Like many of Maxwell's songs, Gods concerns the physical as it flows into the metaphysical: "As you lied so convincingly / As you swore so religiously," he sings, his voice evolving from its weathered and cracked register into a gentle shimmer: "You played the game of gods".
So they were playing out the game of Gods and the Lords of death every time they took to the ball court.
At the first annual PlayStation Experience on December 6, 2014, Santa Monica's Creative Director Cory Barlog, who was Game Director of God of War II, confirmed that a new God of War game is in very early development.
He noted that both David Jaffe and Cory Barlog (game directors of God of War and God of War II respectively) ensured the Betrayal development team captured the feel of the combat and visual style, and were "helpful with feedback and positive support".
But in the game of playing God, Dr Bodenschatz is bidding fair to achieve the status of a minor deity.
After he is defeated in a game of Dance Dance Revolution, God reveals that the video game that they're in is a mini-game in another video game about Earth.
In November 2012, Complex.com named God of War II the best PlayStation 2 game of all time where God of War was named the 11th best and consider it better than its successor, God of War III.
The outspoken game promoters, and former founders of God Games, have unveiled plans for their own event to take place on the same days as E3 in Santa Monica.
In November 2012, Complex magazine named God of War II the best PlayStation 2 game of all time where God of War was named the eleventh-best and also consideleventh-best and its successor, God of WalsoII.
Whereas the ancient Greeks called the Games "the truce of God" and gave a peaceful hiatus to warring nations, in today's world the Olympic Games become a magnificent interlude in which each of us can transport ourselves back in time to the dreams of our youth.
