However, this particular game is tasteless and tacky, as well as the whole idea of using the church for marketing.

However, this particular game is tasteless and tacky, as well as the whole idea of using the church for marketing

What’s wrong with using the church for marketing? Actually I think you need more of it and across a wider range. Why not try cross marketing so that companies and churches can both benefit?

They could include coupons in the booklets and printed material passed out before mass. Or you could give them away with a donation to the poor box. Drop in the money and take out a coupon good for once free coffee with purchase of a donut at a local shop.

The churches need to jump all over this. They could have a frequent Mass program. The more you attend the more points you gain. Most religious types seem to be quite proud of the time and dedication they spend. Parishioners could then use the points they save to spend on a wide range of items from weekend retreats to learn how to be a better Christian to a week long cruise in the Caribbean. Of course that would go to the real dedicated folks. With my lowly once per month attendance I would get the T-shirt that says …I go to Church so infrequently that all I earned is this lousy T-shirt.

Well, the idea has potential . You just need to work the details.

And bear in mind, this game is not a first-person shooter — it’s an RTS, and in RTS games the violence tends to be much more stylized and less bloody.

Just what we need more stylized killing .

However, this particular game is tasteless and tacky, as well as the whole idea of using the church for marketing.

And bear in mind, this game is not a first-person shooter — it’s an RTS, and in RTS games the violence tends to be much more stylized and less bloody.