The whole "God mode" agenda
In some games, there is an "invincibility mode", which makes the player invulnerable to enemy attacks, so the player will not die. However in recent years, it seems the industry is changing the term "Invincibility mode" to "God mode". I think that this is another way Satan wants people to think that they are gods, when they are really not (Genesis 3:5). But there is only one God (Mark 12:32).
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Kratos would like to have a word with you...
Dude, you should not even know this much about ebil video games.Hope you never stumble across "Dragon age:origins".
"Recent years?"
"God-mode" has been around for at least 2 decades now.
The first time I remember using it was Wolfenstein, I think.
Also, video games are fiction, just like your retarded book of mythology.
God Mode is of teh satan. Yeah, right.
There have even been stories about fundies frowning at the mascot of the BSD computer operation system.
Let me introduce Beastie, the 'BSD daemon':
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Can you imagine that there are fundies around who see this as another sign that we are falling to Satan? Unfortunately, this is no joke...
That's right, there's only one God, the Holy Spirit.
Hackers, and often engineers of other sorts, very frequently have a whimsical streak and a fondness for metaphor. One classic manifestation of this is references to mythology in the names they choose for things. This not least because there are so damn many myths and religious structures that anyone even moderately well read can probably find in them a name or phrase that succinctly describes, quite accurately, absolutely anything they can create, and it will quickly and effectively convey that meaning to anyone else similarly well read (the Germans actually had problems with this during WWII; they chose metaphorical code-names for secret technology such that Allied engineers who were familiar with German mythology and culture were actually able to guess remarkably accurately what it did!)
Such people usually do not give a damn about the myths themselves, let alone have any agenda for them. (With the possible exception of Rise of the Triad, where god mode made you act quite stereotypically like a god - in addition to becoming invulnerable, the player got a foot taller than everyone else and made languid, disdainful yawning noises at everything)
Ehm, isn't God Mode actually the opposite of Invincibility Mode? As in, the enemies are ridiculously hard and you die every 5 seconds? I know it is in God of War anyway. But I don't expect fundies to be up to date with this new "videogames" fad anyway.
New? Commander Keen had the G-O-D cheat in 1990 or 1991.
Better not tell him about Unix Daemons or how you can kill or "abort" stuff in it.
Those processes are like little babies you see.
God is a generic term, that you people refer to your God by his TITLE is your problem. It's not SPECIFIC, predates your Bible, and is a public domain, uncopyrightable term.
In fiction it's been used for hundreds of years to describe unimaginely powerful entities or creatures BECAUSE of the literates built-in understanding of the concept. Even to this day other faiths refer to their deities as Gods
And if there was a way to lose every game, bungle every action, and make every choice wrong, it would be called "fundie mode." Or maybe "Andrew."
In recent years?
Horace coined the term "deus ex machina" (Latin for "god out of the machine") around 18 BCE for a plot device that playwrights had been using for centuries.
One of the few accurate verses in the Bible: "There is nothing new under the sun."
Ordinary humans don't have invincibility, infinite ammo, or any of the other perks that tend to come with this mode thus it'd be a complete misnomer to call it "human mode" and that name sounds boring anyway. And they can't just call it "infinite ammo, invincibility, and super jump mode" because that's a long ass name. They chose "god mode" because it's easy to convey that the character has basically become nigh omnipotent (at least as close as you can possibly get within the confines of the game world) and nobody but paranoid, delusional fundies (who probably wouldn't be caught dead playing a video game anyway) would complain about it. But if you're going to complain about this then I can't imagine what you'd say about Black & White where you actually get to be a god.
@Serph-no-Okami
Well originally it was a debug mode used by developers to examine their AI, level design, and check for any bugs without having to worry about the enemies or avoid obstacles. So that's the more traditional version of god mode.
Are there no lengths these people will go to try to demonize everything they dislike?
Hey idiot, it's called "God mode" because you are completely powerful and nothing will hurt you. As in, God is invincible. You should see that as a compliment to your god.
And as others have pointed out here, it's not a recent development, since "God mode" has been a term in use since the 80's.
"In some games, there is an "invincibility mode", which makes the player invulnerable to enemy attacks, so the player will not die. However in recent years, it seems the industry is changing the term "Invincibility mode" to "God mode"."
I've been playing computer and console games for 20+ years and, so far as I can remember, it's always been called "God Mode." I wouldn't call that "in recent years."
