When Bible-thumping just isn't enough...

[Will Rennar]

...Give them an ultimatum: CONVERT OR DIE!

This game disturbs me to no end. X_x

Editra: OKAY, THE LINK IS FIXED THIS TIME. FOR REAL. ...Granted, that might've been me trying subconciously to spare you the torment of what lies beyond.... <p>--
<div style="text-align:center">This has been your daily interrupted moment of Zen.

Science Team is convinced Metroids can be trained.
After three days, I'm convinced Science Team has vapor for brains.</div></p>Edited by: Will Rennar&nbsp; at: 6/7/06 22:12

[Ganonfro]

...Everytime I click the link, it sends me to the microsoft main page. You might need to edit the link

[FlamingDeth]

Har har, Billren is bad at linking. <p>
<hr />You must obey the dance commander, giving out the order for fun!</p>

[Will Rennar]

Extra "http://" baleeted. Try again. <p>--
<div style="text-align:center">This has been your daily interrupted moment of Zen.

Science Team is convinced Metroids can be trained.
After three days, I'm convinced Science Team has vapor for brains.</div></p>

[Ganonfro]

...There is entirely too much wrong with that article.

[Besyanteo]

"The site you're looking for either doesn't exist or has been disabled. For further information contact info@ScoopHost.com "

... Arr? Prank maybe? Bandwidth exceeded?

edit: Doh.

double edit: ... Fucking. Ew. Kill it with FIRE. <p>

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<div style="text-align:center"></div></p>Edited by: Besyanteo&nbsp; at: 6/7/06 21:31

[E Mouse]

Wilren needs to remember to delete the ""s next time. :(

Also, yes, that article is terrifying. <p><hr />

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>

[KingOfDoma]

I love Jesus.

I HATE THAT GAME.

Dear god... may it be relegated to the bottom of the bargain bin upon release.

Or, better yet, may EB and its ilk never stoop to selling it.

[Wolfbelly]

What the heck? You guys have obviously been living under a rock for the past few years. The game is based off of a popular series of books that takes a realistic look at what would happen if the book of Revelations started coming true. "Left Behind" refers to the remaining people who were not "chosen" to ascend to heaven.

I think the game is an interesting concept played out rather well using a setting that's been popular in mainstream fiction for a long time. What's so offensive about this game anyway? It's not the killing, we have much better and gorier games than that. Quit with the "HURF DURF DURRH" kneejerk responses already. <p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><div style="text-align:center">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't you fight it girl, it's only NAT-U-RAL. Can't disguise what's in your eyes. They say too much. Don't deny that when we touch, it's PHY-SI-CAL. Let it be you and me, don't fight it baby.</div></span></p>

[ikozaedro]

hah...HAHAHAHA! boy, i really want to see how the mainstream media will re-act to this, on one hand, it is extremely racist and violent, on the other hand it has a wierd-ass pro christian theme, Jack thompson-like people's brains will explode when this comes out! <p><div style="text-align:center">
my deviant art thingy!
quote:
"-Lili! a deranged man is building an army of psychic death tanks to take over the world and there is nobody who can stop him except for you and me!
-Oh my god! LET'S MAKE OUT!"-Raz and Lili, Psychonauts</div>
</p>

[Besyanteo]

Glu: That actually crossed my mind. I still find the thing offensive, but it's existence would be worth it if we sent him a link to it, and he showed up dead of a heart attack in the news the next day, or got some equally huge reaction out of him. <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center"></div></p>

[Jak Snide]

I want this game. It seems to have potential for lot of funny.

[Dr Ninja]

That actually crossed my mind. I still find the thing offensive, but it's existence would be worth it if we sent him a link to it, and he showed up dead of a heart attack in the news the next day, or got some equally huge reaction out of him.

Did you even read the article? It has a quote by him.

