Skism further (the short version)

Remember the days when video games were about killed nameless, faceless characters instead of trying to convert them or attempt to kill the president? Those were the days.

Both games deal with the issue of 'conversion' or an attempt to - not brainwash but - influence people negatively. My biggest issue with the first game is simple, where is Christ in all of this? "The word 'convert' does not even appear in the game, he adds - and neither does the word 'Christian'." Well, why not? If it contains Christian principles, draws from the Bible, and eludes to Christian stories and prophecies its a Christian game. Plain and simple. The deception aspect is going to cause some serious issues as people will be confused as to what they're playing. They're, very simply, tricking people into believing that certain denominations of Christianity will reach Heaven and everyone else, well, they're heretics. They're evil and being controlled by the devil.

The second game, however, is terrifying. To say that this game isn't trying to recruit people or influence people's thinking in a negative light is crazy. You're shooting the president and his staff as well as the prime minister of the U.K. That's a very direct, very deliberate movement toward messing with people.

Lastly, what's to stop game makers from creating games where Christians are slaughtering Jews or Muslims are bombing sacred Hindu statues and spiritual buildings? The problem lies in creating games where there even might be an underlining mode of hatred. That's the real issue, and the real proof of the destruction of the Old World.