Vatican Wars?

So there's a new game in the Facebook world for those interested in the Catholic Faith.  It's called Vatican Wars (click the link for details) and challenges gamers to tackle hot-button topics like abortion, the death penalty and homosexuality. 

What I find incredibly entertaining is the data compiled through the testing phase (when Vatican Wars was referred to as "Priestville").  Several respondants who played felt that the game had re-established their faith in some way - going to Mass more frequently, feeling the call to the priesthood, etc.  So they're pushing forward with the game as a tool for apologetics, I guess?  Interesting!

I dunno how I feel about it, though.  The point is to debate and better understand Church teaching, I guess, but leaving things open-ended without a proper moderation to the varying understandings of the faithful (who probably never picked up actual teachings of the Church) could lead to widespread confusion. 

I like the idea of a Catholic game, but I dunno if I like the idea of this particular format.  Plus, allowing the misspellings of words like "Bishop" or "Priest" to denote female players kind of bothers me.  I'm not implying, mind you, that women shouldn't play, I'm just again slightly concerned about the confusion that this sort of thing could lead to. 

Plus, I note that it's not actually created (or even approved) by anyone even remotely related to the Catholic Church, so methinks this isn't really an attempt to teach so much as make money.

I'm curious to hear from folks who have played this game.  Until I open it myself, I'm not going to have a well-informed opinion. 

UPDATE

I started playing the game to get a feel for what it's all about.  I honestly have no idea how this could help anyone with their faith or wanting to go to Mass.  Much like other game apps on Facebook, this is simply a means to an end, and that end is money.  Blah - that's a total bummer.

Anyway, the game presents itself much like any other RPG.  You choose a side (Templar for conservatives, Crusader for the liberals).  From there, you choose your belief system, focusing on five hot button issues - abortion, heterosexual marriage, birth control, women as priests and celibacy for priests. 

These issues don't really get "debated" in the debate section.  When you debate, much like most RPGs, your basically comparing you're "integrity" and "charisma" to another person's.  Whoever has higher numbers "wins" the debate.  That doesn't sound like a debate to me in the slightest.

Then we have those lovely "gold" coins with which you can buy your integrity / charisma points.  Not very Christian, if you ask me.  Ha ha!  Anyway, you can also earn these gold coins, but it takes forever and in the end, it's simply not worth it when you realize there are actually folks purchasing (with real money) hundreds of coins so they can continue "winning" debates to move ahead in the game.  So for those of us who want to play a game without buying our way to victory, we find ourselves using water guns against anti-aircraft missles.  It's just ridiculous.

So no - I don't see how this game could possibly lead to a better understanding of our faith at all.  I also don't see how it'd entice folks to attend Mass or do readings on their own.  The only plus I can see from this is the blurb section they have on the Saint of the Day.  The "readings" they give you don't actually have to be read, so you can play the game without ever asking one question about the faith.  That seems silly to me. 

Plus, now that it's been opened to the forum of Facebook, anti-Catholics abound with names like "Prince of Darkness" or "1st Gay Pope."  So while I'm sure it was a good idea in their minds to create something like this, it's garbage.  Don't waste your time. 

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