Social Video Game About Jesus: Awesome or Awful?
SodaHead Gaming
2012/05/16 13:00:00
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Ever wonder what it would be like to watch Jesus duke it out with the Devil? Well, presumably, that's what you get to do in "Journey of Jesus," a point-and-click Facebook game by Lightside Games that's being promoted as "the first-ever Messiah-based video game." We couldn't vouch for the validity of that claim, but it's probably the first social game about Jesus. The strange game is picking up enough press to get a mention in Time magazine. So far, it's got upwards of 2 million users.
The gameplay is pretty straight-forward -- players controls a cartoony biblical version of themselves as they help Jesus and the disciples out by performing point-and-click tasks, like gathering wood to fix a cart or clearing a thorn bush to get to the baptism. The social part comes in the form of sharing -- users also get to share their progress with their Facebook friends and receive perks for doing so, kind of like "Farmville." Now, we're not sure if that fight with he devil is literal or figurative. Many of the ads show the Lord in a boxing ring with his sandal perched on Satan's chest, but that could just be because it was released on the same day as "Diablo III." Visit the game's Facebook page, click "Play Game" to give it a shot -- and let us know how you feel about the video game about Jesus.
The gameplay is pretty straight-forward -- players controls a cartoony biblical version of themselves as they help Jesus and the disciples out by performing point-and-click tasks, like gathering wood to fix a cart or clearing a thorn bush to get to the baptism. The social part comes in the form of sharing -- users also get to share their progress with their Facebook friends and receive perks for doing so, kind of like "Farmville." Now, we're not sure if that fight with he devil is literal or figurative. Many of the ads show the Lord in a boxing ring with his sandal perched on Satan's chest, but that could just be because it was released on the same day as "Diablo III." Visit the game's Facebook page, click "Play Game" to give it a shot -- and let us know how you feel about the video game about Jesus.
Top Opinion
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The Libertarian 2012/05/16 15:42:18Awesome
+9I see nothing wrong with it, for those of you of seem to have a problem with this, go make your own app and put it on facebook.
There is more than one creation myth. More than one that claims it is the truth. How do you decide? I could write a new one now, wait a couple thousand years and will it be true too?
The evidence does not support the bible's account of many things. That's how we know it is mostly fiction.
Your statement that the evidence supports the bible is just plain wrong. Bats are not birds, the Earth is much older than 5-6 thousand years, there was no great flood, dinosaurs walked the Earth and died out long before man evolved, etc.
"Faith Fighter" at Newgrownds.
http://www.newgrounds.com/por...
"Bible Fight" is available at Adult Swim.
http://games.adultswim.com/bi...
I hope the app maker donates all his money to charity though so his soul won't be barred from the Kingdom of Heaven because of his wealth. Or he can make an app that gets a camel through a needle.
They spend time not believing that there is a god because they have found no compelling evidence to suggest that there is. They do not invoke a deity just because there are things they don't understand.