Christian Game Maker Discusses Possibility of a Cleaner GTA
Speaking in an interview with MTV, Christian game maker, Digital Praise, has said it may endeavor to produce a wholesome version of Jack Thompson’s favorite video game, but admitted such a game would be a challenge to produce.
Digital Praise’s “Guitar Praise” hit shelves last week and while the studio has a number of other games out already, last week’s addition to its catalog, being a Christian version of the already hugely popular Guitar Hero, definitely struck a few chords.
MTV asked CEO of Digital Praise, Tom Bean if the company would consider making a more family friendly version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto. Nothing like taking a game named after a crime and trying to do what the company endeavors to do through interactive media : Glorify God.
Bean explained to MTV that there are popular games out there that are derided for being inappropriate for children or even in general that are popular because they really are fun to play and one of the major problems was that people are often distracted from the fun of the game by the content. He also said that the company was interested in open-gameplay and “several designs of that kind of an open world” but that the real question was what people were able to do in that world and whether it would be fun and enjoyable. MTV asked Bean how Digital Praise would go about essentially taking the “Grand Theft Auto” out of GTA and not surprisingly, he wasn’t quite sure.
“That would be one of the bigger challenges. How do you do that — make it fun and make it something that people want to play ?”
Read the full interview on MTV
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The best online games are Buddhist in outlook. Take Unreal tournament for example.I die, Im reincarnated almost immediately. I live a short violent life, die violently again etc. How much more religious insight do you want in a game?
Mind you, Counterstrike is a bit more Christian. You die once and you have to wait a jolly long time before resurrecting again.
GTA-style Christian game is easy - you're a white guy pretending your God is also white and you run around in a series of increasingly difficult missions in a sandbox environment converting non-whites to the faith with a large sword. Side missions can include attending or delivering sermons (entertainment), missionary acts (ambulance), preacher judge (vigilante - against non-white heathens of course) and whatnot.
Hang on...maybe that's why there are no games based on the Crusades because it shows just how racist the early years of Christianity truly were.
Anyway, if you want a Christian action game go find Bible Fight - it's SO cool!
Christian GTA?
It's like asking a porn company to make christian porn.
it's impossible.