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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Ben Stein's Confession--- on Christian Religion in the Public Sphere
Ben Stein is always worth listening to, even when one strongly disagrees with him. The following is a column of his from CBS Morning News Commentary, and appears to be genuine, for all you Snopes fans out there. I find myself quite agreeing with this little confession. BW3
My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a Church it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away .
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to.
In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.
Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"
In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.
Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says . Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing?
Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in. My Best Regards .
Honestly and respectfully,
Ben Stein
19 comments:
- Deb said...
Always enjoy your blog
Pls check this post
Who to believe?
Deb - 1:39 PM
- Dan White said...
I really like that Ben Stine; the more dry the tone, the better. Here's what Ben S. actually wrote
dan - 1:59 PM
- Bill Barnwell said...
Part of this piece is authentic from Stein, the second half of it primarily isn't. The whole "forward this to your friends" bit at the end is an obvious addition. And speaking of Snopes, here's there article on the subject:
I like Snopes for the most part. They are basically accurate for the most part though they certainly don't come at things from a Biblical worldview as I think they are agnostics, so that will affect their views on some things.
Maybe we should open up a new field of study, perhaps an MA in "Literary/E-Textual Criticism" as it pertains to emails and columns like this...what has and hasn't been redacted. A "JEDP" type source analysis for these sorts of things. It might be more interesting than Graf-Wellhausen studies and develop an equally geeky following online.
All that to say, yeah, most of this came from Stein, and cool column. - 2:03 PM
- James Gregory said...
What's Snopes?
And, please forgive my ignorance, is this confession really from Ben Stein? - 2:04 PM
- Angie Van De Merwe said...
But, is Ben open to Shairia Law, where woman are stoned, brutally circumcised, and de-valued and have no rights? And all in the name of God's Standard!!!
Does he believe that this would be a different country if we didn't allow difference? Surely, he must...as he said he appreciates "difference".
This is why whenever there is a political agenda, such as with Islam, we must take note, because their views are not compatible in any way to ours.... - 2:17 PM
- John I. said...
A reader:
It really hurts the credibility of your blog to post things that aren't accurate and take less than 15 seconds of searching to confirm. How about, before posting something (and instead of merely referring to snopes), you actually take the time to type a google search "ben stein cbs snopes" and read the top entry. You'd find out in less time than it took to type your intro that he wrote part of the entry (but started it differently) and didn't write the majority of what you posted (the last half). I expect that you write your books differently, but if your blogs are off the cuff like this I'll have to start using additional grains of salt when I read them (e.g., your interaction with the Pagan Church guy).
reader - 2:49 PM
- Angie Van De Merwe said...
Bill, I thought what you suggested was interesting, in regards to the sources...the priestly, versus the prophetic...different perspectives,roles,functions....but I think it would be interesting to do both the Welhausen view in light of the Welhausen view...developmental and different functions...one maintaining Tradition, the other changing or challenging Tradition...
- Ben Witherington said...
Hi reader: I did check it, and for your information, the substance of the post is correct, except for the last paragraph, which changes nothing of the substance of this post. How about since I am probably busier than six of you put together I continue to allow ya'll to do the more detailed checking... as you obviously don't have two and half jobs.
Ben W. - 4:06 PM
- Ben Witherington said...
One more thing Reader:
Blogs are not a viable source for any sort of scholarly work or research most of the time. They are essentially chat rooms for those who want to discuss anything ranging from important issues to trivial things, and the degree of scrutiny required before posting a non-academic post meets a much lower standard of course than a scholarly post.
This particular post is certainly not of the scholarly sort in any way, and in no way affects my personal credibility. It may reflect on the credibility of the person who originally said it, and the other person who modified it, but I put the ideas out there simply for discussion as ideas. I don't much care which particular person said this, as this is not that sort of discussion.
One more thing. I do not generally allow anonymous comments on this blog. If you don't have the courage of your own convictions to identify yourself when I click on your tag, and it takes me to no real information about you, then I don't tend to post what you say, for those of you wondering why some entries did not get posted.
- Mr. Axworthy said...
