Conveyor Belt
06-12-2006, 08:17 AM
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-godgames10may10,0,1260114.story?coll=la-home-business
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.
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"The reason that I think this game has a chance is that it's not particularly preachy," said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities. "I will say some of the dialogue is pretty lame — people saying, 'Praise the Lord' after they blow away the bad guys. I think they're overdoing it a bit. But the message is OK."
I'm not Christian, and I'm not too sure about this game. I don't play video games, but I might plug this one in if I did, if nothing else, just to hear the guy say "Praise the Lord" after killing someone. THAT's funny to me.
I don't like shooter games, they make me motion sick. However, I don't see the population of kids choosing this one over some other mainstream games. Maybe the parents will buy it thinking since it's religious based, it'll be less graphic. Somehow saying "Praise the Lord" after splitting someone's head open with a bullet just doesn't scream 'eternal salvation'.
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.
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"The reason that I think this game has a chance is that it's not particularly preachy," said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities. "I will say some of the dialogue is pretty lame — people saying, 'Praise the Lord' after they blow away the bad guys. I think they're overdoing it a bit. But the message is OK."
I'm not Christian, and I'm not too sure about this game. I don't play video games, but I might plug this one in if I did, if nothing else, just to hear the guy say "Praise the Lord" after killing someone. THAT's funny to me.
I don't like shooter games, they make me motion sick. However, I don't see the population of kids choosing this one over some other mainstream games. Maybe the parents will buy it thinking since it's religious based, it'll be less graphic. Somehow saying "Praise the Lord" after splitting someone's head open with a bullet just doesn't scream 'eternal salvation'.