Crave Entertainment (a Los Angeles-based publisher of low-priced game titles) plans to bring a little religion to the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance consoles with an October release of "The Bible Game."
Up to four players will be able to answer trivia questions and play a variety of mini games across snowy tundras, deserts, and tropical island environments.
This isn't a triple-A title by any stretch of the imagination, and it's doubtful that the game will do little to break religious gaming out of the trite bible-quiz rut that it's been stuck in since the days of clay flash cards.
However, it's nice to see some diversity in the themes of games that are released for consoles if for no other reason than it loosens the purse strings of the stereotypical reluctant grandmother who would never purchase more prurient titles for her grandchildren. If this game taps into the pocketbook of matronly prudes, that's a good thing (even if the game itself ends up being a mere graphical reskinning of ye olde biblical flash cards).