Note: I am not "reader." My name is Jonathan. All said, I do value the blog because of your clear-sightedness, so I can see how one might muddle the two worlds of "scholarly" and "non-scholarly blog that happens to be run by scholar" (and I greatly value your aid as a scholar). It's an unfortunate sign of the time that any comment or post we can be associated with will most likely be used against us in a court of public opinion... that does seem to be how our elections are run anyway. After researching the helpful links given here, I would have to say that I am relieved that some of the final comments were not actually by Ben Stein - since they would have lowered my opinion of him. The parts that can be traced back to him (should we cast colored beads?) demonstrate a clear statement of the stress that one feels as a Christian (and probably Jew or Muslim as well) living in a country where policies are actively hostile to the sharing of what we believe is actually most essential to life. We can challenge conventional views with vulgarity... laugh our way to accepting sexual immorality as "the normal way of things." Yet when one stands up to proclaim that God has spoken to us and will hold us accountable for what we do with that revelation - in public at least - and one feels the weight powerful influences saying, "you must not speak that name here!"
I understand that the issue is complicated - but the double-standards applied when it comes to disseminating one's worldviews have the distinct odor of a deep-rooted phobia of God having actual control of an individual(for an example listen to a candidates answer "how will your personal beliefs affect your decisions about policy as president?" - an entertaining, though sad dance to watch). One often feels as though we are being herded somewhere... and I don't much care for it. It is either: "Be rational and humanistic... or at least hyper-cautious about what we share" or "Stand over here with the other religious fundamentalists... there's a place for them too, just not with the thinkers or policy makers."
Anyway, all that to say that I found the post interesting and thought provoking. Thanks!
Jonathan - 5:14 PM
- dave said...
Thanks for you great ministry.
Actually the last several paragraphs (14 or so) are fake
This just took me a second to google. I have three jobs!
and one of the most delightful parts was the wonderful...and genuine....intro your version left out, but can be read at the link
Blessings - 5:59 PM
C'mon, they took prayer out of schools and wam-bam Katrina, scool shootings and terrorism. That sounds like the schlock of bad tv evangelists, not the type of stuff I expect to see a theologian I really respect tipping his hat to on his blog.
Wayne - 8:18 PM
We probably should allow for the possibility that there are some of us that take "confessions" of Ben Stein and Snopes.com a little less seriously than "A reader", don't you think :)
I mean, BW3 loses credibility as a scholar because he posted a blog post "off the cuff"?
Seriously? - 6:03 AM
- Unknown said...
Interesting theology ("I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?")
Do you really believe that some subset of the human race can persuade God to stand down as the Lord of the Earth and intentionally allow others (some of whom presumably didnt't want God to recede from the scene to suffer unprotected? Seems an odd mix of a view of God as one who intervenes in day to day operations management of the world and the ususally competing view of God as one who simply sets her in motion and lets her spin.
Its a convenient point maker but it was sloppy theology when she said it, sloppy when Stein endorsed it and too sloppy for me to believe you are letting it by uncommented upon!
I really enjoy your blog but this one seems to have come in under your radar. - 7:40 PM
- Unknown said...
I like your blog. That's definitely not Ben Stein's work. I've read that chain e-mail at least 10 times.
good luck with all the controversy you seem to have started with this post. - 10:30 AM
- zefiriel said...
I know it's hard breaking the comfort bubble, but I think as with this post, you should take ANYTHING by ANYONE with a pinch of salt. I know it's hard. I too like to be spoon fed.
Regrettably, Ben's writings, whether here or his books are not totally inerrant (no disrespect intended). We shouldn't be treating his thoughts and his writings as divine and authoritative. ;) - 6:45 AM
- zefiriel said...
Uh, btw, the part about Madeleine being murdered is true, but not Spock's son's suicide. Well, wiki-true anyway.
I was getting a weird feeling when I reach the part "funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says."
It's good that you guys made a quick search on snopes and google and the likes, but what would've happen if all these didn't exist? And do you just rely on sites like snopes.com or wikipedia or google search's result to establish what is factual and what is not? Funnily, that doesn't seem any different from just accepting this post at face value.
Is that what we call irony, or hypocrisy? - 7:07 AM
- Mr. Axworthy said...
Zefiriel: First, I really am not "reader." I appreciate your concern, though. I was merely trying to state that I understand why the post might have evoked such a response from "reader" (whoever he/she may be). I do try to take the good with the bad and realize the fallibility of even my favorite authors and scholars. I was in no way offended to find out that the post was not completely accurate (merely relieved for Mr. Stein's sake). My main purpose for commenting was to actually address the thought process that the post initiated for me.
