Left Behind Games signs distribution deal with Jack of All Games

by Justin McElroy { Jul 9th 2009 at 4:02AM }

On the surface, this is a post about Left Behind Games (you know, they make those Left Behind games?) signing a distribution deal with Jack of All Games. But really, the only interesting thing is that the author feels it necessary to name Wal-Mart specifically as the first major retailer carrying the games, even though of course it is.

No, we really just wanted to supply you with a link to the official Left Behind game site and ask that you click the "Left Behind" button and watch the subsequent video. You can thank us after you check out the "in-game film."

Tags: jack-of-all-games, left-behind, left-behind-games, wal-mart

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Alex Whitehead @ Jul 9th 2009 4:12AM

GREAT vid

GamerCrusader @ Jul 9th 2009 4:25AM

I can't help but notice that the globe they have in the left behind trailer there is no canada... at least not a good chunk of it..... Im not blind, at least not yet. I must wonder though, why have a misrepresentation of earth is a one world setting

/Sarcasm
Now seriously, I was tempted to pick this game up.. at a buck a disc its like AOL! Great frisbee fodder.

kpong @ Jul 9th 2009 4:44AM

"The most realistic depiction of New York city in a game ever"

How does he sleep at night?! I mean, after he gets his prayin' on of course.

sonicspike41 @ Jul 9th 2009 6:57AM

He comforts himself with the souls, and holes, of 12 year old boys.

SugarDaddy @ Jul 9th 2009 10:17AM

Haha. You beat me to it. Ya, because GTA and Prototype don't count because they're too violent.

Endless. Comedy.

SugarDaddy @ Jul 9th 2009 10:18AM

Haha. You beat me to it. Ya, because GTA and Prototype don't count because they're too violent.

Endless. Comedy.

Rollingsun2000 @ Jul 9th 2009 10:59AM

After it came to that bit I was convinced that the whole trailer was a joke - like a late April Fools gag.

Is this an actual game?! I never head of it before.

Mutant @ Jul 9th 2009 5:29PM

When I heard him say "The most realistic depiction of New York city in a game ever" I was thinking..

Isn't lying a sin?

mietha CAG @ Jul 9th 2009 4:44AM

Seriously, weren't they trying to give this away like 5 minutes ago?

sonicspike41 @ Jul 9th 2009 6:58AM

Err, I clicked the wrong reply button... that should be a reply to kpong.

SugarDaddy @ Jul 9th 2009 10:19AM

Reply wast meant for kpong above. I think joystiq comments are broken or this site doesn't work with google Chrome.

Alphathon @ Jul 9th 2009 10:33AM

@ SugarDaddy: Obvious comment is obvious; everyone knows the joystiq comment system (as well as those of sister sites like engaget) is broken beyond repair

mietha CAG @ Jul 9th 2009 4:54AM

Well, now that my brain hurts (Literally)... I love how they brag about VERY low-end PS2 graphics as "Actual In-Game Footage" like 5 times. What, exactly, the fuck is the gameplay anyway? I mean, seriously, IS there even a GAME there? My dumbfuck ex-girlfriend used to read these stupid books. My god, america really IS full of idiots, isn't it? Sigh. Ah well, at least I can be consoled that the game sold for shit... I guess even some religious zealots know a shitty game when they see one... Or maybe it's that anyone wacked out enough to remotely be interested in anything like this just thinks all video games are evil?

squeehunter @ Jul 9th 2009 5:19AM

Mainstream Christianity has problems with the Left Behind series, so don't you worry about it. You really need to save the word "zealot" for when something gets blown up by the way.

U U D D L R L R B A SELECT START @ Jul 9th 2009 8:04AM

Yeah talk about rediculous. I'm personally waiting for the Scientology shooter myself.

redjack @ Jul 9th 2009 9:25AM

"You really need to save the word "zealot" for when something gets blown up by the way."

zeal·ot
NOUN:
1. One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
2. A fanatically committed person.

I don't see blowing stuff up in there as a quantifier. I think he's okay to use it.

BJ is Gooder @ Jul 9th 2009 12:31PM

Bitter much, mietha?

Chris @ Jul 10th 2009 11:35AM

squeehunter,

I don't think there's anything wrong with using the word zealot on people who believe that all human beings, from birth, deserve to be tortured forever in a lake of fire.

Husher @ Jul 9th 2009 5:17AM

my parents tried to get me to read the books, i tried and failed, they even tried to make me watch the show. which after the part were someone cuts their own hand off and doesn't bleed lost my interest do to lack of hand chopping.
the end of days will be with politics? weak...

gamabunta @ Jul 9th 2009 5:20AM

Damn Toby Keith fans and their in-game spiritual warfare...

markhill66 @ Jul 9th 2009 5:46AM

It's weird that it is rated T for Teen. Shouldn't it be for everyone?

Meh @ Jul 9th 2009 7:37AM

There actually is violence, you know.

Cub @ Jul 9th 2009 12:53PM

On the contrary, this software shouldn't be given to kids! It's a recruitment package made to try and make the church seem cool...

Brice @ Jul 9th 2009 6:37AM

lol religion.

SuiXide @ Jul 9th 2009 11:38AM

...and all I can think of is Romans 1:22.

