The Audiophiles » video games http://www.theaudiophiles.net Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:17:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 No apocalyptic video games for U.S. soldiers. http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/16/no-apocalyptic-video-games-for-us-soldiers/ http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/16/no-apocalyptic-video-games-for-us-soldiers/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:51:01 +0000 nick http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/16/no-apocalyptic-video-games-for-us-soldiers/ If U.S. troops want to play a video game in which they convert or kill non-Christians, they’ll just have to get it themselves.

After pressure from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, the Department of Defense has shut down an evangelical group’s plan to send free copies of its video game to American soldiers serving in Iraq.

“Left Behind: Eternal Forces” is a PC-based role-playing game, in which your mission is to convert non-believers and kill the Antichrist’s army. The group planning to send the game overseas, Operation Straight Up, is an evangelical entertainment group whose leaders include champion kickboxer Jonathan Spinks and actor Stephen Baldwin.

More on:
“Left Behind: Eternal Forces” here.
Operation Straight UP here.
Max Blumenthal breaks the story here.
Department of Defense cancels the plan here.
Military Religious Freedom Foundation here.

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