Up up down down left right walk on water

Blessed be the gamers, for their thumbs shall bear witness to the Apocolypse.

One of my favorite passtimes, other than caffeinating myself, is observing culture- mostly pop culture, none of that fancy high-faluten villa in Cannes, dinner with the Crown Prince of Wales stuff (although if you can get me in, I am game), but your regular, everyday consume me before I get stale brand. Its even more fun, since I have the illustrious position of having a foot in both the Secular and Christian pop cultures. For the most part, I pretty much ignore the Nashville produced goo that passes as sacred; my worship albums consist of Medieval Brass quartets, Philip Glass compositions, Radiohead, and Do Make Say Think; my inspiration Blaise Pascal and CS Lewis. Not very purpose-driven of me, I know. Mostly, I believe that God can speak to us and reveal to us wherever, whenever, and however. We do have something called the Communal Worship of the Church that we do as a body of believers, and that incudes sacred art, music, singing, and ritual. Okay, I am getting way off base for why I started to write this in the first place. Okay, no more context- I saw the most ill-concevieved bit of Jesus-Junk the other day, and I must finally get off my reservations (ass) and write- Christian-themed video games. One in particualr caught my eye; Catechumen recalls the tail of a young Roman convert who must flee from the purges of the evil Emperors who inevitibly want to throw you to the lions or something. But alas! you are not alone!!! Not only do you have the faith of a pixilated saint of yore, you also have a Holy Sword! You can wave this magic sword (okay, swing down and smite your enemies) and convert them to Christianity! they do not die- oh no, that would be violent- but rather they are miraculously discipled and become titheing members of your congregation. Or something like that. Now THAT is amazing- we can go on and on about the violent images portrayed in Grand Theft Auto and Halo, but can those honestly hold the toe against digitized Heresy? GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK!!!!!!!!! Heres my idea for a Christian game- in it, you are asked to trust in things you cant see, believe in a promise of interminiable completion, and hold fast to faith, hope, and love. Think about it- The Beatitudes! Vice City. Instead of car jacking people, you have compassion on them. Instead of Guns, ammo, and Drug running, you can volunteer, join a community group, and speak up for the poor. Guarunteed the hardest game you will ever play. I would much rather bash people with a Holy Sword. Oh wait...I think we already do that.