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If the television show "Jeopardy" was written by Sunday school teachers, the result might be "The Bible Game," a new trivia game for the Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox that casts players as contestants in a game show about the Old Testament.
While kids may not be tempted to reach for this disc on store shelves (lets be honest, here), this wholesome multiplayer title is ideal for the entire family ﾖ and one video game mom and dad will endorse for a change. Playable for up to four gamers on the same television, "The Bible Game" first asks that you choose a male or female character -- such as a cowboy, baseball player or fashionable young girl ﾖ before meeting the other three contestants for the virtual television show, "Do Unto Others!" Contestants not controlled by a human player will be handled by the game's artificial intelligence. As the comedic show host explains, the round begins with one contestant pressing a button on their controller to see which square they land on. This will determine the kind of game they will play, such as Testament Trivia. An example of a multiple choice question is: "What was the last plague upon Egypt?" Possible answers include: a) Darkness; b) Flies; c) Death of the First Born; or d) Pudding (correct answer: C). Players must quickly buzz in to answer the question; doing so correctly (by pressing the corresponding button on the controller) gives you points while incorrectly answering it takes away points, and hands control of the board over to the next contestant. The game contains 1,500 trivia questions, all based on familiar stories such as Jonah and the Whale, David and Goliath, Adam and Eve and Noah's Ark. Other game types, such as the eight Blessing Games, are only for the one player who is picking squares on the board. This is an opportunity to rack up as many points as you can. An example of a Blessing game is Ten Commandments, where you must place the commandments in the correct order within a predetermined time limit. The Holy Land Scramble, on the other hand, is a tile puzzle that challenges you to swap pieces to descramble a map of the Middle East. "The Bible Game" also features a dozen Challenge Games for all the contestants to partake in. Consider them arcade-like mini-games that range from Red Sea (move your player left and right to avoid obstacles as you run along the Red Sea floor) to Jacob's Ladder (match the onscreen arrow with the correct controller button to move your player up the ladder into the sky) to a "Pac-Man"-like Tower of Babel, whereby you must smash stones as you build a portion of the wall faster than your competitors. Pop music from some of today's popular Christian artists ﾖ such as TobyMac, Kutless, Jeremy Camp and Newsboys -- plays in the background during these multiplayer arcade sequences. If desired, players can choose to only play these mini-games from the start of the game.  
Parents already know by the title if this is appropriate for their kids. What religious parents need to know is that it's handled with respect and priced just about right.
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