Brice @ Jul 9th 2009 8:21PM

I'm assuming this is directed at me... and yet it's really directed back at the people claiming to know the end times. Claiming to know how the universe was created, to know who we should have sex with, and who is morally right and wrong, and all without a single shred of evidence. In fact a large amount of what they believe seems to be seemingly refuted. The book even contains morals which no one in their right mind would live by.

I don't claim to know the answers to the universe, but I certainly like to think that everything i will believe is based on evidence or at least a shred of possibility. Religion contains none of this.

Nickytetlow @ Jul 9th 2009 6:54AM

Is there a part of the game where i get to beat the ever loving shit out of Kirk Cameron?

mat parker @ Jul 9th 2009 7:05AM

Unfortunately no but it does make a good coaster

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 9th 2009 9:50AM

Forget Kirk. Give me Candace!

http://www.usmagazine.com/images/slideshows/05-candace-cameron.jpg

Gabriel @ Jul 9th 2009 7:19AM

I'm a Christian, but "Christian" games are a very big turnoff for me. You can't really turn something that's somber and meant to inspire faith and turn it into entertainment.

Rather than basing games on the Bible (only a few actual stories would make good games), they should instead create thought-provoking experiences that challenge people while still being fun.

It would also help if they didn't produce CRAP. I mean, if your game is meant to bring GOD to people, please put at least a little effort into it.

offday @ Jul 9th 2009 9:24AM

I agree. And why why why did he have to claim they have created the most realistic version of NYC ever seen in a video game? WHY? He either knows he's lying, or he's just that ignorant to other video games around him.

dogmaticatheist @ Jul 9th 2009 10:39AM

I dunno, I think lots of bible stories would make good video games. Particularly the old testament. They can make an RTS based on the exploits of Joshua where you get to massacre entire towns, women, children, and livestock included, while taking virgin women as slaves. There's really enough slaughter and massacre in there to support a whole library of games.

cub @ Jul 9th 2009 12:55PM

Heheheh... 'Old Testement: The Game' - Would put Dante's Inferno to shame!

BigD145 @ Jul 9th 2009 1:41PM

Sorry, Dogmatic, but the Old Testament is kind of off limits with most "Christians." Too much of that "Vengeful God" thing going on.

dogmaticatheist @ Jul 9th 2009 2:07PM

@BigD145:

It's not really off limits, they just come up with all kinds of crazy explanations for it. You know, Joshua HAD to slaughter all those people because they were really bad. Because, we all know an omni-benevolent god would demand the murder of women and children, and the taking of virgin women as slaves.

The mental acrobatics required to explain away the blatant immorality displayed in the Bible (old and new testaments) are quite hilarious and alarming.

If you believe in heaven and hell, you'd have to believe that Hitler would be chilling with god right now, considering how similar their personalities are.

BigD145 @ Jul 9th 2009 4:13PM

Hitler was God's creation. Yup.

A few sects just ignore the Old Testament so they don't have to deal with all the contradictions and pain and suffering caused by God.

D_Average @ Jul 11th 2009 3:51AM

Ah, good ole cognitive dissonance. A religious mans best friend.

Meh @ Jul 9th 2009 7:37AM

Hey, that trailer (?) had some pretty good music. MGS-style.

TRON.dll @ Jul 9th 2009 8:47AM

Does this have anything to do with Left 4 Dead? That's the first thing I thought when I originally saw the pic.

*watches vid*

Okay then.

cjshrader @ Jul 9th 2009 8:55AM

That original Left Behind game was ridiculously hard. I only got a few levels (delicious, sexist, racist levels) in before I couldn't even progress.

SoxFan13 @ Jul 9th 2009 9:03AM

Ironically, the books do have a ton of violence. I mean, it is the end of the world. Seriously though, there's one part where I guy hides a huge blade in his wheelchair so he can get past metal detectors. Then he slices a guy's head off with it. C'mon, tell me you wouldn't want to do that in a video game.

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 9th 2009 9:13AM

It's carry-on, BITCH! *snikt*

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 9th 2009 9:12AM

My favorite part was when they said that their game has the "most realistic representation of NYC ever seen in a video game before". LOLZ. Yeah, right.

Also, I know nothing of the Left Behind series. What is even going on in the "gameplay" footage and other than the horribly poor production value, why doesn't anything these people are saying match up with their lips?

thain @ Jul 9th 2009 9:19AM

Bad tv shows, movies, songs, or games that are meant to be popular just on the basis of "its religion" should be outlawed. They are merely doing more harm than good for whatever cause they are seeking to enhance.

You can reflect Christian themes, morals, ideals, etc. without making a horrible piece of entertainment.

Chris @ Jul 10th 2009 11:41AM

Honestly I don't mind seeing these people do harm to their cause. I happen to think Christianity is a wicked religion in all its versions, but the fundagelical stripe given it by the Kirk Cameron crowd is the very worst. It's so explicitly anti-human (we are all damned from birth, and God might save us if he feels like it. Lovely guy, that God.)

grimm @ Jul 9th 2009 9:33AM

Did anyone else notice Noah Bennet from "Heroes" below the video?

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 9th 2009 9:44AM

How do you know that's HRG? all you can see is the back of his head.

Could be Michael Douglas from Falling Down for all we know....

Trickob @ Jul 9th 2009 9:42AM

I found this game in the bargain bin at Shopko last week and my favorite blurb on the box was:

"You and your friends can choose to play as Christian soldiers or choose to be part of the Satanic forces"

.....this game seems to be sending mixed messages...