Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

[CptStern]

"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition: Christians are finally getting a high-caliber shoot-'em-up videogame of their own. Due out on PCs in the second half of 2006, Left Behind: Eternal Forces is the first game adapted from the blockbuster books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.

Gamers familiar with the largely uninspiring and unprofitable history of Christian videogames will quickly notice two differences in Forces: the top-shelf design, which offers an eerily authentic reproduction of the game's Manhattan setting, and a level of violence reminiscent of Grand Theft Auto.


Left Behind Games CEO Troy Lyndon, whose company went public in February, says the game's Christian themes will grab the audience that didn't mind gore in "The Passion of the Christ." "We've thought through how the Christian right and the liberal left will slam us," says Lyndon. "But megachurches are very likely to embrace this game."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11567350/site/newsweek/



somebody send this to Jack Thompson ..as a christian I'm sure he'll be glad to take on this corrupt immoral company that would sell violent video games to children

 

[ríomhaire]

That was actualy a film? I thought they made it up for the Simpsons

 

[Hazar]

hahaha
I bet a ton of people are gonna have a fit over that

 

[CptStern]

holy shit, the Left behind series is worse than I thought:


taken from here, an analysis on the Left Behind series of books


The apocalyptic heresies rampant in American evangelicalism are more popular than ever.

It's easy to dismiss these loopy ideas as a lunatic fringe, but that would be a mistake. The widespread popularity of this End Times mania has very real and very dangerous consequences, for America and for the church.

Millions of your fellow citizens are reading these books. Millions. If you're wondering what that means for you, read the following, from Glenn Scherer in E magazine:


In his book The Carbon Wars, Greenpeace activist Jeremy Leggett tells how he stumbled upon this otherworldly agenda. During the Kyoto climate change negotiations, Leggett candidly asked Ford Motor Company executive John Schiller how opponents of the pact could believe there is no problem with “a world of a billion cars intent on burning all the oil and gas available on the planet?” The executive asserted first that scientists get it wrong when they say fossil fuels have been sequestered underground for eons. The Earth, he said, is just 10,000, not 4.5 billion years old, the age widely accepted by scientists.

Then Schiller confidently declared, “You know, the more I look, the more it is just as it says in the Bible.” The Book of Daniel, he told Leggett, predicts that increased earthly devastation will mark the “End Time” and return of Christ. Paradoxically, Leggett notes, many fundamentalists see dying coral reefs, melting ice caps and other environmental destruction not as an urgent call to action, but as God’s will. Within the religious right worldview, the wreck of the Earth can be seen as Good News!

Some true believers, interpreting biblical prophecy, are sure they will be saved from the horrific destruction brought by ecosystem collapse. They’ll be raptured: rescued from Earth by God, who will then rain down seven ghastly years of misery on unbelieving humanity. Jesus’ return will mark the Millennium, when the Lord restores the Earth to its green pristine condition, and the faithful enjoy a thousand years of peace and prosperity."

 

[Icarusintel]

I wish God would grant me unlimited ammo

 

[Razor]

What scares me most isn't the fact that it's a violent religious game but the thought of megachurches...

 

[Greatgat]

I wish God would grant me unlimited ammo

God's got hax! :O

But yeah, Stern, when I read stuff like that I get a little shiver down my spine. That those in a position of power expect a higher being to save them, instead of trying to actually help cure those little problems that are probably going to destroy us.

 

[Beerdude26]

I wish God would grant me unlimited ammo

Lol, reminds me of Max Payne 2:
The things I want.
By Max Payne.
Unlimited ammo.
A license to kill.
A smoke.
But most of all,
I want her.
/cue hawt sechs scene

 

[Solaris]

My god....... This is getting a bit scary.

 

[CptStern]

God's got hax! :O

But yeah, Stern, when I read stuff like that I get a little shiver down my spine. That those in a position of power expect a higher being to save them, instead of trying to actually help cure those little problems that are probably going to destroy us.

oh you'll just love these quotes:



"For the first time ever, everything is in place for the Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ." - Ronald Reagan



"We don't have to protect the environment, the Second Coming is at hand."

- James Watt Secretary of the Interior Responsible for National Policy regarding the Environment under Reagan



:O

 

[Angry Lawyer]

/me pulls the pin on a HOLY HANDGRENADE

-Angry Lawyer

 

[CptStern]

/me pulls the pin on a HOLY HANDGRENADE

-Angry Lawyer

And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu... And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

 

[Beerdude26]

And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu... And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

Yeah, what he said.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

See? Jesus actually IS metal!

