{"id":9693,"date":"2014-10-02T13:03:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T17:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=9693"},"modified":"2014-10-02T13:07:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T17:07:27","slug":"rick-warren-touts-upcoming-bible-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2014\/10\/rick-warren-touts-upcoming-bible-video-game.html","title":{"rendered":"Rick Warren Touts Upcoming Bible Video Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cheesy Christian video games could become faint memory if the \u201cTornado Twins\u201d reach their goals.<\/p>\n<p>In two weeks identical twins Ruben and Efraim\u00a0Meulenberg\u00a0raised half the funds they needed to create the first episodes of the \u201cThe Game Bible Series\u201d through a Kickstarter campaign. The 52-episodes will be \u201ca game-changer for families and gamers,\u201d said Pastor Rick Warren and his wife Kay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Game Bible is an incredible way to experience the stories of the Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2014\/10\/Video-Game.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9695 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2014\/10\/Video-Game-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Video Game\" width=\"311\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>The series will allow players to play through the entire Bible from Adam to Jesus without blood or gore in a \u201cside-scroller format,\u201d said the creators who raised $26,110 of the $35,000 needed for the first three episodes. Over $300,000 would be needed to cover the episodes of David and his rise to become the King of Israel. They have until Nov. 1 to raise the all the funds to complete all 10 episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Meulenberg invited experts from high-level games for guidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To ensure a high level of gameplay, several experts who have been involved in the making of\u00a0 &#8216;Assassins Creed PSP&#8217;, &#8216;Stargate PSP&#8217; and the &#8216;Lego&#8217; games have weighed in on this project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1622773351\/the-bible-videogame-david\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheesy Christian video games could become faint memory if the \u201cTornado Twins\u201d reach their goals. In two weeks identical twins Ruben and Efraim\u00a0Meulenberg\u00a0raised half the funds they needed to create the first episodes of the \u201cThe Game Bible Series\u201d through a Kickstarter campaign. The 52-episodes will be \u201ca game-changer for families and gamers,\u201d said Pastor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,1866,1,2,30],"tags":[167,785],"class_list":["post-9693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrities","category-pop-culture","category-technology-2","category-television","category-trends","category-video","tag-rick-warren","tag-video-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rick Warren Touts Upcoming Bible Video Game<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2014\/10\/rick-warren-touts-upcoming-bible-video-game.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rick Warren Touts Upcoming Bible Video Game\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cheesy Christian video games could become faint memory if the \u201cTornado Twins\u201d reach their goals. 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