Journey of Jesus: The Calling — the first-ever video game based on
Jesus — launches today from Lightside Games, makers of the popular
Journey of Moses. Interestingly, also launching today: Diablo III, the
newest installment of a game series built around battles with demonic
creatures, which debuted in 1996 with the tagline: “All hell breaks
loose.”
“Both games immerse the player, and you are what you eat,” Brent
Dusing, CEO of Lightside games said. “While one game goes one direction,
Journey of Jesus: The Calling players walk in the Messiah’s steps, in
an authentic experience of Israel in Christ’s time.”
Online social gaming currently attracts 300 million players
worldwide. Journey of Jesus: The Calling enters the stage with
high-quality graphics, music, game play and the latest social features.
New players log on to Facebook and type Journey of Jesus: The Calling
into the search bar.
Following simple registration steps, at no cost,
players begin to choose paths, explore intricate and intriguing game
spaces, search for items and artifacts; overcome obstacles; and brush
with the era’s politics, religious landscape, history and everyday life.
Christian leaders have praise for Journey of Jesus: The Calling:
Darrell Bock, Research Professor of New Testament Studies, Dallas
Theological Seminary: “Why would a theologian endorse a social gaming
game? Because 300 Million people weekly log on to social games and
because Journey of Jesus: The Calling takes players closer to the life
of Christ in a fun, reflective and entertaining way.”
Pastor Jack Hayford, Jack Hayford Ministries: “I wouldn’t have
thought a game could do so much to remind us that Jesus walked this
earth of ours, involved himself with real people and lived with both
life’s daily-ness and its dramas. Journey of Jesus: The Calling is
marvelous because it’s more than a game.”
Demand for biblically based social gaming became evident in
Lightside’s Journey of Moses, which launched last summer and has drawn
more than 2 million players. And while hundreds of millions worldwide
play social games, Journey of Jesus: The Calling is the first invitation
to fun new faith conversations in the gaming world.
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