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Larian revealed that Baldur's Gate 3 has sold 2 copies in the Vatican (gamerant.com)

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[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'd assume there'd be at least someone there who's job it is to "research" things to see if they're to be banned or not.

Like the person who would've had to read the Harry Potters.

[-] Grangle1@lemm.ee 73 points 2 days ago

Believe it or not, the Catholic Church is far less into the "Satanic Panic" idea that anything that mentions magic and stuff is evil and should be avoided than most Protestant Christian churches, especially the Evangelicals. Pretty much the only thing they consider sinful outright in the media is porn, otherwise you're just advised to avoid stuff that influences you to commit other sins. This includes things like Baldur's Gate 3. If it's not influencing you to sin, it's not a sin to play. Same with Harry Potter and other stuff like that. It's just some extreme folks in the Church, influenced by the Evangelicals, who push the Satanic Panic farther than the Church officially teaches and give the Church a bad name in that regard. Lots of priests are sci-fi/fantasy/gamer nerds, and Tolkien (author of Lord of the Rings) was a faithful practicing Catholic.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 38 points 2 days ago

Speaking of satanic panic, the biggest irony are those that denounce stuff like the Diablo or Doom series. You know, games were the player's job is to literally destroy the forces of actual hell. Maybe killing demons with swords and shotguns is sinful?

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago

Someone religious once told me that's because the games/media are like "saying that this demons exists" and by doing that give them power or something like that, didn't pay much attention after the first bullshit.