From Gamertell:
"Is the Christian market for games being underserved? Is there, in fact, a market for Christian games? Walmart and Left Behind Games will try to answer those questions with a test in 100 stores in the Houston and Dallas areas. These stores will stock back catalog PC games based on the best selling Left Behind book series."
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.
My rapture party is starting in about an hour. Thought I would look in to see what the new games of the apocalypse are going to be like.
Hasn't happened yet.
You're all fools! The end is coming, you'll see!!! You're all gonna...
Wait, what do you mean it's the 22nd now? Riiiight then. Guess I probably shouldn't have spend all my money and quit my job.
Oh well....such is life!
Or you could've put on that Armani suit and filled your pants at some point so that the person lucky enough to stumble upon the pile of clothes got a nice surprise.
Exactly. One man says it and suddenly it's the truth. Plus he has said it before and was wrong. Anyone noticed that no religious group even bothered to agree or disagree with him? That is to show what a joke he is.
It says in the bible that no man will know when the end is coming.
Bible also said there was a giant flood and a giant boat.
So did Gilgamesh.... whooops, don't tell the fundies that their story was ripped from an earlier much more interesting version.
^^^^^^^ Oh :O, someone who thinks they know something because they heard it from someone else without doing any real research.
Below: Lol I think you haven't even be near a bible
The Bible also said that gay people, people that cheat and have sex before getting married, people that have sex with animals have to be killed.
Or is it...."put to death" does that have the same meaning ?
I'm all for that, but killing animals ?
No, forget it, the bible is retarded anyway
Others say a giant rock smashed into the Earth. They're both equally believable.
yoge, you nailed it.
I don't know how so many of these believers trust one moron that's been wrong many times before.
He's just another snake oil salesman posing as a religious zealot.
Anyone with a brain could have picked up a Bible and found the verse that yoge refers to.
The bible was also written 400 years after Jesus' death by a bunch of Romans. Its a load of crap.
I wish this world could just forget religion and live happily without this God bs...
But each to his own. Beleive that stuff if you want
100% agree,religion has done nothing but divide people and brought along so much death in the process
I guess the Rylands papyrus and critical new testament scholarship are part of a conspiracy. But don't mind me, I'll let you get back to reading Dan Brown's fiction.
I would love to know how you came about this information about romans writing the bible. If you guys want to put all your faith into scientist having all the right answers, you go right ahead. They are always disagreeing with each other and changing their minds. They claim they know whats happening 4 billion years across the universe, yet can't make up their minds on global warming
@NYC_Gamer
The Bible actually warns against forcing religion on people. Humankind causes its own strife when we blow things out of proportion and/or misinterpret things.
yea too bad the bible is also full of shit
edit: to xstation - you say "put all your faith into scientist having all the right answers" NO- not true, scientists dont have all the answers and i dont have all my faith in them. it doesnt mean i should believe Fairy Tell-esk nonsense that is written in a book written by a 19 year old. (they didnt live that long back then, he was probably 19 or younger)
Making fun of other peoples religion and saying the bible is full of shit is crossing the line. You may not believe what others do, but atleast show some respect. I'm off to find another gaming news site that isn't made up of 12 year olds with their dumbass comments.
The Bible contains wisdom and answers to problems we still face today. Even an atheist could benefit from reading some of it. The book of Proverbs is the best example.
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).
Christian games would set a new standard for violence...I don't think Kratos could stomach some of that imagery
5 Superpowers From the Bible That Put Marvel and DC to Shame
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The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses
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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.
People "hate" religion because it presents here-say and folklore as if it were fact.....it is also a breeding ground for ignorance and war/violence.
Religion is just an easy way to control the ignorant. The same here-say and folklore has been spread throughout history inside and outside of religious involvement. The same can be said of rape, torture, murder and all other forms of mayhem. The fact is, the problem with religion is that humans are involved.
"The fact is, the problem with religion is that humans are involved."
I do not disagree
Edit:
The biggest problem with religion is that people don't stop to think "does this make ANY sense"
How, exactly, does that differ from pretty much any widely accepted view in any society from any era of human history? Religion is included, but it's not the sole bane of human existence like so many portray it to be.
What you are referring to is ignorance in general. We are all ignorant at something, at some point....The bible is a set of guidelines on how to be ignorant and remain so.
is like blaming the pen or pencil as the source of spelling errors.
And its an absurd assumption in my opinion,that without religion, over night we would have world piece.