I apologize for the confusing introduction to my previous comment.
Thanks again! - 8:31 AM
Ugh... I LOATHE the saying "They took God out of our schools".
King David said "where can I flee from Your presence... If I go to the depths you are there..." God was evident during Israel's exile, New Testament persecution, the Third Reich's reign of terror and in communist China. Are we now saying that God can't do his redeeming work because of of a few laws and metal detectors? Historically the gospel has spread faster, not slower during times of oppression or persecution.
Since Jesus' death and resurrection took place, God's kingdom is no longer restricted by geopolitical or locational boundaries. Not in groups or on this mountain or that building, but in people who worship Him in spirit and in truth. He is present in hearts every believer wherever they may be - whether their Bible is with them or not - whether their teacher can lead them in prayer or whether the students has to pray silently in their own hearts.
The real problem is not that God or state-approved prayer is out of the schools. It is that the life-giving, transformational Spirit of God is and the accompanying fruit is not evident in the hearts of His people. "Against such there is no law." - 10:43 PM

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If you do not have enough room in your mouth for your third molars to fully erupt, a number of problems can happen. Impacted wisdom teeth should be removed before their root structure is fully developed. In some patients it is as early as 12 or 13, and in others it may not be until the early twenties. Problems tend to occur with increasing frequency after the age of 30. Some of the possible problems related to not removing your wisdom teeth include:
The most frequent clinical problem we see is pericoronitis, (a localized gum infection). Without enough room for total eruption, the gum tissue around the wisdom tooth can become irritated and infected, resulting in recurrent pain, swelling, and problems with chewing and/or swallowing.
Cyst Formation:
Non-infectious diseases may also arise in association with an impacted wisdom tooth. Cysts are fluid-filled "balloons" inside the jaw bone that develop as a result of impacted teeth and slowly expand destroying adjacent jaw bone and occasionally teeth. They can be very difficult to treat if your wisdom teeth are not removed in your teenage years. Although rare, tumors can be associated with the delayed removal of wisdom teeth.
Possible Crowding:
Impacted wisdom teeth may contribute to crowding of your teeth. This is most noticeable with the front teeth, primarily the lower front teeth and is most commonly seen after a patient has had braces. There are a number of factors that cause teeth to crowd after braces or in early adulthood. Retained, impacted wisdom teeth may be a contributing factor. Unless you have an active problem when you see the oral surgeon, the reason for removal is primarily to prevent long-term damage to your teeth, gums and jaw bone.
Damage to Adjacent Teeth:
If there is inadequate room to clean around the wisdom tooth, the tooth directly in front, the second molar, can be adversely affected resulting in gum disease, bone loss around the tooth, and/or decay.
What if I don't have my wisdom teeth removed as a teenager or young adult?
As wisdom teeth develop, the roots become longer and the jaw bone more dense. When it is necessary to remove impacted wisdom teeth in your thirties, forties or beyond, the post-operative course can be prolonged and there is a higher complication rate. Treating these complications is often more difficult and less predictable than with a younger patient. Healing may be slower and the chance of infection can be increased. If your impacted wisdom teeth are not removed in your teenage years or early in your twenties and they are completely impacted in bone, it may be advisable to wait until a localized problem (such as cyst formation or localized gum disease and bone loss) develops. In general, you will heal faster, more predictably and have fewer complications if treated in your teens or early twenties.
What happens on the day wisdom teeth are removed?
Most people prefer to be unaware of the experience when they have their wisdom teeth removed and usually decide to be sedated. You will be provided with appropriate anesthesia options at your consultation. All outpatient surgery is performed under appropriate anesthesia to maximize your comfort. Our office staff has the training, licensing, and experience to provide the various types of anesthesia. These services are provided in an environment of optimum safety, utilizing modern monitoring equipment and a well trained experienced staff. The Surgical Care Team, the office facilities, and the doctors are inspected on behalf of the Board of Dental Examiners on a regular basis.
