This article about Left Behind, a game where players must convert heathens, was linked to on SlashDot this morning.

The game takes place after Rapture when all the good Christians have been taken to heaven by Jesus while all the nonbelievers are left on earth to face the Antichrist. While the player can pick which team to be on -- the Christian who must convert heathens or the heathens themselves -- there's no way to win when you choose to be the non-Christian team.

Wal-Mart has been asked to stop carrying this game, but it has no intention of doing so. Besides, with the holiday season upon us, what else says "happy holidays" better than a game that teaches your children that it's okay to preach at people who aren't interested and gun them down if they refuse to believe in what you believe in?

This just reminds me of the Convert the Heathens game that Flanders' kids were playing on The Simpsons.

While I do think that the developers have a right to make a game that they believe in, I also think that if it's true that the other team never wins, they need to patch that bug up. Even World War II games let the Axis win sometimes.

I like how a conservative Christian reviewer said it was "the kind of game that mom and dad can actually play with junior."

I'm actually glad this game came out. At least this way, when the right wing nuts are bashing away at games, we can use this as an example that games aren't just made by liberal left-wing hippies trying to tear morals away from our dear children. I'm really curious at what Hack Hhompson thinks of this game. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he's behind it.