Jesus to Return Via the Medium of Videogames
Left Behind follow-up to feature Second Coming of Christ
Amazingly, the Christian-themed RTS Left Behind: Eternal Forces has garnered praise and even been referred to (by the author of the Left Behind books) as "the greatest invention...to reach this generation."
If you haven’t yet heard about this deeply worrying (not to mention broken) game then you might want to see SPOnG’s info and news for the full frightening and gory details.
SPOnG has also just unearthed details on plans for a follow up title, to feature everyone’s favourite New Testament yarn – The Second Coming of Jesus Christ! (Matthew 24:27, in case you need the reference).
Firstly, let’s look at those ‘endorsements’. Left Behind Games CEO Troy Lyndon said in an official press statement this week that the game, "…has received accolades from a large coalition of church and ministry leaders."
The "numerous ministries," including Focus On The Family, Women of Faith, Promise Keepers, and Concerned Women for America, have all endorsed the game.
Late last year, Lyndon slammed criticism of the game from gaming websites (guilty!) and from various Christian and Islamic groups, all of whom came together, in a rather surprising (you might even say unholy) marriage to criticise the intolerance and violence against different faiths in the game.
Lyndon told GameSpot at the time, "The reality is that everyone who is throwing stones, they literally have never played the game because literally 100 percent of their claims are bogus."
SPOnG wonders if the gamers of Focus on the Family, Women of Faith, Promise Keepers, and Concerned Women for America have also really played through the game. Surely their claims couldn’t be ‘bogus’?
In related news, according to a forum contributor on RichardDawkins.net, the publisher is working on a sequel, Kingdom Come, which takes place 1000 years after Jesus Christ makes his Second Coming and smashes the Antichrist and his troops in "Glorious Appearing" (#12 of the series proper). Here is the plot summary:
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 20:7-10, NIV)
If you haven’t yet heard about this deeply worrying (not to mention broken) game then you might want to see SPOnG’s info and news for the full frightening and gory details.
SPOnG has also just unearthed details on plans for a follow up title, to feature everyone’s favourite New Testament yarn – The Second Coming of Jesus Christ! (Matthew 24:27, in case you need the reference).
Firstly, let’s look at those ‘endorsements’. Left Behind Games CEO Troy Lyndon said in an official press statement this week that the game, "…has received accolades from a large coalition of church and ministry leaders."
The "numerous ministries," including Focus On The Family, Women of Faith, Promise Keepers, and Concerned Women for America, have all endorsed the game.
Late last year, Lyndon slammed criticism of the game from gaming websites (guilty!) and from various Christian and Islamic groups, all of whom came together, in a rather surprising (you might even say unholy) marriage to criticise the intolerance and violence against different faiths in the game.
Lyndon told GameSpot at the time, "The reality is that everyone who is throwing stones, they literally have never played the game because literally 100 percent of their claims are bogus."
SPOnG wonders if the gamers of Focus on the Family, Women of Faith, Promise Keepers, and Concerned Women for America have also really played through the game. Surely their claims couldn’t be ‘bogus’?
In related news, according to a forum contributor on RichardDawkins.net, the publisher is working on a sequel, Kingdom Come, which takes place 1000 years after Jesus Christ makes his Second Coming and smashes the Antichrist and his troops in "Glorious Appearing" (#12 of the series proper). Here is the plot summary:
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 20:7-10, NIV)
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RiseFromYourGrave 11 Jan 2007 13:05
1/10
if you want to f**k your kids head up, give them a bible not a game.
America is full of these nutty bastards
America is full of these nutty bastards
Joji 11 Jan 2007 13:46
2/10
Lol, just amazingly crap in a bad way. You know what, I have no affinity for the so called church, apart from the fact the guy Jesus lived and died for us. They want us to worship them but they continually lie to us to this very day about Jesus, for the benefits of the Pope etc. As the years pass, we learn the truth which the have buried for centuries.
