Good "Religion in Video Games" article from IGN

I'm a big Christian so I don't really care if they do.

JBPURCELL wrote:

DeadApe wrote: I dont want to feel that someone is trying to force religion on me through Master Chief

Well, out of most games, Halo is SORT OF religious. It's pretty epic and biblical, and look at the name. It's a little symbloic.

I find this to be a good example.

Religion is a great thing and can really bring in a storyline or add feeling for your character, however, I don't want to be playing "Bible Math Storm."

The difficult part about all of this is deciding to what degree do we want to introduce religion into video games. What I find to be kind of ironic though, is the people who want video games "banned" or censored are usually devoted church, temple, ect. goers.

Video games are for experiences for us to play through with out ramifications or regret. We don't pay $60 for a god to appease our decision in our virtual fantasy world. We do what we are too afraid or unable to do in our everyday lives.

I'm an atheist but religion in games is not an issue for me providing that it is not overtly proselytyizing to me.

don't bring back old threads

Ok, sorry, I did not notice nor did I know, and I will pay attention to this in the future, but may I ask why? What's the difference if I did this or posted a new topic?

mboddz751 wrote:I say it's ok as long as it helps progress the storyline. If it's just being thrown out there for no good reason then it is most likely the designer throwing their beliefs in to the mix. If one really finds themselves that offended by another religion to the point where they wont buy a game, then forget about them because their people skills probably suck anyway. I am basically an athiest so I could care less what religious beliefs people present, seeing as it's all unimportant to me anyway

Agreed.

Cazio78 wrote:

mboddz751 wrote:I say it's ok as long as it helps progress the storyline. If it's just being thrown out there for no good reason then it is most likely the designer throwing their beliefs in to the mix. If one really finds themselves that offended by another religion to the point where they wont buy a game, then forget about them because their people skills probably suck anyway. I am basically an athiest so I could care less what religious beliefs people present, seeing as it's all unimportant to me anyway

Agreed.

I mostly agree as well, save for the 'unimportant' bit. I happen to find people's religious beliefs very important as beliefs influence actions, and actios influence all of us. Especially when those actions are based on dogmatic belief.