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No God in Narnia?

a film maker will usually in some way attempt to communicate the
thematic or symbolic undertones of a novel he is converting- if only to
prove he’s not some dumb hack. But do videogame developers share the
same concerns? I mean, I’m not expecting them to put a little pointer
above Aslan saying ‘Look, it’s Jesus!’, but surely some kind of
spiritual angle is quite important here isn’t it?

The Guardian’s Games Blog takes a look at the upcoming The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe video game from Disney and ponders the question of dealing with religion inside the game.