Category: Gaming, Videos Author : Chris Greenhough Posted: November 17, 2009
Tags : lol, mass we pray, No THIS is what gaming has been missing, religion, WTF
[UPDATE: Aaand suspicions about fakery are confirmed: Joystiq has exposed this as an amusing spot of viral marketing for EA's Dante's Inferno.]
Game developer Prayer Works Interactive just released a press release and debut trailer for Mass: We Pray, a new religion-themed minigame collection that will ship with motion-sensing crucifix-shaped controllers and pressure-sensitive kneeling pads. Holy crap. Literally.
The 24 minigames that will come on the disc include Holy Water sprinkling, conducting the choir, and lighting prayer candles.
It’s designed to ensure that “a family won’t have to wait until Sunday to worship the Lord,” and preorders for the title are available from November 20, some months ahead of its Easter 2010 release date.
If you hadn’t already guessed, Mass: We Pray is almost certainly a fake, but a rather good one all the same. As well as the WASP-filled trailer you see below (which boasts respectable production values), there’s a whole site, complete with image gallery.
Well, it made me chuckle. Bravo, mystery creator!
[MassWePray.com, via Destructoid]
Jul 29, 2011
Even though this is a fake advert, it says something about our society that is nonetheless disturbing. This kind of "parody" may be seen by some as actually humorous, but a truly devout Roman Catholics (and even some protestant Christians who understand the holiness of the Church) would be offended. Here are the facts: The sacraments of the Church are HOLY and anyone who would parody them in such is way is UNHOLY. There is no excuse to present them like this for any reason and believe that it does anyone any good. It is another slap in the Holy Face of Christ. The sad truth is that being as dumbed down as society is today, many would tend to possibly take it seriously, heaven forbid. Too many souls are falling into Hell because they no respect for moral fortitude, holy sanctity, no secure direction for eternal salvation and a blatant lack of respect for the holy that can only be seen as satanic and demented. What was the point of such a production as this? This is why reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is so important, now more than ever.