[pleto4_ryan]

"good people scoring games"

Actually they are not bad at the gameplay scores (as from what i have seen)...

[bigjko]

So, it's like the Hollywood Jesus site, only for games?

[Christina]

Excerpt of their TLJ review:

"As a Christian, I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this game to ANYONE under the age of 18. And even then, be careful."

btw, they are looking for someone to review GK3. Can't wait to see what they come up with for that review.

[Marek]

It's a kind of hardcore Christianity that confuses and bewilders me. The bible is full of obscenities and controversy. Looking for 4-letter words and "references to voodoo" in Monkey Island is not what I'd associate with Christianity. This site is pretty mild though.

CCGR gets a little more crazy sometimes. Take this quote from their Deus Ex review:

There is some sexual content. Some females, like goth chicks and bums have just enough to cover their chest. Full shirts would have been nice.

Somehow the wording of that makes me laugh. But if someone finds that kind of information useful, more power to 'em.

[Moosferatu]

LOL!

Wow! There is a minimum post length now... Interesting...

[fov]

Two characters in particular are more offensive than any Quinten Tarantino film's characters.

Quinten?

nevertheless, kudos to the TLJ reviewer for NOT harping on (or even mentioning) the lesbian character...

i would be very interested to read a "christian" review of GK3... provided it actually explored some of the issues from a biblical perspective (since i don't have the biblical knowledge to do so myself!) and didn't just say "this game is wrong." i kind of hope they do find someone to review it...

now here's something i don't understand... from the Quake 3 review:

I never used to be easily offended by violence in computer games. With a clear conscience, I played game likes "Half-Life". I did not feel offended because profanity was minimal and the violence was not very realistic.

okay... whatever happened to "thou shalt not kill"? it's okay as long as the killing isn't realistic?

-emily

[Christina]

CCGR put the Leisure Suit Larry series and The Watchmaker on their 'refuse to play' list.

[Christina]

Yeah, I read that Tarantino quote. The characters in TLJ are worse than those in a Tarantino film? What I want to know is just what Tarantino movies have they been watching?

[feisar]

oh my god.

these people call gran turismo 3 "slightly offensive" because it has a licenced song that features a lyric: "flying away from the wings of God". How pathetic is that!!! These people must be right loony's for analysing that deep!! Omg like a vauge reference that someone might not like God is going to corrupt and kill their children!!

Kingdom Hearts. A bloody Disney-licence!! Is called "offensive" because it features magic!!!!!

Eternal Darkness gets slated for refences to the occult. But its a game about the good fighting and winning out over evil!! How stupid are they!! I bet they'd ban the bible because it contains references of the devil!!!

Metriod Prime they say is okay because your only shooting/killing bugs? er.. but arent they God's creatures too and have just enough right to exist as we do?? Though shalt not kill obviously doesn't ring true for these people.

Reading that junk has really sent me off on one!! The people behind sites like this is why we have wars. Why there is a lot of unessasary pain and suffering in the world. They are corrupting and twisting organised religion for their own biased, backward, selfish and watered down beliefs.

[pleto4_ryan]

Actually they are funny (they don't try to be) but the whole...point is like they are being sarcastic to their selves.

What does bother me is that they putted action and adventure together :eek:

[feisar]

hahaha there is more:

On silent hill:
"Overall this game is extremely well done, but dark to the core. Since before my salvation I had deep experience with the occult, and with the morbid things that this game portrayed, it did not effect me as it would have. I do not recommend this game for the physically or spiritually weak"

lol he probably had a non-organic cucumber sandwich or something.

They critisize Zelda: Wind Waker for having Hinud references, nice to see some tolerence there from the extemist bible bashers there.

Starfox Adventures is slating for having an almost animal in a low cut top?!?!

Also "The Krazoa Spirits are very ghost-like in appearance. When Fox collects one, it gets absorbed into his body, he floats into the air for a moment and his eyes glow slightly blue. That can definitely make Christians uncomfortable" !!!!!