"I think that this is another way Satan wants people to think that they are gods, when they are really not (Genesis 3:5). But there is only one God (Mark 12:32)."
You should read Genesis again a little more closely. You'll notice that when "god" is speaking or quoted he's often referring to "us" and not "I."
If that piqued your interest you might then ask a religious scholar why that would be since your god, supposedly, is the only one that exists. No. Don't ask your preacher. He'll give you that standard bullshit that "us" refers to the Trinity (which makes no fucking sense as now your god not only has multiple personalities but they all interact with one another making him appear even more schizophrenic).
Dig into your religion's history a little. You might be surprised at where its roots lie.
Hint from a random gamer: "God modes" are boring shit. They're cheats. Stupid crutches that will just ruin your fun. Serious gamers won't need them because they don't want to ruin their own fun.
(...and you're just going to spin this as "people who are deep into this game cult thingy will reject God Mode, and doing so, they will soon also reject God.")
What I'm trying to get at here is that you can't get too far in life if you don't know what the hell the terms you discuss even mean .
I'd like to challenge your 'God' at Quake IV Deathmatch, Andrew. His choice of map. Any server He can even have the Dark Matter Gun right from the start.
No 'God Mode' required.
Now why doesn't he want to? (check one):
[ ] He knows I'd kick his arse
[ ] He doesn't exist.
Choose wisely. Oh, and if you think I'd frag him to the extent that even his gibs would be unrecognisable, that's nothing compared to what 'Mega Bitch Goddess' would do to him. That's the screename of porn star-cum-producer Asia Carrera, the acknowledged 'Geek of Porndom'; not only does she build her own computers and run her own site, but she frags up a storm.
Some of my friends have the scars to prove it.
Trust Mister Smartypants to spoil the illusion. Just because he's so clever as to be able to see through Satan's clever and devious ploy, doesn't mean he's got to inform everyone else. And just when I thought I was God for once, albeit the God of Pong. But the point is, I thought that by next year I might have been able to elevate myself to being the God of Pac-Men. You never know. Damn you, Andrew! Damn you!
I think it's just a stylistic choice, possibly influenced by Japanese culture (as Japan is a HUGE producer of games and electronics) wherein the requirements for godhood are much laxer than in cultures influenced by Abrahamic religion. I think that Andrew (whom, because of his first name, I initially assumed was Schlafly) is just overly paranoid. There is a trope for this, by the way.
I admit that there are some gamers who get very deeply into their fun. But it takes a particular kind of idiot to believe even the most serious gamer really believes he has even god-like attributes outside of the game.
God breathed life into Adam. Therefore the act of breathing makes people think they are God. So breathing is a device of the devil to make people think they are as great as God...
Oh puhleees! How can idiocy be so terminal!
Only the very weak-minded would think that because a game has a "God Mode," they are gods.
P.S. Your Bible says there are more than one god. Read Genesis, Andrew.
I hope this guy never comes across the Windows 7 God Mode trick. He might try to exorcise his computer.
On second thought, I hope he does. That would be pretty funny.
I love that he felt the need to cite a reference in order to prove that there people are not god. It suggests that this is not self-evident, or that some authority is necessary for a person to determine whether or not he is god. I love to imagine fundies throwing those bible cites in and imagining that some unbeliever will read it and say, "Wait, I'm NOT god? Reference NEE-- Oh, crap, it's sourced and everything!"
Fundies.
The term "god mode" has been around for decades and uses a more polytheistic definition of "god" than you seem to be using. The basic idea is that you are completely immortal.
I'm fairly certain this is a poe, though.
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God Mode is of teh satan. Yeah, right.
There have even been stories about fundies frowning at the mascot of the BSD computer operation system.
Let me introduce Beastie, the 'BSD daemon':
(pic of that adorable little demon)
Can you imagine that there are fundies around who see this as another sign that we are falling to Satan? Unfortunately, this is no joke...
...They probably think kitties & puppies & bunnies are evil!
I'm just blown away that fundamentalists can believe in satan. I mean, doesn't their god have the power to destroy him? Or, better yet, to never have created him in the first place?
Don't they give this sort of thing ANY thought?
Oh, good grief...
Get. A. Grip.
@Xotan (#1254623): God breathed life into Adam.
