Website showing Chrono Trigger to bible links!

[Markh]

http://web.archive.org/web/20030403035636/http://www.geocities.com/xathael/ChronoEnigma.html

This is fairly fascinating even if it is coincidence.

he got some of the stuff a bit off with the biblical refrences for some people. But if you are a fan you will no doubt be interested in this site.

 

[tuta]

Very interesting.

 

[peanutbutter12]

Bookmarked. CT is my fav game. It will be an interesting read.

CJ

 

[Susan]

Hmm. I love Chrono Trigger, but these kind of sites ("ooh, look at the allegories") always have annoyed me for some reason. It's like people want to elevate their fan squealings to the status of Scriptural connections, and as in the case of other tormented allegories *coughcoughthetrigunallegoriescoughcough* while some parts fit, others do not to the point of absurdity and total incongruity.

I'd advise serious caution.

 

[ond_magiker]

Lots of japanese RPGs take elements from different mythologies and religions. For instance, look at the summons from the Final Fantasy series, Odin, Shiva, Phoenix, etc.

 

[Markh]

that's true

 

[Radio-Free Gnosis]

Squaresoft (well, now Square-Enix) loves mixing religion in their games. Check out Xenogears and Final Fantasy Tactics (not Tactics Advance).

 

[Bulldog]

Don't forget Xenosaga.

The link is very interesting....

 

[Aggie]

This is interesting. You probably remember I did this with the Legend of Zelda series: http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?p=2142571&postcount=18

The games that felt the most Christian to me when I played them were the first two games in the Myst series (Myst and Riven) and The Longest Journey. It's hardly surprising that there would be a lot of Christian symbolism in the Myst games, since the creators of the series (Rand and Robyn Miller) are both Christians. The Longest Journey is a bit more enigmatic: Its lead designer is a Norweigan man named Ragnar Tornquist who's much more secretive than the Miller brothers, so it's hard to tell what he believes. On the basis of his game it seems likely that he is also a Christian, but he doesn't openly admit it the way the Miller brothers do.