Abandon all hope you who play this game

I'm as atheist as the next man who's an atheist, but nonetheless couldn't help but applaud this response by Christian gamer groups to EA's shoddy attempt to stir up controversy-based publicity for the still baffling videogame adaptation of epic poem and cornerstone of Italian civilisation Dante's Inferno. My favourite line: "So instead of engaging in a shamelessly anti-Christian stunt to promote your poor excuse of a product, maybe you ought to work on making this game, you know, something better than a blatant God of War rip-off "

I still can't believe this is being made at all: the choice of genre (platformer? point-and-click adventure?) seems almost arbitrary once the main offence of adapting the work has been committed. That said it's laudable of these people to look past the breathtaking dickery of the game-makers to focus on the painful lack of thought and innovation behind the project. I'm still holding out for Dispatches to be adapted into an first person squad-based shooter.