On the day of your procedure, you will take medications to help minimize post-operative pain and swelling. We ask that a parent or responsible adult accompanies you to the office and plans to stay with you the rest of the day. The procedure will take about 30 to 60 minutes and you will probably be in the office for 90 minutes. Recent advances in medicine and technology allow patients to undergo wisdom tooth removal in a manner which promotes rapid healing and minimal post-operative discomfort. State-of-the-art sterilization and infection control techniques are used at all times.
On the morning or afternoon of your surgery it is essential that you have nothing to eat or drink (excluding prescription medications with a sip of water) for at least 6 hours (preferably longer). This does not mean you should try to fit in one "last meal" exactly six hours before your surgery. Having anything in your stomach can increase the risk for serious anesthetic complications, including nausea and vomiting. Your procedure will be rescheduled if you have not heeded these guidelines. We may provide you with a prescription for pain medication at your consultation appointment, which for your convenience, can be filled in advance. When you are seated in the surgical room, we will make every effort to make you as comfortable as possible. If you are going to be sedated, we usually will place an IV in your left arm. This is a quick and nearly painless procedure that ensures optimal delivery of your medication. Local anesthesia is given to you afterwards to ensure comfort, and allow adequate time to travel home and rest. You will be sleepy for a significant portion of the day.
The Day of Treatment
Be sure to have an adult with you at the time of removal. Make plans to have a parent or responsible adult stay with you for the rest of the day, following wisdom tooth removal.
If your surgery requires stitches, these are usually the type that dissolve in 3 to 5 days and do not require removal. You may also notice a sensation of your gums feeling swollen and pulling away from your teeth. This is all part of the normal recovery, and will subside in several days.
Once the local anesthesia wears off, you may require prescription pain medication. Please try non-narcotic anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen (Advil®) first, to see if that adequately treats your pain. If not, begin your other prescription pain medication. The local anesthesia may last until the following day, and should not be confused with an injury to your nerve. We recommend starting your post-operative diet with clear liquids such as jello and broths, gradually increasing in substance as your body permits.
We do not recommend using dairy products such as yogurt, ice cream or milkshakes on the day of surgery, as nausea and vomiting may develop in conjunction with the anesthetic and pain medication. If you are given antibiotics and you take birth control pills, please be aware that the birth control pills might become ineffective and take appropriate precautions.
What does wisdom tooth removal cost and is it covered by insurance?
The fee for your treatment is determined by a number of factors. These may include the difficulty involved in removing your teeth and which type of anesthesia is best for you. During your consultation appointment, the surgeon will need to review your x-rays, complete an examination and determine the best option for anesthesia, before an accurate estimate can be provided. Every insurance company has a different policy regarding the extent of coverage for a given surgical procedure. The oral surgeon's office staff will help you obtain maximum insurance coverage for your treatment.


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An Automated force field Topology Builder (ATB) and repository: version 1.0.
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Stroet M, Caron B, Engler MS, van der Woning J, Kauffmann A, van Dijk M, El-Kebir M, Visscher KM,
Holownia J, Macfarlane C, Bennion BJ, Gelpi-Dominguez S, Lightstone FC, van der Storm T, Geerke DP, Mark AE, Klau GW.
OFraMP:A Fragment-Based Tool to Facilitate the Parametrization of Large Molecules.
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Automated Topology Builder version 3.0: Prediction of solvation free enthalpies in water and hexane.
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Testing and validation of the Automated Topology Builder (ATB) version 2.0: prediction of hydration free enthalpies.
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Facilitating the structural characterisation of non-canonical amino acids in biomolecular NMR
Magnetic Resonance, 2023, 4, 57-72. DOI:doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000602558
Stroet M, Sanderson S, Sanzogni AV, Nada S, Lee T, Caron B, Mark AE, Burn PL.
PyThinFilm: Automated molecular dynamics simulation protocols for the generation of thin film morphologies
J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2023, 63, 2-8. DOI:doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.2c01334
Stroet M, Koziara KB, Malde AK, Mark AE.
Optimization of empirical force fields by parameter space mapping: A single-step perturbation approach.
J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2017, 13, 6201-6212. DOI:10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00800
Reisser S, Poger D, Stroet M, Mark AE.
Real cost of speed: The effect of a time-saving multiple-time-stepping algorithm on the accuracy of molecular dynamics simulations.
J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2017, 13, 2367-2372. DOI:10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00178
Malde AK, Stroet M, Caron B, Visscher K, Mark AE.
