Bible Game Makes Believer Out of Me

A Religious Video Game that is Fun? Crazy!

I'll admit it: I picked up the Bible Game for an easy laugh.

First, it's the Bible Game. Crrrrrazy religious fundamentalists probably made it. Second, thirteen years of Catholic school education is sitting in my head - here I could use it to crush my friends in Exodus trivia. Finally, its box art - depicting Noah's Ark, kids climbing a ladder into heaven and a guy in a cowboy hat running though the parted Red Sea - was too good to pass up. It seemed like fodder for an easy, sarcastic review that would put me on the map as an Associated Content funny man.

Internet stardom, here I come!

But there's a problem. The Bible Game isn't what you'd expect.

The game, produced by Crave Entertainment, boasts 1,500 Old Testament questions that are asked on a kooky quiz show called "Do Unto Others" - complete with a mildly annoying, Bob Saget-esque host. Each game puts your character at a podium next to three opponents. Even if you add more human opponents, the computer will be there to round out the foursome - and those cats know God.

I expected the worst from my game show experience- a lame interface with question after question on Abraham and how many ribs Adam had? It's called the Bible Game, right? Clearly I'm going to be beaten over the head with religious factoids.

Not exactly.

The game actually mixes info and gameplay in a way that is sure to please kids but might leave religious parents out in the cold.

A "Do Unto Others" game board is divided into several different point values. Players stop a random, flashing light with the push of a button and answer the question or participate in a challenge to get the points.

The catch? Old Testament questions are limited to one or two a round. You'll spend more time playing mini-games with vague biblical references than you will racking your brain to figure out who the mother of earth was … it was Eve … says the game.

I sat down with my roommate, baseball play-by-play announcer Kyle Coppess, to see how a Methodist would fare against a kick-ass, bible expert like me.

Well, he kicked my ass.