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	Playing Gods
JohnWaterman
11-19-2008 5:05 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ada45997-5b3b-473b-bcf9-b92e3b607935/D11AB67E-49EF-4B5F-B847-615222387836/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.playinggods.com/" href="http://www.playinggods.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.playinggods.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.playinggods.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.playinggods.com/img/9E8C196A-2592-4D6F-BF2E-37DC808718F4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/11/18/controversial-new-board-game-parodies-religious-violence" href="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/11/18/controversial-new-board-game-parodies-religious-violence" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gamepolitics.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/11/18/controversial-new-board-game-parodies-religious-violence"><P>A great deal of blood has been spilled in the name of religion over the centuries, and the maker of a new board game hopes that parodying religious violence will bring him Earthly rewards.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/11/18/controversial-new-board-game-parodies-religious-violence"><P><A href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-11-17-playing-gods-game_N.htm" target="_blank">USA Today</A> reports that <A href="http://www.playinggods.com/" target="_blank">Playing Gods: The Board Game of Divine Domination</A> is billed as "<EM>the world's first satirical board game of religious warfare</EM>," and includes playing pieces such as Jesus wielding a cross and a chain gun-toting Buddha (see pic).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.playinggods.com/" href="http://www.playinggods.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.playinggods.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.playinggods.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.playinggods.com/img/90221566-1E0C-4972-8301-00B96A7A6294" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.playinggods.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.playinggods.com/img/5DC89149-DCBA-426A-BC3F-472C36A7995F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/11/18/controversial-new-board-game-parodies-religious-violence" href="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/11/18/controversial-new-board-game-parodies-religious-violence" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gamepolitics.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/11/18/controversial-new-board-game-parodies-religious-violence"><P>In an FAQ on the <EM>Playing Gods</EM> website, designer Radford denies that the $39.99 game is anti-religious:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/11/18/controversial-new-board-game-parodies-religious-violence"><P>The game is not anti-anything, except anti-boredom. Players can inject as much – or as little – real religion into the game as they wish. Players may pit Zeus against Cthulhu and Eric Clapton for control over the world, or pit Jesus against a Muslim figurehead. It's all up to you. I hope the game is taken in the spirit in which it was offered.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.playinggods.com/" href="http://www.playinggods.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.playinggods.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.playinggods.com/"><DIV align="center">
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