Comments on: Convert or Die. http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/12/convert-or-die/ A blog on virtual worlds, games, and digital content, from Matt Mihaly Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:58:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Marc/Richter http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/12/convert-or-die/#comment-3360 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:58:41 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/12/convert-or-die/#comment-3360 The left behind books (the four or five that I read) were quite good, and I'm not an extremely religious person. If this is really how gameplay functions, it really could be done better... I suppose I can't make a full judgement until I play it. Not that I'm really planning on playing it... The left behind books (the four or five that I read) were quite good, and I’m not an extremely religious person. If this is really how gameplay functions, it really could be done better… I suppose I can’t make a full judgement until I play it. Not that I’m really planning on playing it…

]]> by: Pentharian http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/12/convert-or-die/#comment-3348 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:26:46 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/12/convert-or-die/#comment-3348 But wait...if you kill too many people, or accidentally kill a believer, you can use your special prayer power to heal and have your sins forgiven! I wish I were being sarcastic about that, but that's what I saw on IGN or Gamespot or something. But wait…if you kill too many people, or accidentally kill a believer, you can use your special prayer power to heal and have your sins forgiven!

I wish I were being sarcastic about that, but that’s what I saw on IGN or Gamespot or something.

]]> by: Matt http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/12/convert-or-die/#comment-3328 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:56:10 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/12/convert-or-die/#comment-3328 Yes, I read that page, but I don't see a rebuttal to the Chronicle's article on it at all. (It refers to a news article published several months ago. The Chronicle's was today.) The Chronicle claimed that you need to either kill people or convert them, but did note that you suffer a penalty for killing them. The article addresses neither of those points, admitting, however, that you are certainly killing people in the game (it's an RTS after all). Yes, I read that page, but I don’t see a rebuttal to the Chronicle’s article on it at all. (It refers to a news article published several months ago. The Chronicle’s was today.) The Chronicle claimed that you need to either kill people or convert them, but did note that you suffer a penalty for killing them. The article addresses neither of those points, admitting, however, that you are certainly killing people in the game (it’s an RTS after all).

]]> by: David Close http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/12/convert-or-die/#comment-3327 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:48:09 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/12/convert-or-die/#comment-3327 I have not played the game myself, but I was skeptical about the purported 'fact' that you have to either convert or kill, because that is not what the books were about. So, I went to the publisher's website and immediately found a press release addressing the rumors: http://www.leftbehindgames.com/pages/controversy.htm Please don't contribute to bad journalism by passing along juicy stories that you haven't verified. I have not played the game myself, but I was skeptical about the purported ‘fact’ that you have to either convert or kill, because that is not what the books were about. So, I went to the publisher’s website and immediately found a press release addressing the rumors:
http://www.leftbehindgames.com/pages/controversy.htm

Please don’t contribute to bad journalism by passing along juicy stories that you haven’t verified.

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