gameplayer.com.au — Veteran games journalist Stuart Clarke from gameplayer tackles the subject of religion in gaming, running through the history of its implementation, and the philosophical reasons as to why it has not been a match made in heaven. An excellent read!!
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divinedivaFeb 11, 2009
Action adventure games of the quality of God of War don't come around often.Each has its own distinct style that adds some originality to the mix.
ashkc88Feb 11, 2009
God and Video Games don't mix?Say that to ActRaiser.
cod4Feb 11, 2009
idiocy
kd420Feb 11, 2009
God and games don't mix because the Judeo-Chrisitan god is very unlikeable and frankly rather boring. He's been portrayed more recently as loving and benevolent...unless you disagree with him about anything, then you get an eternity in unimaginable pain. Age of Mythology was a good game (based off of AoE) because it used interesting Gods like the Greeks'/Norse'/Egyptians'. Comparing those gods to Jesus is a no contest, Jesus is lame. There is simply no depth to his character, he is ultimate and can do everything; pretty much a superman who wasn't affected by kryptonite. Where is the mythology or interesting character aspects? There are none, his character has been so polished by the religions that all the three dimensional aspects of him have disappeared.
ryan83189Feb 12, 2009
/god/noclip
fhg1893Feb 14, 2009
My degree is in History and English. I took a few religious studies courses, aiming at a second degree, but it doesn't look like that's going to work out for me. So just History and English.The quote, Revelations 21:6 is more to illustrate the point - that games are rife with religious imagery, and that this is not necessarily a bad thing. I think that our overlooking this phenomena is a mark of good game design - they put it out there, but they didn't cram it down your throat - like other more inferior games.