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Icarusintel]

Seriously though, who here wouldn;t want to play a game where you're a Christian dispensing divine justice with a shotgun and a 9 millie?

I've already got my copy reserved

 

[Razor]

oh you'll just love these quotes:



"For the first time ever, everything is in place for the Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ." - Ronald Reagan



"We don't have to protect the environment, the Second Coming is at hand."

- James Watt Secretary of the Interior Responsible for National Policy regarding the Environment under Reagan



:O

But wasn't Reagan a certified madman with serious mental problems? Even the Soviet Union was petrified of him, especially when he says on live radio that he has passed a law making the Soviet Union illegal and that in 5 minutes, the bombs will drop" thus sending the entire Soviet military and nuclear forces on full alert :rolling:

The guy was a psycho, just as bad as Bush if not worse.

 

[CptStern]

ya I remember that ...he also consulted astrological charts before making big decisions ...ya he was off his rocker

 

[Razor]

ya I remember that ...he also consulted astrological charts before making big decisions ...ya he was off his rocker

Just reading through his Wikipedia entry and found this...

Residents of Western European countries often saw Reagan very differently from many Americans. In the United Kingdom, though Reagan had the strong support of Margaret Thatcher, he was routinely lampooned by much of the media as being dim-witted, if not senile. This was fueled by certain real-life incidents, including a November 9, 1985, speaking engagement in which he forgot the name of Diana, Princess of Wales and after some hesitation referred to her as 'Princess David', to widespread embarrassment. In the nations of Eastern Europe, however, Reagan enjoyed a good deal of popularity among residents (though not their governments) for his harsh criticism of communism, and has been praised extensively for his role in ending the Cold War.

That description sounds very familiar, doesn't it Stern ., "...being dim-witted, if not senile".

And calling Princess Diana Princess David

 

[CptStern]

heheh .... David can be mistaken for Diana ..if your iq matches your shoe size or had a recent frontal lobotomy

but he's a mental giant in comparison to Bush ..Bush's gift of butchering the english language is the stuff of legends ...Reagan can have the crazy as a loon reputation, let Bush the "dumb as nails" rep he so rightly deserves

 

[K e r b e r o s]

holy shit, the Left behind series is worse than I thought:

So, let them have their game. What are you afraid of?

My god....... This is getting a bit scary.

Oh please, don't start fostering your Partisan War against the West agenda here. Whats your religion, if you have any? I'm Pagan and dying to shoot Christians!

 

[Ome_Vince]

LOL, Stern where do you dig up this crap!
That games going to be uber-fun, at least to laugh at.

 

[CptStern]

So, let them have their game. What are you afraid of?

once again you havent read the thread ..probably read the title, saw I was the one who started it and immediately leapt to quick reply all the while muttering "I'll show him, I'll show him good"



"In his book The Carbon Wars, Greenpeace activist Jeremy Leggett tells how he stumbled upon this otherworldly agenda. During the Kyoto climate change negotiations, Leggett candidly asked Ford Motor Company executive John Schiller how opponents of the pact could believe there is no problem with “a world of a billion cars intent on burning all the oil and gas available on the planet?” The executive asserted first that scientists get it wrong when they say fossil fuels have been sequestered underground for eons. The Earth, he said, is just 10,000, not 4.5 billion years old, the age widely accepted by scientists.

Then Schiller confidently declared, “You know, the more I look, the more it is just as it says in the Bible.” The Book of Daniel, he told Leggett, predicts that increased earthly devastation will mark the “End Time” and return of Christ. Paradoxically, Leggett notes, many fundamentalists see dying coral reefs, melting ice caps and other environmental destruction not as an urgent call to action, but as God’s will. Within the religious right worldview, the wreck of the Earth can be seen as Good News!

Some true believers, interpreting biblical prophecy, are sure they will be saved from the horrific destruction brought by ecosystem collapse. They’ll be raptured: rescued from Earth by God, who will then rain down seven ghastly years of misery on unbelieving humanity. Jesus’ return will mark the Millennium, when the Lord restores the Earth to its green pristine condition, and the faithful enjoy a thousand years of peace and prosperity."



but that's besides the point ...which you didnt get anyways, you completely missed the point of the thread

Oh please, don't start fostering your Partisan War against the West agenda here. Whats your religion, if you have any? I'm Pagan and dying to shoot Christians!

