And, of course, it didn't work out that way. Which means that somewhere, they had a warehouse filled with tens of thousands of boxes of software they couldn't sell.

I used to work in the computer game business, so I know what happens after discounting, promotional giveaways, and other attempts to unload the product fail. The remaining product goes to the landfill -- where the company has to pay Waste Management a handsome sum to bury it for good.

No doubt, that's what was happening here. The warehouse space was costing money. Disposal would cost money. And then, lo and behold! -- here comes OSU, with their bright and shiny 501(c)3 exemption to save the day. Left Behind Games "donated" their little problem to the troops, and got a big fat tax writeoff (probably based on original the suggested retail price, or somethng close to it) in return.

It needs to be note that, if it did indeed go down this way, then we the taxpayers subsidized this "gift," and gave LBG a nice little bailout from its failure. Which makes it just another faith-based initiative bought and paid for with your tax dollars.

As long as you're looking into angles, this might be one to check out.

by Mrs Robinson on Thu Aug 16, 2007 at 03:38:27 AM EST

Will the next Jesus Camps have game platforms and this game?

by NancyP on Thu Aug 16, 2007 at 11:00:16 PM EST

But, apparently, quite a few pastors balked (in no small part to the critiques provided by sites like this one). The churchgoers just didn't bite for this game like they thought they would. It was not, to say the least, anything like the phenomenon they'd hoped it would be.

Which is why it seems likely they probably overproduced the game, and got stuck holding onto a lot of copies they couldn't sell. And also why going back into the churches with it isn't going to be an option. They've already been through that blitz, and kicked it back out again.

Crap stinks, no matter where you try to hide it.

by Mrs Robinson on Fri Aug 17, 2007 at 01:51:34 AM EST