Get ready for a Christian version of Guitar Hero
 

From :For Christians Who Want to Rock, 'Guitar Praise' Salutes You
Thursday, August 28, 2008



By Sara Bonisteel

NEW YORK — For Christians who've always wanted to dabble in "Guitar Hero," but can't bear riffing to songs like "Cheat on the Church," "Cowboys From Hell" or "The Number of the Beast," finally, there's a video game for you.

Next month, video-game developer Digital Praise releases "Guitar Praise," a wireless guitar game that promises "inspirational fun" as players jam to 52 hits by the likes of contemporary Christian musicians TobyMac, Newsboys and Skillet.

Tom Bean, the president and CEO of Digital Praise, told FOXNews.com that "Guitar Praise" was created in response to its gaming fans.

They "started e-mailing us and writing us and calling us and asking us to create a game that they could play along with using a guitar," he said.

Like "Guitar Hero," the game requires players to hit the correct notes as the songs play, but unlike Activision's popular Xbox, Wii and PlayStation 2 and 3 game, "Guitar Praise" is strictly a Mac or PC affair and players can jam along with the band.

Set for release on Sept. 25, with a price tag of $99.95, "Guitar Praise" isn't cheap. But developers see it as a game perfect for the masses.

"We see it as another fun way for kids to spend time together and have a positive experience with positive content," Bean said, adding it works well for youth groups, who can sing along as two players face off in the game.

There's no doubt that musical role-play has carved out a large chunk of the gaming market. This year, "Guitar Hero" surpassed $1 billion in North American retail sales, according to its producer, Activision.

This isn't the first religious knockoff Digital Praise has produced. In 2005, it released "Dance Praise," a "Dance Dance Revolution"-style game that lets players boogie to their favorite Christian hits. "Dance Praise 2 — The ReMix" has thus far been the company's top-selling product, Bean said.

"We’ve attempted to be careful and respect other people’s products and create games of a similar genre but solely created with our programs and programmers," Bean said.

The game will be available next month at GuitarPraise.com as well as at Christian retailers.

A representative from Activision did not immediately return a call for comment.

So will the next version be Guitar Praise Stryper? Hehe...

cool. i'd give it a whirl.

It would totally be worth going to some shitty church youth group to watch those assholes jam along to this horseshit.

If I win, do I become gawd?

So I take it none of this:




That sucks...

Agreed.

That's fucking hilarious.....the finest reason I've heard for going to church in a loooooong time.

what's wrong with it? they keep making these different versions of the game pack. I thought I just saw an ad for one that has the whole Moving Pictures album. Which is ironic because most people under 30 didn't realize there were more songs than Tom Sawyer and Limelight.

Don't know which bands will be on the game but Skillet has some really good songs. Hopefully they get Pillar and Thousand Foot Krutch, maybe P.O.D. and Day of Fire as well.

I realize it was a joke, but pondering whether Stryper is gonna be the big band on a Christian Rock game/album etc is like saying is fuckin Poison gonna be the big name on the secular rock game/album. And I know you know this because I saw the stuff you posted in the other thread. I just wish you wouldn't perpetuate this.

Sure they had some crossover success because they were able to get on MTV. But they had contemporaries that were better musicians like Blind Guardian and Holy Soldier. And for AOR music there was Petra.




As you all might imagine there are a ton of Christian groups in all genres now. Some suck but some are very talented.

Actually - despite my ranting on this in the park bench.....I concede, TFK, POD and Pillar aren't bad. I saw Project 86 and Spoken in concert and they were amazing.

Still - the 'rock out with your cock out' youth group imagery killed me.

Uugh. There is no god! Listen to his guitars!

Nose soda of the day award right there!! LMAO