I know it was meant for Solaris but ...... ?

 

[DeusExMachina]

I read a few Left Behind books back in my Christian days. They're not too bad.

 

[ríomhaire]

And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu... And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

[sqeeky voice] fire! [/sqeeky voice]
God bless Worms

 

[CptStern]

I read a few Left Behind books back in my Christian days. They're not too bad.

did they gun down all the non believers?

"lets save their souls with hot lead! DIE UNBELIEVERS MOTHER****ING DIE RATATATATATATATATAT"


hey didnt they make a movie with Kirk Cameron?

edit: yes they did



this is hilarious:

"Goofs: Factual errors: The flags flying outside the real United Nations building are of the member nations. The ones shown are of Canada's provinces"

those evil canadians are behind armageddon!

 

[Ome_Vince]

incredible what some morons would spend their money on making this kind of crap lol.

 

[bryanf445]

somebody send this to Jack Thompson ..as a christian I'm sure he'll be glad to take on this corrupt immoral company that would sell violent video games to children

oh im sure hes already onto this

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

If you think this is bad, another Christian company whos name is not ringing a particular bell is working on their own religious based game, in the form of a very bloody FPS......

*Digs through magazine pile for GamePro issue containing the game*

I SHALL RETURN SHORTLY WITH THE ANSWERS!

 

[MiccyNarc]

Left Behind movies sucked, this game probably will too. Meh, I'll play the demo.

 

[K e r b e r o s]

but that's besides the point ...which you didnt get anyways, you completely missed the point of the thread

As for your, "I'll show him. I'll show him good" idea, its pretty nill now.

 

[Jack_Karverboy]

God's got hax! :O

Not only does God got hax, God got every hax ever made. You know the guy that pwned you through four different walls in Counter Strike with an M4? God. You know the guy that knifed you in the head, while invisible? God. You know the guy that was floating 80 feet up in the air in Aztec, owning everyone with a Deagle? God.

 

[DeusExMachina]

[*****]God was his name...

EDIT: omfg, my g0t is censored?!

 

[<RJMC>]

thats why I dont like of the religion

if is suposed to be a god who love us them why it wants to kill us all?
and if the heaven is the best place and you suffer here in the earth and blablabl,why he send us to earth?

I really ar enot a fan of the religion

 

[Que-Ever]

This one time, at band camp, satan came out of the ground! and god was like, "OMG hax!"

friend wins.

 

[P43.2/1Gig/X800P]

Same here. Guys be carefull what you say on these type of topics you might offend me or others here. Thanks

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Whoa the premise/story line actually does sound kind of badass.

I wonder if it'll be a good game or some shitty cheapass one. This has potential IMO and its a LOT better than the typical jack thompson OMFG GAMES ARE BAD.

The more groups that figure they can do whatever through games the better in my view- more money for the industry and a wider selection to choose from!


edit: Wtf reading the thread. Guys whatever. Can you not get anything good out of this? I thought it was going to be positive on it not "omfg those crazy loons" This actually sounds like it *could* be a cool game (if the dev's dont **** it up, the thing has potential)

edit2: I guess it depends on how you read the thread. I read it from "gamer" POV rather than political. But if it was meant to be political it should be in politics as far as I'm concerned it's cool.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

friend wins.

Indeed.

 

[Steven]

"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition: Christians are finally getting a high-caliber shoot-'em-up videogame of their own. Due out on PCs in the second half of 2006, Left Behind: Eternal Forces is the first game adapted from the blockbuster books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.

Gamers familiar with the largely uninspiring and unprofitable history of Christian videogames will quickly notice two differences in Forces: the top-shelf design, which offers an eerily authentic reproduction of the game's Manhattan setting, and a level of violence reminiscent of Grand Theft Auto.


Left Behind Games CEO Troy Lyndon, whose company went public in February, says the game's Christian themes will grab the audience that didn't mind gore in "The Passion of the Christ." "We've thought through how the Christian right and the liberal left will slam us," says Lyndon. "But megachurches are very likely to embrace this game."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11567350/site/newsweek/



somebody send this to Jack Thompson ..as a christian I'm sure he'll be glad to take on this corrupt immoral company that would sell violent video games to children

I think they may of made that just for the purpose of pissing off Jack Thompson.

 

[VirusType2]

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

Amen to that brother :angel:


:sniper:


No screenshots? I gota see this.

 

[Ome_Vince]

Praise the lord and give me unlimited ammunition..