[Besyanteo]

Jak: Eh. If you say so. :( <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center"></div></p>

[Jak Snide]

Oh come on. Yes, it's a horrible tool of religious propaganda and so on, but that's why it'd be amusing :[

[NamagomiMk0]

In fact, Jack Thompson hates it! That makes it even funnier! <p>"DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT US? OUR TREASURE MAY BE HEAVY, BUT WE ARE LIGHT AS WIND. ONLY MAGICS MAY HURT US, BUT ONLY WE KNOW WHICH ONES." --Omoikane, Digital Devil Saga 2</p>

[PriamNevhausten]

No, it shows that Jack Thompson's Hate/Love switch is busted. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[E Mouse]

Jak: Do yourself a favor and get it pirated rather than letting them get the money for it.

Materialism DENIED, bitches! <p><hr />

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>

[Choark]

I'm totally with Jak on this one, in the amusing front anyway, though the game kinda looks like a boring point, click kinda game so.. yeah.

Still the actual concept sounds interesting, judgement day has been and gone and there are only those left behind on Earth.... thats a pretty damn groovy and interesting plot line and could be real good if done well. <p><div style="text-align:center"> </div>
<div style="text-align:center"> </div>
<div style="text-align:center"> <span style="font-family:century gothic;font-size:x-small;">HEROES DON'T NEED PANTS</span> </div></p>

[Ganonfro]

But what's the likelihood that it will?

[Choark]

Very little... But while there even a sparkle of hope I'm still hopeful! <p><div style="text-align:center"> </div>
<div style="text-align:center"> </div>
<div style="text-align:center"> <span style="font-family:century gothic;font-size:x-small;">HEROES DON'T NEED PANTS</span> </div></p>

[LadyDragonClawsEDW]

Ah yes, I linked this in my journal! I remember having a discussion about it on someone else's journal. Regardless.

No, I didn't know about the Left Behind series. I'm sure several people have as well or do and just do not care to recognize it because I do not engage in religious activities.

The game itself has actually been in production for over a year. Actual reviews of it on gaming sites make no mention of being able to single out Jews etc. and blowing them away. It also mentions that you get penalized for killing people instead of converting them.

Jack Thompson's appalled state of the game isn't surprising. I'm actually glad he took this stance because it'd make him look awfully bad if he opposed things like GTA, which have violence, but not this RTS, which, well, also has violence and the potential to "train" young children to think that it's OK to shoot people that don't follow your religion in the face.

My reason for disliking the whole thing is I am one of many people who do not like being told that I'm going to hell because I don't accept Jesus. Therefore, I am not happy seeing a game that encourages this sort of attitude.

[NamagomiMk0]

...I'm actually betting that most of the people who BUY this game will do so only to be on the "evil" side. Including the "good christian people". <p>"DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT US? OUR TREASURE MAY BE HEAVY, BUT WE ARE LIGHT AS WIND. ONLY MAGICS MAY HURT US, BUT ONLY WE KNOW WHICH ONES." --Omoikane, Digital Devil Saga 2</p>

[Endesu]

The concept is somewhere between amusing and 'wrf'.

However, given this thing's troubled development life, I predict Duke Nukem Forever will come out before this one does. <p><hr />
<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Curtis: Dannyboy, look at you. You've changed considerably, into a badass, if I may.
Dan: Yeah, you've changed a lot too, into an old man! I went to see the devil, now it's your turn!
Curtis: Oh, my pupil, so tenacious of life, guess I have to kill you again.
Dan: Shut up, before you run out of breath!
Curtis: I got rid of those smiles, there's no one left to disturb our game. Just you, and me.
Dan: Sounds fair, 'cuz I hate holding back, even for an old fart like yourself.
Curtis: Talk all you want, I won't need six bullets for you.
Dan: Or four for you.</span>
</div></p>

[E Mouse]

Something amusing that occured to me.

Some of the people posting comments there justified the game by saying that it was based on events 'after Rapture.'

Which makes me wonder why the game can still center on an army of fanatical Christians, if they're so confident they'll be the ones who get to go to heaven when everyone else goes crazy and starts killing one another.