Predicting the prevalence of alternative warfarin tautomers in solution.
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Canzar S, El-Kebir M, Pool R, Elbassioni K, Malde AK, Mark AE, Geerke DP, Stougie L, Klau GW.
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Multiple-choice knapsack for assigning partial atomic charges in drug-like molecules.
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Definition and testing of the GROMOS force-field versions 54A7 and 54B7.
Eur. Biophys. J., 2011, 40, 843-856. DOI:10.1007/s00249-011-0700-9
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A biomolecular force field based on the free enthalpy of hydration and solvation: The GROMOS force-field parameter sets 53A5 and 53A6.
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How Microsoft can save Xbox games for Windows Phone: Part 2
The recent extended release drought of Xbox games for Windows Phone has prompted both game developers and players alike to question Microsoft's commitment to Xbox Live support for its own mobile OS. For their part, Microsoft kinda-sorta reaffirmed their dedication to mobile Xbox games, and the long in-development Skulls of the Shogun finally debuts this week. Perhaps the drought has ended and Xbox Windows Phone games will blossom anew once more.
Still, all those weeks without new games didn't happen by random chance. There are myriad underlying problems at fault, from outdated policies to poor portfolio management to a combination of apathy and ambivalence from some divisions within the platform holder itself. To anyone with an ounce of understanding of the mobile games industry, it looks bad - and it is bad. But Microsoft can still save Xbox games for Windows Phone.
We've already taken a critical eye towards the Xbox Live certification policies for mobile games in the first installment of this multipart series. Today we continue with a look at why Xbox games matter to Windows Phone and the missing support of popular game engines. Remember, these suggestions come from a standpoint of love and the desire to see the Xbox brand on Windows Phone grow and succeed.
Xbox Live is important to the future of Windows Phone.
A few of the key Xbox Live features for Windows Phone
Most of the suggestions in this series will seem like common sense to gamers and developers alike. But the first two suggestions of this article are actually open to debate. Specifically, these disagreements will stem from the fact that not everyone buys into the Xbox Live ecosystem – particularly people who don't own an Xbox 360. In fact, I'm positive that several people in Microsoft's own Windows Phone and Business Development divisions fail to see the value of the Xbox brand to Windows Phone. But Xbox features do matter, and I'll tell you why.
The Xbox 360 is Microsoft's most successful gaming venture; Xbox its strongest brand. At some point before the Windows Phone 7 launch, Microsoft decided to tie their new smartphone platform into that successful brand. This presents numerous advantages like a built-in audience of console owners to sell to, a brand that game developers already understand and respect, and the possibilities of connectivity between the various Xbox platforms.
Now, many 360 owners haven't jumped onboard with Windows Phone yet for a number of reasons such as the lack of big-name Microsoft properties and exclusives – both of which I'll address in my next article. But despite a host of missteps large enough to fill at least three editorials, one group of gamers has embraced Windows Phone in a big way: people who enjoy Xbox Live Achievements. Whatever the quality of the Xbox Windows Phone games so far, they all provide exclusive Achievements to unlock. The Achievement hunting subculture is probably the most loyal group of Windows Phone gamers - and the one most displeased by the recent release drought.
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Any way you slice it, Xbox games have been a selling point for Windows Phone since the 2010 launch. But as time passed, leadership has shifted within practically every Windows Phone-related division, resulting in the current crisis of identity and support for mobile Xbox Live.
Big games should release as Xbox titles, not indie games.
Three stellar candidates for Xbox Live status
On Xbox 360, there is a clear separation between XBLA and indie games. A major developer or publisher would never consider releasing their game without the Xbox branding. The advantages are plentiful: better visibility, a perception of higher quality, and access to Xbox Live features like Achievements and Leaderboards.
Windows Phone has the same basic division between Xbox and non-Xbox games, the latter of which carries the 'indie' connotation. Why then should major game makers like Disney (Where's My Water?, Where's Perry?) and Rebellion (Dredd vs. Zombies) publish their games without the Xbox branding? Heck, Disney actually announced an Xbox game - Toy Story Mania that failed to materialize on Windows Phone (it eventually showed up on Xbox 360). Don't these developers know that many gamers prefer Xbox games?
