Left Behind Games, Inc. v. Gameology [1]

Gameology [2], a video-game-review site, posted some criticisms of "Left Behind: Eternal Forces," a Christian-themed video game. Gameology's posts took issue with the game's atmosphere of faith-based violence and criticized its treatment of women and minorities. Several other blogs and forums, including Radical Congruency [3], Raving Atheists [4], Earthside [5], and Public Theologian [3], posted similar criticisms. Some of these sites criticized Left Behind Games, Inc., which created the game, and noted the company's financial troubles.

Left Behind Games posted two responses to the criticisms via comments at Gameology, calling the criticisms "misleading." The company later sent a cease-and-desist letter to Gameology through its legal advisor Gordon D. Katz, alleging that the criticisms were false and misleading. The letter threatened suit if any false and misleading material is not removed.

Left Behind Games sent similar letters to the aforementioned blogs and forums. None of the letters describe specific statements that are allegedly false and misleading.

As of 03/02/2008, only Earthside has chosen to remove the disputed content [6], replacing it with a copy of the threat letter and a short explanatory note. Gameology and the remaining sites thus far have not elected not to remove the criticisms.