This implies one of two things:

1. He's saying that the Rapture won't happen, or
2. That it won't include the extremist Christians who star in the game.

Of even more interest is the fact that converting/killing "moderate" Christians in the game is rewarded more than doing the same with a more neutral NPC. In which case, I expect them to be much more difficult to find.

However, moderate Christians don't seem to be a rare thing in the real world.

So maybe only the moderate ones got 'saved,' leaving the fanatical lunatics to get themselves killed?

ZOMG IRONY. <p><hr />

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>

[Zemyla]

The plot doesn't matter. I'm wondering about the gameplay. Is it something that I can play over and over again? <p>-----
Do not taunt Happy Fun Zemyla.

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">I think boobs are the lesser of two evils. - Inverse (Pervy)
Dammit, Dan, I'm not dating a damn NPC! - OOC Will (Will Baseton)
Of course! Anything worth doing is worth doing completely wrong! - Travis English
Ultimately, wizards and clerics don't say, "Gee, I want to become a lich because weapons hurt less and I don't have to worry about being backstabbed; that whole 'eternal life' thing is just a fringe benefit."-Darklion
But this one time I killed a walrus with my bare hands, and I suddenly understood spherical coordinates. - KnightsofSquare
Also, when you've worked a 36-hour shift as an intern you too just might pour yourself a catful of coffee and sit down to cuddle with your travel mug. -eirehound
</span>

Adventurers! | RPG World World | The Phantom Lord's OT Board mkII | Indie Madnesse | Brotherhood of Elitist Bastards</p>

[NebulaQueen]

You know, if you slap in some psychics, mutants, and aliens, then we can have a near future Warhammer 40K game with this. <p><hr />
"My naturally quivering state makes any display of fear deliciously arbitrary" - Manowar Leader, Scary-Go-Round</p>

[Spleen]

Wow. Suddenly my religion is up there with Dr. Robotnik and the Zerg in the list of people you want to kill in video games. I'm so happy. I'll be celebrating in my underground shelter. <p>-_-___-___-___-_-

"The universe is all in the mind that perceives it, and sensation is the first and only reality. If a tree falls in the forest with no creature to hear it, then there is no tree."
-Dungeons and Dragons: Complete Arcane, page 167

Arch mage144: Spleen doesn't bother with penis size contests; instead, he goes straight to penis number.</p>

[Ganonfro]

Not only that, but imagine if you can play multiplayer pvp, one person controling the survivors as another playing the Anti-Christ! Oh god... I bet the Anti-Christ could summon demons to help him or something... Demons make the game completely worth playing.

[NebulaQueen]

Wait, does this mean that Jews convert Christians into robots? Because that would be totally awesome. <p><hr />
"My naturally quivering state makes any display of fear deliciously arbitrary" - Manowar Leader, Scary-Go-Round</p>

[Jak Snide]

Neb needs to get herself a job in the development team.

[BrainWalker]

JEW-BOT 9000 REPORTING FOR ASS-KICKING DUTY! SHALOM, MUTHAFUCKERS!! *opens fire*

Seriously though, the scariest parts of this article show up after it stops talking about the game and starts talking about Mr.Warren's "ministry." That's some crazy shit right there.

Then again, I have a hard time respecting this article because it says things like this:<blockquote>Quote:

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This game immerses children in present-day New York City -- 500 square blocks, stretching from Wall Street to Chinatown, Greenwich Village, the United Nations headquarters, and Harlem. The game rewards children for how effectively they role play the killing of those who resist becoming a born again Christian.

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</blockquote>This is a ridiculous statement given that the game is likely to be rated T, a fact that is supported by a quote from a member of the team behind the game mentioning a hope that it appeals to teenagers. Hell, the article itself mentions that it is likely to recieve a T rating, so why all this emotionally charged blather about children shooting people in the name of God? If the game is aimed at teenagers and even marked as such, can you really be angry at the developers if children are playing it? That sounds more like a problem with the parents to me. Then again, a lot of teenagers aren't mature enogh to no longer be considered children, so *shrug*

Also, I hate mega-churches. <p><div style="text-align:center"></div></p>