Yeah, but Adam was just a cheap (albeit not monetarily) Apple clone add-on for Colecovision. Nothing all that great. Try entering a program in Bally Basic on the Astrocade's calculator keypad. Early training for texting!
First I was like huh?
I think that this is another way Satan wants people to think that they are gods
As opposed to fundamentalists who think God loves them better than anyone else and is going to kick the asses of all the liberals, Yankees, non-Christians, atheists, pansy-assed wine-tasters, opera fans, illegal aliens, guys who don’t like sports, women who wear pants, people who read the NIV Bible instead of the KJV and people who thought their grandmother was a monkey and send them to the Lake O'Fire®, while all the fundies who didn’t let anyone baptize them before the age of responsibility and voted for McCain/Palin will get to say "I told you so" and laugh at all those people who didn’t listen to them and are now weeping and gnashing their teeth in agony.
@WWWWolf
Hint from a random gamer: "God modes" are boring shit. They're cheats. Stupid crutches that will just ruin your fun. Serious gamers won't need them because they don't want to ruin their own fun.
I don't know about that. Sometimes it's fun just to run around with a rocket launcher and see how many explosion you can get and how high you can launch yourself or how many mines you can stack together on an enemy's forehead and see how far they launch when you detonate them. Granted, it's not something I'd plan an afternoon around but there are certainly fun uses for it.
In recent years? How old is this article? Commander Keen has god mode and that was made back in '90/'91.
Next we'll get into the speech about 'Landlords'"...er Land-Fella. There's only one Lord." -Ned Flanders
I checked the article, and apparently it's from when Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and Warcraft 2 were recent. So Andrew isn't a clueless about gaming as he seems.
Oh, and apparently metal horns are "the Satanic salute."
"Nowadays, more people are worshipping their friends or their favorite music stars, and are calling themselves gods and goddesses." Holy shit, the 90s kicked more ass than I remember, if people were building alters and burning offerings to each other.
What does imply about Source games, though? (wherein the invincibility code is "buddha")
@Murdin
Because making Master Chief invincible means that:
A) You are Master Chief;
Right. 9_9
All that "God Mode" means is that your character is invincible, just like gods are. However, there's a big difference between sharing a quality with a god, and actually BEING a god, and those of us who aren't completely divorced from reality know this.
"in recent years, it seems the industry is changing the term "Invincibility mode" to "God mode". I think that this is another way Satan wants people to think that they are gods, when they are really not (Genesis 3:5). But there is only one God (Mark 12:32)"
And you thought that 'God Mode' was bad enough eh, Andrew? Well, I guess Satan already has one up on God - especially the Trinity. You haven't mentioned such, so I guess Jebus doesnt know about it. Another gaming trick that exists will completely blow your mind:
Noclip.
So by virtue of your not mentioning such, not even the Holy Ghost himself knows of this concept!
(Using Noclip in games such as DOOM III, Quake IV, Prey etc is intriguing; exploring all the hidden areas and so on)
Geez, if these people think video games and stuff like that are the ULTIMATE EVIL, then what would happen if they knew that a girly-looking show like My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is being watched by people who are obviously not little girls?
Recent?
...oh that's right, you never heard of Doom, because the moment you heard there was a game that contained demons, you stuck your fingers in your ears and shrieked chants to keep the evil knowledge out.
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Better not to tell Andrew about the Baldur's Gate series then, what with the main character being the son/daughter of a god (well, one among the many offsprings of said god, who isn't exactly the most reputable deity in Toril) and eventually having the option to become a full-fledged god... Or about Black & White. :P
@SpukiKitty :"...They probably think kitties & puppies & bunnies are evil!"
Well, Xian fundies used to indulge in kitteh-burning because they associated them with witchcraft, and Islam considers dogs to be somewhat unclean. Dunno if there are religions that have something against bunneh (I did own one as a kid that was downright evil, in a reincarnation-of-Freddy-Krueger way, but he was a specific case)
Wouldn't God prefer people to feel a bit like him, since it only shows the difference between pooping in a sock and slaughtering the masses vs creating an intricate existence?
Wouldn't Satan want people to feel like shit and have no moderate escapism like gaming, for that matter?
Whining about 'God Mode' in games? In "Bayonetta", you can punch God into the sun to kill him. Not bad for a bespectacled witch with amnesia, prehensile hair, and .50 cal. heels.
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