What are you doing about the Pedo priest and homosexuals/lesbians out there? Are there levels that tackle with these issues?
They won't accept women in the church universally because women can have kids, and anything that can create life apart from god is not fit to run it. Is there a level for this too? What about the Spanish Inquisition level?
Stuff your game, I'll buy it when you tell me the truth, which is most likely never.
What are you doing about the Pedo priest and homosexuals/lesbians out there? Are there levels that tackle with these issues?
They won't accept women in the church universally because women can have kids, and anything that can create life apart from god is not fit to run it. Is there a level for this too? What about the Spanish Inquisition level?
Stuff your game, I'll buy it when you tell me the truth, which is most likely never.
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OptimusP 11 Jan 2007 16:18
3/10
Joji is the second coming of christ!!! OMG!!!
TimSpong 11 Jan 2007 18:24
4/10
RiseFromYourGrave wrote:
if you want to f**k your kids head up, give them a bible not a game.
America is full of these nutty bastards
America is full of these nutty bastards
Got to be said that The Bible in and of itself isn't a bad old read. It's as full of mystical wonder (and some not bad sex and violence) as many other 'selected and collected works' of literature.
The problem arises when it's taken literally or as the manual for life. Me, I like cricket (trans: baseball) but I don't take Shane Warne: My Autobiography as a literal way to run my life even if some reviews say that it contains: "some wonderful revelations about the mysteries..."
As for nutters, they're everywhere and always have been - it's just that they've learnt to collectivise and provide a voting block for super-nutters now. Time for the humanists to group up and deal, I'd say - either that or stop whining and just let the whole thing go to heaven/hell in a handbasket. One thing the fundimentalists do is that they actually 'do'.
As for the game, it's interesting to see how it's polarising people. I thought most gamers were not that bothered about subject matter as long as the game-play is good - seems not. And we're still trying to get a review copy - because we are sure as hell not paying the company any money.
Ditto 11 Jan 2007 18:48
5/10
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 20:7-10, NIV)
I have to say that this sounds like it would make a seriously good game.
pinky007 11 Jan 2007 19:31
6/10
I just hope there’s a mini game with Christ on a bike (English saying (at least in Yorkshire) for a surprise. i.e. “Christ on a Bike!! I wasn’t expecting that!”).
SPInGSPOnG 11 Jan 2007 20:11
7/10
Tim Smith wrote:
Got to be said that The Bible in and of itself isn't a bad old read.
Let's put that to the test shall we? Read the text below, and see if you prefer A or B.
A:
The Bible wrote:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
B:
War of the Worlds wrote:
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.
If your answer was:
MOSTLY As. You may be a sanctimonious middle aged pseudo-intellectual, happiest when interfering with the sexual proclivities and limiting the freedom of speech of others.
MOSTLY Bs. You are normal.
It's as full of mystical wonder (and some not bad sex and violence) as many other 'selected and collected works' of literature.
But far more full of hate, spite, bile, smiting, intolerance and killing. Take for instance, it's kind and tolerant words on gays: "If a man lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death."
The problem arises when it's taken literally or as the manual for life.
Way to (pseudo) intellectualise! So it's GOOD as a rattling good read, but BAD when it is used for the purpose for which it was intended.
I think I'll stick with American Psycho, it's a better read, and at least as good a manual for life.
RiseFromYourGrave 11 Jan 2007 23:29
8/10
god was a bitch bastard, fact. cherrypick and interperet all you like, youll find you cant escape the fact he was a bigoted, childish t**t. any book that perpetuates the Cult of Yahweh and its destructive dogmas is sick nonsense, and for all its contradictory straw clutching, the New Testament doesnt save it im afraid.
Joji 12 Jan 2007 00:01
9/10
Second coming....not me friend. I don't want to be idolised, (unless by loose, fit women like Mr Heffner...he he...you lucky people) thanks.
