A few random links that have been sitting in my outbox way too long. First off a computer game that Beth might actually like me to play! She sent me a link to the A Force More Powerful website the other day and I had quite a bit of fun looking around. This game is a realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of planning and coordinating non-violent resistance movements in one of ten or so scenarios "based on recent historical precedents." On the whole I think it’s great that people are putting the effort into developing this kind of game that may actually have some positive learning involved (other than amazing hand-eye coordination). I just really hope that people don’t start trying to organize non-violent movements based solely on their gaming experience! ("but civil disobedience always worked for me in the game" ) Order your copy today.

Then in my Data Comm class Jacob mentioned that he had heard about another game coming out based on the Left Behind series. A new RPG based on the end of the world as portrayed by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. After a quick look around the official Left Behind Games website I came to realize the true marketing genius of the Left Behind crew. The website itself is nothing much to look, says virtually nothing about the game itself and even has a few blank pages! But, the screenshots are impressive, there is an in-depth analysis of the profitability of the computer gaming market and the trailer (while still saying nothing about the game itself) is drop-jaw gorgeous. So, regardless of what I or anyone else think about the Biblical validity of the series I must give props to the marketing crew at Left Behind. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to play the Left Behind board game