Slay some non-believers (and other daemons)
Now even you can start your own personal crusade right from the comfort of your desk! Thanks to Left Behind: Eternal Forces you can do God’s work on your PC. This is taken directly from their feature list (I did not make this up) for the game:
- Conduct physical & spiritual warfare : using the power of prayer to strengthen your troops in combat and wield modern military weaponry throughout the game world.
- Recover ancient scriptures and witness spectacular Angelic and Demonic activity as a direct consequence of your choices.
- Play multiplayer games as Tribulation Force or the AntiChrist’s Global Community Peacekeepers with up to eight players via LAN or over the internet!
The game is based on the hugely popular “Left Behind” series of books, where ultra-right-wing Christians fight anything and anybody who does not belong to them. I hear that the Bush administration is going to equip every preschool with a computer and a copy of the game …
Let me get this straight: you can log into this game which is supposed to help save your soul and keep you on the path of righteousness — and they let you choose to play as one of the Antichrist’s helpers? That’s warped.
This statement is posted from an employee of Left Behind Games on behalf of Troy Lyndon, our Chief Executive Officer.
There has been in incredible amount of MISINFORMATION published in the media and in online blogs here and elsewhere.
Pacifist Christians and other groups are taking the game material out of context to support their own causes. There is NO “killing in the name of God” and NO “convert or die”. There are NO “negative portrayals of Muslims” and there are NO “points for killing”.
Please play the game demo for yourself (to at least level 5 of 40) to get an accurate perspective, or listen to what CREDIBLE unbiased experts are saying after reviewing the game at http://www.leftbehindgames.com/pages/controversy.htm
Then, we’d love to hear your feedback as an informed player.
The reality is that we’re receiving reports everyday of how this game is positively affecting lives by all who play it.
Thank you for taking the time to be a responsible blogger.