(It’s guest post week at SCL since my wife and I are in Vietnam! Here’s a new one from Gyasi Byng. If you want to write a guest post for SCL, here’s how!)
Christian Video Games. By – Gyasi Byng
I spent a good part of my childhood learning the nuances of Super Smash Brothers and Mario Kart, but could you imagine how holy I would be now if those hours had been spent playing The Ten Commandants on Nintendo 64? I’m pretty sure that I would be a Super Christian able to see through the world’s lies and leap temptation in a single verse.
Because I may some day have kids that may be gamers just like their mother, here’s my list of 7 Christian video games I would like to see in the future.
Nintendo, you better get on this stat.
1. Ruth’s Great Adventure
Product Description: You’ll glean more than just wheat in this exciting take on the tale of Ruth! The more you glean, the more you’ll lean on God’s wisdom and guidance. The amazing transitions from game play to cinematics will keep you engaged in the story and wondering what on earth is going to happen next! (For some reason I really want to have Boaz carry a bo staff that he hits people with. Or be able to juke like Bo Jackson on Super Tecmo Bowl. Greatest player ever!)
2. Exodus: The Red Sea and Beyond
Product Description: In this unique multiplayer game you can play as Moses, Aaron, or Miriam. Collect Passover points that will get you out of Pharaoh’s hands and into the Promise Land! (Bonus levels find you actually surfing the waves as they part like you’re Kelly Slater.)
3. Proverbs! (in the style of Jeopardy! or Who Wants to be a Millionaire?)
Product Description: Ever get stumped during sword drills? This challenging trivia game will help you to delve deeper into God’s word with every question. With each new level, you’ll uncover more and more biblical ideals that will take you from gamer to truth proclaimer! (Oohh that rhyme just got all pastory.)
4. The Lord’s Army
Product Description: Just because you can’t ride in the Calvary doesn’t mean you can’t experience the thrill of fighting in the Lord’s Army. In this wonderfully mild action/adventure game, you’ll play as a soldier in Gideon’s Army, ready to take on the Midianites. (At each level, the number of your army gets drastically reduced in size.)
5. Jael: Stake of Truth
…actually, let me NOT go there. Some scenes in the Bible would make Grand Theft Auto feel tame.
6. Acts of the Apostles
Product Description: You can play your favorite apostle and spread the Gospel through Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria! With a new multiplayer feature, you can team up with your friends to fulfill the Great Commission! Before you start out, you have to pass a number of levels where all you do is make tents. Not the most exciting game at first, but eventually there’s a shipwreck and the constant threat of lions!
And last but certainly not least…
7. Magi: The Road to Bethlehem
Product Description: Discover the true meaning of Christmas in this thrilling game based on the Nativity story! Through 20 levels of star charts, camel rides, meetings with Herod and gift shopping, you’ll know what it was really like to be a wise man. Include the whole family in this Bible-based fun! (If you play with your friends, make sure you don’t pick the Myrhhhhh character. Very few people actually know what Mryhhhh is and his powers are very, very limited on this game.)
I figure with enough prayer power, we could totally get this going in a year or two.
What Bible story would you turn into a game?
