Comment Comments on the Comments slugfeast (Score 1) 671
Hmm,
I did not exactly expect this Katz article to become such an obvious flamebait.
Especially not as so many here at /. try successfully (sometimes) to show that most of the geeks are openminded and tolerant people.
The anti-christian/christian flamewars I observed in this thread are known on various Usenet groups since a time long forgotten when punchcards were still in widespread use.
So if both sides might be able to step back from the flames of hell they are raising, let's have a look on the actual subject of the article:
Some company notices a niche market and tries to get at the supposedly "christian geek".
Nothing wrong or even very new at this point. Choosing a FPS as genre for this title is eventually commercially viable.
So all of you don't tell me that the gaming souls among us have not been pestered by mediocre game clone after game clone in the last years.
So what makes Katz article newsworthy ?
This is among the first products actively trying to promote a religious feeling via computer games, although neither should a FPS be a medium for it, nor should my memories of badly made neonazi propaganda games connect to the christian faith in general.
The amount of comments on this article shows clearly that Katz hit near to a hornets nest.
If the people behind that game are real christians give them the benefit of doubt and advise them about the harsh reality of the gaming market.
If it's just another poor game trying to get at our purses, just do the same as with other poor games, don't buy or download.
A neo-pagan geek in Europe.
I did not exactly expect this Katz article to become such an obvious flamebait.
Especially not as so many here at
The anti-christian/christian flamewars I observed in this thread are known on various Usenet groups since a time long forgotten when punchcards were still in widespread use.
So if both sides might be able to step back from the flames of hell they are raising, let's have a look on the actual subject of the article:
Some company notices a niche market and tries to get at the supposedly "christian geek".
Nothing wrong or even very new at this point. Choosing a FPS as genre for this title is eventually commercially viable.
So all of you don't tell me that the gaming souls among us have not been pestered by mediocre game clone after game clone in the last years.
So what makes Katz article newsworthy ?
This is among the first products actively trying to promote a religious feeling via computer games, although neither should a FPS be a medium for it, nor should my memories of badly made neonazi propaganda games connect to the christian faith in general.
The amount of comments on this article shows clearly that Katz hit near to a hornets nest.
If the people behind that game are real christians give them the benefit of doubt and advise them about the harsh reality of the gaming market.
If it's just another poor game trying to get at our purses, just do the same as with other poor games, don't buy or download.
A neo-pagan geek in Europe.
