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"Militant Atheists" Criticize Spore's Religion

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2008-08-12 15:58:32 by Jonathan in Gaming Today
...religion in the game at all (Spores civilizations can eventually develop religion in their culture). According to Wright I think our bigger fear was that we didnt want to offend any religious people; but looking at the discussion that unfolded from this thing, what we had was a good, sizeable group of players that we might call militant...
 
Tags: religion, religious, religious aspect, atheists, develop religion, religious players, players, religious people, include religion
 
 
 
 
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LittleBigPlanet - Religion Issues

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2008-10-18 18:11:56 by Codrut Nistor in PlayerzBlog.com
...religion is no religion, I have nothing against worshippers, as long as they dont cross my path and try to change my own belief. After all, I think theres plenty of room for everyone on this planet, at least from the religious point of view. Unfortunately, there are plenty who disagree with that, but from that to causing problems to a...
 
Tags: game disk, game, innocent computer game, game immediately, immediately, quran, holy quran deeply, background music tracks, littlebigplanet
 
 
 
 
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Behind the Curtain: Religion as a game mechanic

2008-10-18 12:00:00 by Craig Withers in Massively
 
...religion in MMOs?I'm not talking about the Priests and Paladins we see in World of Warcraft, Everquest 2 and probably lots of other games I haven't played. Religion for character classes like these is more often than not a game mechanic, something which is used to explain the source of their powers. Divine Magic is a term which is frequently...
 
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Games Offer Biting Satire on Role of Religion in Politics, War

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2008-01-24 12:46:32 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...religion in Republican presidential politics. By the way, the Moral Kombat mini-game should not be confused with Spencer Halpins documentary film of the same name. ( Via: Nullifidian Meanwhile, Art Threat reports on Molleindustrias Faith Fighter The political video game prodigies at Molleindustria have tackled religion in their latest game,...
 
Tags: game aims, game, politics, moral kombat mini-game, faith fighter, molleindustrias faith fighter, video game tech, republican presidential politics, religion
 
 
 
 
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MMORPGs, the new religion

2008-02-19 08:14:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...religion, which you can only accept or reject as a whole I must be somewhere around 4,000 hours of /played time in World of Warcraft. I'm playing the game since the beta in September 2004, except for a 7-month break I took last year. Assuming I could possibly "hate" WoW is idiotic. But I'm not putting World of Warcraft on a pedestal either....
 
Tags: video game, game, simple game, mmorpgs, religion, fun pvp, pvp, mmorpg features, features
 
 
 
 
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The Aberrant Gamer: The Religion of RPGs

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2008-04-23 09:06:00 by SVGL in Sexy Videogameland
...religion, despite the fact that the two tend to have conflict in the current era. The genre itself largely developed from allegory that aimed to explain the world's less-explicable workings, or to repackage intense religious concepts for easier consumption by children. But then, that's all the more compelling an argument for the legitimacy of...
 
Tags: games, video games, meaningless play, play, rpg hero battles, morality play, rpg, game, conflicts
 
 
 
 
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Religion and Grand Theft Auto

2008-05-28 19:51:14 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...religion for over a decade with New Yorks The Journal News , and is a nationally recognized Religion Writer. With all the heat theyve already been under, however, somehow one thinks Rockstar is ready for anything Source: Blogging Religiously , GamePolitics
 
Tags: grand theft auto, religion, gary stern, stern, religion writer, religiously, religiously wonders, prostitutes, religious conviction
 
 
 
 
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Opinion: Religion and Games Make Strange, But Necessary, Bedfellows

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2008-06-03 15:38:09 by Earnest Cavalli in Wired: Game|Life
Religion and videogames have been coming into close contact over the past few days Comments from Texas Governor Rick Perry, scheduled to speak at this year's E3 summit, demonstrated a widely held belief among many traditional Christians : Those who don't believe as they do are condemned to hell On the opposite end of the spectrum, the creation...
 
Tags: world religions, world, belief systems, belief, atheism, key world religions, atheism game, true belief system, game
 
 
 
 
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Gamer 2.0: An Argument For Religion In Video Games

2008-07-30 16:18:17 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
...religion in video games was a good thing? What if it added an immense amount of breadth to the plots, in a time when genuinely enthralling narratives are falling by the wayside? Now, what if I were to tell you that religion has already done that? Many of our most heralded games had religious tones, whether real or fictionalized. Either way,...
 
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WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan: Sex, Religion and Bare Chests Interview

2008-04-16 20:29:20 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...Religion, sex and nipples Zungre: There is none? (in game sex Tharaldsen: No, there is no sexual aspect to the game. And that's the thing. And a lot of people will say "Conan, it's a mature game." You can get undressed, you know, you can see your nipples. You can be completely naked. And there are certain quests, like you speak to a brothel...
 
Tags: sex, mature game, game, game sex, mini sex games, nipples, conan, controversial aspects, brothel mama