The video games are once again at the aim for disseminating wrong messages after the video game Grand Auto Theft which was accused of containing some unwanted stuff like hidden sex senses; the scam is called hot-coffee controversy. The irony of fate has brought something alike to occur with Left Behind Games’ controversial title dubbed Left Behind: Eternal Forces. For general info. the game is a real-time strategy game for Microsoft Windows launched on Nov. 14th, 2006.
Source of Controversy:
The game contains the story line based on the is a series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, evangelical Christian Left Behind that teaches the people to drift towards Dispensationalism. In the game the player joins an armed paramilitary Christian organization, the organization fights the Antichrist.
The player has a wide option to choose any one of four main characters named Rayford Steele, Cameron Buck Williams, Chloe Steele, and Bruce Barnes and strain their every nerve to defy Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia.
But the game couldn’t get much laurels on the part of critics and found itself into the strife and received negative reviews. The critics are saying that the game is disseminating wrong message against Christianity and can lead be turn out to be an abundant resource of religious war.
Moreover in the T-rated game players are blamed of compelling the Anarchists and their fellows, forcibility to adopt Christianity.
A group named Campaign to Defend the Constitution has plead against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to seize the sales game.
However the developers have clearly stated that the game contains no slaughter in the name of God instead the game contains the fundamentals of the spiritual welfare and if there be any killing, it is just a videogame and need not too much exaggeration.
Conclusion: If the video game cuddles some ill portrayals in real sense, then these can be evaded and if behind all this is just a political stunt then the game is getting more hype that will really help out the game to disperse in the mob more efficiently.
Via: zdnet