What we need is a Buddy Christ game or one based on the Dogma universe, that would be cool if done properly.
Hey JT, I love to summon demons/guardians to fight my battles in games. Magic is cool.
What we need is a Buddy Christ game or one based on the Dogma universe, that would be cool if done properly.
Hey JT, I love to summon demons/guardians to fight my battles in games. Magic is cool.
jack jennings 9 May 2007 16:26
10/10
I can not and do not forsee any time soon that I would play this game, I will carry an interest and a intrigued interest in the experienc that it may have.
As for those who cursed and certify that the Word of God will screw you good, it is rather the lack of it that will hang you in the end.
You see, one nonbeliever said in his heart and proclaimed in a chat, Who would follow such a cruel God, who would punish his child, and swear to persecute him forever.
Ex 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Ex 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Then this self declared leader of the universe who certified there was not a God, walked with all his power and authortity to the neighborhood tavern and sat with his father and his son they all drank late and returned home. As you may summise, supplies at home were few and far between, for the love of self was over the needs of the family, and lived for another day to return again.
But this man who hated God, denied him, and ruled God was indeed evil to persecute the children, he learned that night that his son soon was expecting a child, there was a child on the way, now four generations would walk the earth in freedom, expressing themselves as learned and instructed from each one in example set by daily events and shared moments of examples from one another. Their opinions were set in stone, from the ones declaring that there was no God, and he would be cruel and unworthy to follow if he designed a world that would harm children.
Before I part, as most of you know I am a "beleiver"
I pose to you that God declares before all, even from the day of creation( big bang ), you see, in the Bible, in Genesis, if you do the math presented in chapter 5 verses 1-32 you will find 0000 to 1656 is the destruction of mankind, and the man who's end brought his loved ones through the flood died in 2006. Some argue, in our current calandar there never was a year "0" and therefore 2006 is 2005. I reason, God knows what time it is, and the day, and the year, and he is perfect in his ways. Much better and more perfect than beer swilling leaders setting ignorant and self centered examples to their children and so called loved ones, declaring God evil while publicallyiving what is only left before ignorant man made gods as "good".
I think anything to open the light to some lost persons eyes is good and wonderful.
God bless and keep you all, and hope to see you all at the finish line soon.
As for those who cursed and certify that the Word of God will screw you good, it is rather the lack of it that will hang you in the end.
You see, one nonbeliever said in his heart and proclaimed in a chat, Who would follow such a cruel God, who would punish his child, and swear to persecute him forever.
Ex 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Ex 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Then this self declared leader of the universe who certified there was not a God, walked with all his power and authortity to the neighborhood tavern and sat with his father and his son they all drank late and returned home. As you may summise, supplies at home were few and far between, for the love of self was over the needs of the family, and lived for another day to return again.
But this man who hated God, denied him, and ruled God was indeed evil to persecute the children, he learned that night that his son soon was expecting a child, there was a child on the way, now four generations would walk the earth in freedom, expressing themselves as learned and instructed from each one in example set by daily events and shared moments of examples from one another. Their opinions were set in stone, from the ones declaring that there was no God, and he would be cruel and unworthy to follow if he designed a world that would harm children.
Before I part, as most of you know I am a "beleiver"
I pose to you that God declares before all, even from the day of creation( big bang ), you see, in the Bible, in Genesis, if you do the math presented in chapter 5 verses 1-32 you will find 0000 to 1656 is the destruction of mankind, and the man who's end brought his loved ones through the flood died in 2006. Some argue, in our current calandar there never was a year "0" and therefore 2006 is 2005. I reason, God knows what time it is, and the day, and the year, and he is perfect in his ways. Much better and more perfect than beer swilling leaders setting ignorant and self centered examples to their children and so called loved ones, declaring God evil while publicallyiving what is only left before ignorant man made gods as "good".
I think anything to open the light to some lost persons eyes is good and wonderful.
God bless and keep you all, and hope to see you all at the finish line soon.