Six Reasons Why King David`s life should be made into a video game

1.) King David`s life teaches player valuable lessons: Trust GOD and He'll give you victory in the end, for example.

2.) David's story is dramatic; going from a Shepard, to a giant slayer, to a psalmist and warrior, to Israel's most wanted and finally to the King is quite an adventure. And as you look into the story you find what his life is written like a drama and a video game (if it can properly incorporate the story) will be great.

3.) It would have a unique environment. We've seen ancient Rome in games like Rome: Total War and Ryse: Son of Rome but almost never have we seen Judea displayed. With it's green hilly environment, unique Jordan rift valley, the Dead Sea and the desert the game could be both geographically accurate and beautiful.

4.) It would also involve peoples that are usually ignored in game. The game would include two peoples: The Hebrews and the Philistines. Both of which have been ignored in pretty much every game ever designed. For example Sid Meier's famous strategy game includes over forty civilizations but Israel was not included and in game based in ancient Rome the Maccabean Revolt and others that followed it are completely ignored. The Jews and the Philistines, as well, have continually been denied a place as a fraction in every popular strategy game--isn't it time they are? Imagine seeing the unique architecture of the Philistines and the culture of the Hebrews for the first time in 3D. You could walk through the streets, maybe talk to the people, listen to them talking about things that would have mattered to them--all for the first time.

5.) Many video-gamers will point out however that well the lessons you learn, the story-line and the experience of the game are important the game play matters a lot too. In fact some players will go so far as to say that the game play is far more important in a game than anything else. So what would the game play be like? It has the potential to be great as well; the game would focus on David as the player-controlled character and would go through his life in stages where he had to meet a certain objective. He would have have to guide his sheep to a pasture, save one of them from a bear, and aim at Goliath's forehead and shoot at the right time. Later on you would have the go through guitar-hero like missions only with a harp and plan out an assault and fight in the battle itself. There would be room for some open world game play as well as you might choose to do a number of things; for example:

-You could practice the lyre or harp.
-You could practice dueling others in order to be ready for your next battle.
-You could talk to people in various cities to learn more about GOD, the history of the area and the people.
-You could do tasks for shekels (money) in order to buy a different weapon. (each with their own advantages and disadvantages,)

6.) There is a wide audience. There are lots of Evangelicals who enjoy gaming and who would love to play a well-made game based on the life of King David. But that's not all: a number of Jews would be interested as well as would many Westerners (remember The Bible is the most influential book and even when people deny it's historicity they love it's stories.)