Killing for God

You know, the funny thing is, right-wing Christians go nuts when they see Janet Jackson's tit. They shout and cry, "What'll we tell the children!?" when they see violence on television, in movies, and in video games, and do everything in their power to ruin it for those of us who enjoy a bit of the more banal aspects of entertainment.

And yet they're very excited about the new Left Behind video game, based on the popular book series of the same name. For the record, this is a book series whose main character is a virgin male over the age of 30 - not for any particular reason, just because he apparently "never had time" to lose his virginity... right... - whose anti-Christ is actually the spawn of a gay couple. Okay?

The basic premise of the game puts kids in the role of a crusader for God, killing unbelievers and seeing all sorts of gruesome things, like rotting corpses in the streets of New York City. Oh, I take my pot of hypocrisy black, with two kettles. But more to the point, does this remind you, as it does me, of those games you can apparently find in the Arab world where the goal is to kill Jews and whatnot?