Human beings are evil, those that don't see it are the first ones to call themselves "good people". Oh how I would like to display there thoughts on a big cinema screen to the masses. Then try to hear there justifications for calling themselves "good people".
Even murderers, thieves, rapist etc. are quick to tell that they're not the worst of society or what this world has to offer.
It's my opinion is the world should blame people as the source of the world's problems, and try to stop shifting the blame on the claims of what they believe. Because what a person truly believes can't be proven by the mere words of there mouth.
Religion will always be an escape goat to those who do evil things, and unlike the world I'm not buying the pitch line that "it's there religion's fault". However, I say "no its the fault of there actions".
Please research something before you knock it.
I'm not kidding.
Maybe God is a fairytale to most of you, but I can assure you he's not. Please do yourself a favor and research. Don't just listen to the ignorance around you. That's what I did for years.
Your statement would hold more factual weight if directed at those who use the Bible to forward their own misguided agendas rather than the actual collection of literature itself. The Bible, much like religion, is all too often blamed for the shortcomings of those who have zero actual understanding of their original intent (i.e. zealots like Lahaye and Robertson).
You found proof of god? Nice! Seeing as you are the only person in the world with proof, would you be so kind as to share it so that we can end this "silly" debate?
@5.6-
I don't think human beings are inherently 'evil.' I think humans just seek short-term rewards too readily. Many people join religions to be a part of a society that would otherwise shun them, without thinking about the consequences of adopting a strict doctrine.
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."
And here come the Hate-bots over a story about two game companies merging because they happen to be Christian studios.
"HIA GUIS DIS ES WAT I TINK OB REGIGIONS AND STUFFZ. I'L BE UR AL CURIOUS ON ONE PERTSONS OPIGION ON TEH VIDEOGAM SITE"
^^^^These are the people whom are on their way to debate each other.
@SilentNegotiator
if you hate free speech so much you should move to a country like iran, there nobody can diz religions(at least the islam)
Hah - games about made up super beings preying on the little guys - but enough about GoW3!
I think this is great - 2 christian companies getting in bed together.... Hey, was lightning outside?
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"if you hate free speech so much you should move to a country like iran, there nobody can diz religions(at least the islam)"
Yes, because me making fun of people debating theism on a video game website means I hate free speech. Excellent deduction, holmes.
"The Killer should be here any second now?"
I'm shocked he isn't here yet. I guess he went to the Saturday service? :P
called Super Noahs ark. It was a mod of wolfenstien and you were noah shooting feed at animals to make them go to sleep.
My friend had it and you needed to put a real snes game into the top of it for it to work.
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Anyways like Bart would say "All the good developers are affiliated with Satan"
lol
I'm glad they are hemorrhaging money, religion has no place in video games... just like in schools.
Well I dunno about you, but I think GoW3 looks frikin cool! >:)
I liked Darksiders too. xP
A good game is a good game. If you dont want to buy the Christian themed game...............then dont buy it. That is why there are different genres of games for different people.
I'm a nonbeliever, but I think religion in games is fine, especially if it's brought up in a secular, academic manner (Bioware does it nicely, as does Irrational Games).
And I also support those mindlessly pro-God games; let the religious idealogues have their own ways to entertain themselves.
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!
Heh those Christians! Always undermining christ's values!
I'm a christian, and from what I've seen, most christian games tend not to be the best (no duh).
But I would just like to ask, probably pointlessly, if the people who will start commenting here can please not start a huge flame war on how christianity rocks/sucks, but if we can just comment on this news.
I visited this article @ gamepolitics, and there's five pages of comments bashing/praising christianity and a lot of crap being flung around. From BOTH sides.
Just asking if we can all avoid that. Thanks.
right now he & God are playing Uncharted 2 in heaven
There is a huge market for it. And not just for Christians. Just think, the Old testament is one of the bloodiest killfests around. Filled with vengeance, false gods (and their worshipers), slavery, prostitutes, waring kingdoms etc. The new testament focuses on the life of Jesus, but there is still the same issues in the world, in fact there is a whole race of people being ruled by the roman empire who often ruled by cruel leaders.
If developers went to the effort there are heaps of potential games to be set in this period, potentially around these events. Its just that so far any Christian game has generally been so rediculously poor thought out and basic that its not funny. Moral decisions are always clear cut, they are always goody goody 2 shoes with no gore, violence and other sinful activity. I'm convinced there is potential there, and that the games, if done correctly, wouldn't JUST be suitable for Christians.
Wasnt there an old school NES game?
Yeah, Bible Adventures...