Religious Group Protests EA’s Fake Protest
After EA, publishers of Dante’s Inferno revealed that the pre-E3 religious protest against the title was staged, a real protest against this practice was bound to happen. And honestly, we saw this coming.
Christian devotees were not at all amused by EA’s fake protest by alleged Christian worshipers. Instead, actual Christian groups have taken offense, stating that it serves as an example of how the religion is viewed upon by society. Margaret Cabaniss writes:
“It’s been clear for a while now that the entertainment industry views Christians on the whole as priggish, thin-skinned fun-killers… Has anybody at EA actually read the Inferno?”
On top of this, a website devoted to Catholic video gamers (aptly named CatholicVideoGamers) shared their opinion on the situation at hand and even made a suggestion that most gamers would agree with anyways:
“Gamers of all varieties will buy this product if its, well, actually a good game. So instead of engaging in a shamelessly anti-Christian stunt to promote your poor excuse of a product, maybe you ought to work on making this game, you know, something better than a blatant God of War rip-off and make it, ya know, something worthwhile?
Just saying…”
While coming from a biased point-of-view, the blog post does serve a point: why bring politics and religion into the marketing of this game if it’s actually supposed to be a good game?
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June 14th, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Sounds like a little 7 years old who doesn’t have a sense of humor.
June 14th, 2009 at 10:23 AM
EA just got pwned. Those Christians made an excellecnt point.
June 14th, 2009 at 10:32 AM
EA waz pretty stupid for doin that fake protest
June 14th, 2009 at 11:19 AM
people take stuff waaay to personal.
June 14th, 2009 at 11:57 AM
I thought the first protest was real, and this one is fake?
June 14th, 2009 at 1:38 PM
go back to your hole where you came from churchies!!!!
June 14th, 2009 at 3:00 PM
@ Sneeches:
You know you are going to get some flak for that, right? I go to church, and I certainly don’t live in a hole. As a matter of fact, I came to my religious beliefs far after having attended on of the most liberal, anti religious colleges in California (Claremont). I was neither poor, strung out on drugs or alcohol, or in prison. In fact, I was fairly successful (Operations Manager for Staples, Inc.) I try not to be offended by such comments, and you may have been joking, but the philosophy behind the statement is one shared by a large group of people, who see nothing hypocritical in calling Christians “closed minded” while showing no tolerance for a diversity in beliefs, and use the word “bigot” while displaying some of the most hateful behavior I have seen displayed since the 60’s. There’s my rant for the day.
June 14th, 2009 at 3:10 PM
This is the problem I have with comments made by people like Sneeches or lepolo….
If the Christians were protesting, people would complain. Since its fake, its ok to some people, but Christians shouldnt be allowed to voice their opinion about a group impersonating them? hmm
I agree very much with TheMadGreek because as soon as “the churchies” which this one group doesnt even represent Christians as a whole anyway (which is another thing altogether) say anything, someone has something to say. People are very hypocritical in the respect that they can call out any church group but if they speak up, they dont want to hear it.
The whole “go back to your hole” comment is absurd as well as calling people “churchies” because it shows you have little respect for the beliefs of others. I call myself a Christian and I’m not going to go making fun of what other people believe…. I mean at some points its time to grow up and learn to respect the views of others, whether you agree with them or not.
June 14th, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Christians in the US are persecuted against everyday and they take it. The government is against us, the media is against us and now the EA tries to pull some stupid stunt to make us look like a bunch of mindless bigots.
You can be an Aethiest, Agnostic or whatever the fuck you want in this country but the only people crapped on for their religion here are Christians. Everyone else is catered to, and if you offend them dear god, call in the ACLU.
Grow up guys, if you have a difference of belief or opinion than someone, you don’t have to be a jerk about it.
I mean really, does anyone think Dantes Inferno is going to be a good game?
No
Its looks like a cheap GoW ripoff with an unoriginal story, seriously, EA needs to stop putting out crap games.
June 14th, 2009 at 3:56 PM
@Morus
I agree thtat EA is the most stupidest and crappyiest company of all but to me dantes inferno looks promising
June 14th, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Dante doesn’t look like a bad GOW rip off lololol
but seriously?
People just look for things to cry about now “wah wah wah christians get soo much flack for everything!” I guess we’re just not going to mention how that religion has shaped our whole culture and even some government policies that affect video games and how their viewed by the public. Its really easy to play the victim card as a christian when your religion takes weekly sh*ts on other peoples beliefs.
i lol’ed either way
June 14th, 2009 at 5:08 PM
@vag
I lol’d at your comment. You are right: Christian philosophy DID shape our culture. It is what made this country a desirable destination for people of all nationalities. It is, in fact, what made us the greatest nation on earth. Now, however, the very group of people that you accuse of playing the “victim” card are under constant attack, as our the values this country was founded on. People came to this country because of what it “was” not what it “could be”. Groups like the ACLU are destroying this country from within. Anyone who thinks this country as a whole is in a better place now than in the past needs to get their head examined. These boards are not a place for religion or politics, I assume, so I’m not going to go into what is killing us as a nation. That being said, I’m not going to sit idly by and let people make ignorant comments without saying my piece.
June 14th, 2009 at 11:06 PM
All this back and forth over a simple PR stunt! I say if the act offended you, then speak with your wallets and don’t buy EA products. I wouldn’t expect an official apology from EA either, and the only way large companies such as them get the message is through the almighty dollar.
June 15th, 2009 at 3:19 AM
@ TheMadGreek..
Sneeche will always post ignorant remarks.. he is Canadian..
did i just lower my standards to say something slick like him? @ Sneeches, hopefully you understand not to stereo type people as ‘churchies’.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:26 PM
I agree with TheMadGreek. I understand the purpose behind a PR stunt like this but to put Christians in a bad light isn’t the right approach.
June 15th, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Churchies is probably nicer than what Sneeches really calls them.
June 16th, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Guys, I’m Hindu but I attended Christian church for about 6 years straight (living in America and speaking English, it’s tough for me to follow my faith). If I can have an open mind about this, I’m sure all of us can, too. Keep it civilized