Actually, Disney and Rebellion probably considered releasing their titles as Xbox games but decided it was too much trouble. Part One of this editorial explained some of the numerous Xbox Live certification hurdles that mobile developers face. The key here is that Microsoft needs to maintain that image of the best or hottest games bearing the Xbox name and doling out delicious Achievements.
If increased visibility isn't enough to convince Disney and company to stick with Xbox Live, then offer them some incentives. Money spent to make sure Where's My Water? bears the Xbox name on its Live tile will pay off in the form of maintaining the Xbox brand's image and keeping gamers who prefer Xbox features happy.
Windows Phone needs game engines...
A game demo created with Unity and Autodesk Scaleform
Game engines are software suites and tools that facilitate the creation of videogames by developers. These tools provide a variety of functions that are responsible for the game's graphics, physics, artificial intelligence, user interface, and much more. Engines make the creation and porting of games between platforms much faster and easier for developers.
Windows Phone 7 lost out on every popular game and middleware engine under the sun due to its lack of native code support (the ability for software code to interact directly with the hardware). As a result, games that rely on those engines like Epic's Infinity Blade series couldn't be ported to Windows Phone without drastic recoding. The lack of multiplatform engine support and the relatively underpowered Windows Phone 7 hardware kept us from receiving ports of many graphically intensive games.
Windows Phone 8 thankfully does support native code, although a fully native app doesn't have access to many managed code APIs necessary for Xbox Live certification. More importantly, this time out Microsoft has managed to secure a number of important game engines for Windows Phone 8 such as Unity (the most popular smartphone game engine), Havok, and Autodesk Scaleform.
As far as we know, only Autodesk Scaleform is actually ready yet, owing mostly to the woefully late release of the Windows Phone 8 SDK. That means we're a fair ways off from reaping those engines' benefits, but at least Microsoft is making an effort.
…Particularly Unreal Engine 3.
Infinity Blade II gets its pretty looks from the Unreal Engine.
Still, one all-important engine remains unannounced: the Unreal Engine from Epic Games. Why does it matter? For one thing, a vast number of console games use Unreal Engine 3, including Batman Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, Borderlands 2, Mass Effect 3, Mortal Kombat (2011), and Wreckateer. Securing Unreal Engine 3 would make mobile adaptations of console games much easier than before (including the iOS title Batman: Arkham City Lockdown). Heck, the Microsoft-published physics game Wreckateer would be perfect for Windows Phone.
More to the point, the Unreal Engine's ubiquity means that practically any developer who's made a console game in the last five years already knows how to use it. As more developers leave the increasingly AAA-focused console space for mobile game development, the availability of a versatile and familiar engine could easily impact those developers' choice of supporting Windows Phone. Also, Autodesk Scaleform already integrates with Unreal Engine 3, so why not give Scaleform the freedom to do its thing?
Possibly the most important reason for bringing Unreal Engine to Windows Phone is Chair Entertainment, a subsidiary of Epic. Chair is the developer behind the bestselling Infinity Blade series on iOS. Before they can bring Infinity Blade II to Microsoft's mobile platform, we've got to have the Unreal Engine that powers it. Chair would also be perfect for a mobile Gears of War game, now wouldn't they?
Epic announced their engine's Windows 8 and RT support back in August, though that support hasn't gone live yet. Microsoft and Epic are rumored to be in talks over bringing the engine to Windows Phone 8, but those talks should have successfully concluded months ago. Even if they suddenly announced support tomorrow, it would likely be months before that support went live.
Remember, the still-not-ready Unity, Havok, and Scaleform Mobile SDK were all announced between August and October. Once Unreal Engine's hypothetical Windows Phone 8 support is ready, it will take months (if not longer) for Xbox games that make use of it to actually reach the market. Please, Microsoft: ink that deal and get Chair Entertainment onboard while Xbox Live development on Windows Phone 8 is still halfway viable.
Still more to come!
That's it for this installment, boys and girls. We've got a third part coming later this week or early next week with even more varied recommendations. Do you agree with my suggestions for saving Xbox games for Windows Phone? Please voice your opinions in the comments below and tweet this article to anyone who might benefit from it.
Paul Acevedo is the Games Editor at Windows Central. A lifelong gamer, he has written about videogames for over 15 years and reviewed over 350 games for our site. Follow him on Twitter @PaulRAcevedo. Don't hate. Appreciate!


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