Pope Benedict XVI, the current head and spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, stated his take on videogames, calling them “perversions” and “repulsive.” And you thought Hot Coffee was behind us.
As part of the annual papal message for World Communications Day, the theme of which was “Children and the Media: A Challenge for Education,” the pope talked about the media’s effect on children, paying particular attention to games and films.
“Any trend to produce programs and products–including animated films and video games–which in the name of entertainment exalt violence and portray antisocial behavior or the trivialization of human sexuality is a perversion, all the more repulsive when these programs are directed at children and adolescents,” said the pope.
Dictionary, please? But wait, that’s not all. He also said that the media can support a family’s educating of children provided it “promotes fundamental human dignity, the true value of marriage and family life, and the positive achievements and goals of humanity.” He even asked upon the ”leaders” of the industry to ”safeguard the common good, to uphold the truth, to protect individual human dignity, and promote respect for the needs of the family.”
Maybe someone should direct the Pope to PC game, ”Left Behind” where you choose between Christians or the Anti-Christ team. Christians need to wipe out all non-believers, and Anti-Christ’s need to praise the Devil (guess what? You can’t win as the Anti-Christ!).
If you want to read all the Pope had to say, head here
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