… I believe it is an advertisement for a video game by Electronic Arts, Inc. for their Dante’s Inferno. The same company staged a fake “Christian Protest” for the same game when it was launched to get news coverage …
So in away I find the image of Catholics and Mass being used in this way a bit disturbing …
“At least two faith-based bloggers have raised objections to a fake religious protest staged by Electronic Arts to promote its Dante’s Inferno game at E3 last week in Los Angeles.
At GamePolitics reported, about 20 actors carried signs protesting Dante’s Inferno on supposed religious grounds. The signs bore messages like “EA = anti-Christ” and “My high score is in Heaven.” Initial coverage by the Los Angeles Times even reported (incorrectly) that the demonstrators came from a church in Ventura County, California.
Margaret Cabaniss of InsideCatholic has taken issue with the religious theme of EA’s publicity stunt:
It’s been clear for a while now that the entertainment industry views Christians on the whole as priggish, thin-skinned fun-killers… Has anybody at EA actually read the Inferno? …”
I thought it was pretty funny, but the kids doing the sign of the cross wrong was a good indication that it wasn’t made by Catholics. The popup ad for Inferno confirmed that.
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… I believe it is an advertisement for a video game by Electronic Arts, Inc. for their Dante’s Inferno. The same company staged a fake “Christian Protest” for the same game when it was launched to get news coverage …
So in away I find the image of Catholics and Mass being used in this way a bit disturbing …
Quote from news article: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/06/11/faith-based-bloggers-slam-ea-staging-fake-religious-protest-e3
“At least two faith-based bloggers have raised objections to a fake religious protest staged by Electronic Arts to promote its Dante’s Inferno game at E3 last week in Los Angeles.
At GamePolitics reported, about 20 actors carried signs protesting Dante’s Inferno on supposed religious grounds. The signs bore messages like “EA = anti-Christ” and “My high score is in Heaven.” Initial coverage by the Los Angeles Times even reported (incorrectly) that the demonstrators came from a church in Ventura County, California.
Margaret Cabaniss of InsideCatholic has taken issue with the religious theme of EA’s publicity stunt:
It’s been clear for a while now that the entertainment industry views Christians on the whole as priggish, thin-skinned fun-killers… Has anybody at EA actually read the Inferno? …”
Yet another reason for me to loathe EA. As a Gamer and a Catholic I am doubly offended by EA’s latest crass gesture.
Huh. It seems more of a mockery than a spoof.
I thought it was pretty funny, but the kids doing the sign of the cross wrong was a good indication that it wasn’t made by Catholics. The popup ad for Inferno confirmed that.