 million. The entirety of that sum was due to sales of Left Behind Games' first product, the PC real-time strategy game Left Behind: Eternal Forces, which launched in mid-November.
Seeing as how tomorrow, May 21st, is supposed to be the Rapture and all the supposed "believers" are going to mysteriously disappear and make their way to heaven, many people are wondering "what about those that get left behind? Well, back in 2006, a rather controversial PC game was released that addressed the issue of those not included in the rapture. That game was aptly titled Left Behind.
On May 21st all the NEO-CONS will disappear? hip hip hooray, hip hip hooray. Let's throw a global party and celebrate!
We should all sing while we wait. I will start it off
"Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...
And...always look on the bright side of life..."
Christian video and computer games may soon be appearing on Walmart shelves.
Hurray?
The only religious game I'd play is God of War or Assassin's Creed. These Christian games try too hard to educate, though I'd love to see some bad ass game based around the religion instead (like Assassin's Creed).
The two comments above me are golden.
Bubbles!
Although, I wouldn't mind a game that was set during the days of the Crusades...that would be pretty intense to play as a Crusader in the King's guard or something.
The fact that the Left Behind series is considered to be "Christian" is one of the biggest reasons I totally understand people hating religion.
For some reason I don't remember reading about Jesus slaughtering "non-believers" in any actual Christian texts.
From Gamertell:
"Digital Praise, the company responsible for the music games Dance Praise and Guitar Praise , has announced a planned merger with Left Behind Games Inc, most well-known for games based on the Left Behind best-selling series of books."
I'm glad they are hemorrhaging money, religion has no place in video games... just like in schools.
I couldn't help but think of a GTA in Jesus form. xD
That sounds so fun.
Especially with a karma system.
Anyway >_>
I think it'd be tight to have some Christian games, wouldn't bother me.
Moar gamez!
This game is so so very wrong. I can only imagine what the uproar would have been had it been a different religion saying "convert or die" to another major religion practiced in the country that this was marketed to.
Imagine if you will for a moment, the people in England who listed Jedi as their religion on the census. These, 'Jedi', are being invaded by hoardes of nogood Trekers, phasers drawn, set to medium well done.
"Live long and prosper," they said at first. It quickly became evident that their true intentions were only out to convert these savages to the ways of the Kirk.
"Convert to the ways of the Trek, it is for your own good," they said, in stilted over acted, sentance fragments. "The Great Bird of the galaxy will be returning from the dead soon! You must convert from your heathen 'magical force' worshiping ways!"
"The Force (c) flows through all living things, surely you can feel it too?" The 'Jedi' said.
"The only thing that will flow through you is a phaser you Klingon cabana boy!"
Violence ensues. Silly isn't it? Why are those talk bubbles dissapp.....
yeah maybe if this game didn't suck so bad