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Gaming's craziest cults

We are building a religion. We are building it bigger. We are widening the corridors. And adding more lanes.

Words: on October 6, 2010
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101 comments

  • ichigoame - October 7, 2010 1:30 a.m.

    what? no epsilon?

  • Crimmy - October 7, 2010 1:12 a.m.

    Indeed, it is a good thing these are only in videogames. Also, that's the most detailed in-game pic I've ever seen (the last one).

  • reveffect - October 7, 2010 12:54 a.m.

    loved this article. kinda didnt notice how cults tend to make a pretty frequent appearance in video games. i can think of a few more but meh im lazy. the last one didnt really bother me since i think it was really intended as a joke and not as a stab at the religion. oh yeah the saturnine are in bioshock 1. i dont know if they appear in 2 but in 1 they show up in the garden park like level (i dont remember the name of it) right after atlus fakes the death of his fake family to give the player the assumption that they are helping atlus kill ryan for a good cause when really its all mind control which is why i love the big plot twist towards the end (oh yeah and dont call spoiler on me cause the game has been out long enough for a sequal and a reimagining, if you can call it that, in the form of bioshock infinite so you have had plenty of time to buy the game and play it through). anyways in the garden lvl the saturnine are the splicers who through fire and can teleport.

  • InstantTitKill - October 7, 2010 12:20 a.m.

    I do not understand how there can be this much butthurt over the last paragraph in this article. It was obviously just a joke which fit perfectly with the rest of the article. If Jim intended the last paragraph to be a serious critisism of Catholism he would probably had assaulted the religions numerous faults in a fact-based and adult manner. Jim is a clever guy, and perfectly capable of such a simple task. Such a text, though enjoiable to a certain extent, just wouldn't have been as funny. It would also have felt missplaced in an article that was only meant to entertain and inform (about video games, not religion). So please quit bitching and just respect the fact that this man is just trying to entertain us, even if it isn't funny to you.

  • DarkPaladin - October 7, 2010 12:18 a.m.

    Where's the Blue cult from Earthbound? *grabs his paintbrush*

  • J-spit - October 7, 2010 12:18 a.m.

    ZING! Take that Catholics!

  • therawski - October 6, 2010 11:58 p.m.

    I feel like a lot of people never actually did any research into what actually happened in history as a result of religious beliefs, like the crusades really did happen (not W's), the spanish inquisition really did happen (not Mel Brooks'), Dante's Inferno had A LOT of creative license (the game not the poem) I'm just hoping the readers that didn't understand will some day get it.

  • ComradeKhani - October 6, 2010 11:54 p.m.

    your about get a jihad put on you, just sayin.

  • 2cute2Bcruel - October 6, 2010 11:50 p.m.

    The Silent Hill cult is just too much. I eagerly anticipate the day when one of the games lets you scorch their asses, kind of like how the different cult in the SH movie did.

  • AnonymouZ - October 6, 2010 11:48 p.m.

    If i was a space marine who believed a 10" emperor was still alive after thousands of years, and kills every xenon i meet because i must, because the emperor woulda liked it... then that's a crazy cult too.

  • Twizinator - October 6, 2010 11:41 p.m.

    haha, I'm Lutheran and the last one made me laugh. "people get sent there to suffer for all eternity just for being a slut or wanting to eat too many pies."

  • Stahlbrand - October 6, 2010 11:16 p.m.

    Hilarious. Great stuff. The Covenant one was the winner of the bunch.

  • kyle94 - October 6, 2010 11:01 p.m.

    @Chrisd The quote is actually: "Religion is like a penis. It is alright to have one. It is alright to be proud of it. But please don't whip it out in public and start swinging it around, and please don't shove it down my children's throats."

  • Clovin64 - October 6, 2010 10:54 p.m.

    I agree with paganpoet on this one. The Cult of Kefka should be here dammit! As for that last point, I do get irritated when Christians tell me I'm going to hell for being an atheist, but since I know pretty much bugger all about religion, I'll just resist the temptation to type some snarky comment.

  • aberkromby - October 6, 2010 10:43 p.m.

    Way to write a criticism of a belief system from 0ver 500 years ago, and couple it with a modern picture.

  • Lemurian - October 6, 2010 10:26 p.m.

    wheres that crazy cult from dead rising? they freaked me out more than the psychopaths

  • batmanboy11 - October 6, 2010 10:26 p.m.

    What about The Los Illuminados?

  • zymn - October 6, 2010 10:13 p.m.

    shit, there's mention of Harold again. i can't find that guy... ah well, i still think that the giant holographic brain of a dead scientist that's using a bunch of crazed hallucenogenic plant eating hippies to kill an old ghoul-ish rival kind of beats it. actually... it's kind of the same situation of how the brain tries to talking in plain english but they interpret it into something else... this in Point Lookout by the way... i smell copyright infringement. unless Harold is in Point Lookout as well. then i've gotta go back and search for him.

  • michaelpreston - October 6, 2010 9:59 p.m.

    This article's statements of "bigotry" and "racism" are NOT part of normal religions like Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, or Judaism. The reasons you are using these words is because some people in the past and present have committed serious crimes against God, humanity, and religion in general. Religion = a way of life according to a faith. Since it is a way of life, feel free to criticize it and it's users, that's how humanity moves forward. However, one should NOT let this deter the faithful (or unfaithful) from religion altogether. Proper use of common sense and logic can keep people out of cults (i.e. Scientology, the Puritans, etc.). In layman's terms: Blame man (who made religion) not God (who made man). Like my best friend says: "Have faith, but don't be an asshole!" Sage advice. I don't mean to "preach", but it's logical to say that man cannot handle the task of religion by himself. Man is guilty of this and many other things. Hence, cults exist due to fanaticism. Some things are good in moderation, this includes religion. -MP

  • boxmeizter - October 6, 2010 9:55 p.m.

    i never noticed the saturnine cult either. and i have completed the story 3 times or so. love the game btw, looking forward to infinte

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