There are a lot of things you might think of when it comes to the Catholic Church, but “cutting edge” is rarely one of them. That’s why the idea of a Young Pope is so crazy to consider. However, as the modern world moves forward, the Vatican has tried random ways to keep up, from the Pope’s Twitter page to this digital rosary that lets you click to pray.
And what’s more modern than video games! As you might expect, the Vatican hasn’t had the best relationship with our favorite Satanic digital art form that turned Dante’s Inferno into a brainless hack and slack with fake “PrayStation” protests. Plus you could beat up the old Pope in Assassin’s Creed II. But then we remembered this new Pope has Undertale so maybe things are looking up. And now the Vatican has its very own Minecraft server.
No, the Pope didn’t spin up this server himself. He’s probably one of the few people on the planet blessed enough to not know who Notch is. Rather, tech blogger turned Catholic Priest Father Robert Ballecer ran a Twitter poll to see what game he should bring to the holy city. Rejecting more violent, dour games like RUST and Ark and Team Fortress 2, responders picked the kid-friendly building game that turns players into their own loving (or vengeful) god.
“You can invite people who want to be creative, who don’t want to be toxic, and you create an environment in which people can express themselves and build up a relationship,” Ballecer told Rome Reports (as reported by PCGamer). “And the relationship thing is the most important part. That’s ultimately what I want to do with the server.”
If you want to join a Minecraft server that has an ever-so-slight chance of being visited by The Holy See, head over to minecraft.digitaljesuit.com on your client. Do something truly worthy of being sent to Hell.
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