[pleto4_ryan]

Originally Posted by feisar

Reading that junk has really sent me off on one!! The people behind sites like this is why we have wars. Why there is a lot of unessasary pain and suffering in the world. They are corrupting and twisting organised religion for their own biased, backward, selfish and watered down beliefs.

Feisar...just calm down.

*pats feisar on the back

these people usually self-destruct over the years

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Holy, that's funny

Go to max payne review

Click

This filter doesn't eliminate the killing, but it does take out the blood and gore and eliminate other elements of the game which shouldn't have been in the game in the first place.

[Marek]

I find this quote from CCGR's review of Max Payne pretty objectionable:

Lastly the game definitely has a skewed sense of right and wrong. Most things in the game are neither black and white, but rather varying shades of gray to black.

Isn't that what life is like? Varying shades of gray? Or does this reviewer believe that everyone is either an angel or possessed by satan? It's an unnuanced and misguided view. It reminds me of the "lifeline exercise" from Donnie Darko.

I think the other views are pretty silly, but they're are harmless and well-intended in a way. But I really have a problem with the kind of simplisms as the one above.

[pleto4_ryan]

Originally Posted by Marek

Isn't that what life is like? Varying shades of gray? Or does this reviewer believe that everyone is either an angel or possessed by satan?

Marek you are disspapointing me.

*Those* people DO believe in only Black and White views of life

[fov]

they're are harmless and well-intended in a way

i think that's the important thing. although the reviews are entertaining to read, it's not nice to make fun of other people's religious beliefs...

on a different note, i will NEVER, EVER, EVER understand why some people think TLJ goes over the top with bad language. it's no worse than what you see in an R-rated movie... and plenty of R-rated movies win awards! it makes me think that some people still equate computer games with toys and children... no, TLJ is not a good game for children. not just because of the language, but it's also too mature for kids. that doesn't make it an immoral game... or if it does, there are plenty of other things in the world that are more immoral.

as for some of the other reviews... i have to wonder, why is someone so devout even bothering? it's pretty unlikely that a very religious person is going to like ANY FPS games (except for those with unrealistic violence, of course ), so why choose to play them? it's like the right-wing porn barons who watch porn so they can exclaim how terrible it is, when they're secretly loving every minute of it...

(okay, maybe i made up the porn barons. is there such a thing? i think i saw some in an R-rated movie once... or maybe it was a FPS...)

oh well... i've already accepted that i'm going to hell... might as well enjoy myself on the way down!

emily

[pleto4_ryan]

Originally Posted by fov

i will NEVER, EVER, EVER understand why some people think TLJ goes over the top with bad language.

:eek:
me too

I mean, we don't even hear anything THAT bad. Only 2 chars speak badly and those are surely to speak that way. It is in their char, in their phycological base. Without the swearing they loose points for being realistic.

What is the problem with some people, blaming one of the best games for nothing serious?
It shouldn't got that mature icon also. A teen should be fine by me

[ragnar]

I can imagine that BS2 doesn't get very high grades there with all the Mayan hedonism etc.

[Ninja Dodo]

Originally Posted by pleto4_ryan

Marek you are disspapointing me.

*Those* people DO believe in only Black and White views of life

... which is exactly what's wrong with the world. They're the sort of people that with their narrow minded views are doing theirs to make the world a worse place than it already is. Think Bush.

Oh wait... I apologize, there's really no way you can put those last two words together in one sentence.

Anyway... all respect to whatever beliefs people choose to have but someone who thinks there's any harm in reading Harry Potter should have their head examined.

[fov]

They're the sort of people that with their narrow minded views are doing theirs to make the world a worse place than it already is.

wellll... it's not as if they popped over here and forced us to read their reviews.

Think Bush. Oh wait... I apologize, there's really no way you can put those last two words together in one sentence.

hee hee.

my boyfriend called me earlier to report this bumper sticker he'd seen: "There's a village in Texas somewhere that's lost an idiot..."

emily

[DomStLeger]

They're the sort of people that with their narrow minded views are doing theirs to make the world a worse place than it already is.

While you may disagree with their views they are free to express them aren't they? Or do you prefer to Think Bush.