S-s-Sunday is upon us, and therefore, it's only fitting that we should kick off today's GameSetLinks round-up with a little bit of religion in your gaming:

- Birthing Jesus: The Game!: Thanks to USA Religious News for passing on an important press release, revealing: "For those who still labor under the misconception that Christian video games are boring, expensive and uncool "Faith Explorer" has arrived just in the nick of time!" That's right: "Faith Explorer takes some of the most inspirational Bible stories from both the Old and New Testaments and creates a 3D environment that pulls kids actively into the story. Stories include Jesus on the Road to Emmaus, Noah and the Ark, Moses and Pharaoh, and the Birth of Jesus. Players solve puzzles and avoid adversaries (always non-lethal!) as they explore the location and events of a particular story." Hurray, please suggest control schemes for playing the Birth Of Jesus.

- France, Center Of The Lumines World: GSW and Game Developer co-editor Brandon is gallivanting around Europe on holiday, and posting about it at Insert Credit, including this piece of fun: "I went to the Centre George Pompidou museum, which had some decent exhibits, and a pink room occupied by flowing silk (billowing with air from accompanying wall-mounted fans), and a giant red high-heeled shoe. But that's not the point. The point is, I saw the series of paintings you see [pictured here], by françois morellet, born 1926. Check out the identifying card here. The card says that this is a series of six (I didn't capture them all) variations of repeating black and white squares based on the even multiplications of the number pi. But really it's just the only combinations you can make with those squares. And really, it's freaking Lumines. Awesome (and frankly, maybe where he got the idea?)."

- Ultima Online, Prettied Up: Good ol' Kotaku has spotted that "massively multiplayer online role playing game Ultima Online will see a considerable graphics overhaul and a reworked UI" in 2007, apparently under the name Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn. The official blurb notes: "We are completely re-building the Ultima Online client with new graphics and a new easier-to-use interface... It is an in-place upgrade. That means you will be able to keep your characters, items, houses and everything else you've earned over the past nine years... We are committed to maintaining extremely low system specs. They will be higher than what UO launched with in 1997, but will still be far lower than almost any other MMORPG on the market."

- Blizzard Pwnt At Gen Con: Another fun post from Broken Toys, spotting that World Of Warcraft players mounted a semi-mock protest, holding up signs such as 'No Lag On Rag' and 'WTB (Lag-Free Server) PST' in front of the Blizzard booth at Gen Con. Apparently, the lag they're protesting is a genuine issue, even if their method of protesting was pretty sarcastic/amusing. As Scott notes: "I’m sure the community people present were vastly amused."

- Bay Area Arcade Sale Alert!: Since it's the Bay Area, and all, the prices will probably be a little horrible on some of this kit, but RetroBlast has spotted a massive arcade auction going down in Emeryville (right near that massive Ikea, for local types!) this Wednesday. As noted: "Escapade! Arcade located at 6001 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, California" is closing and "has had a policy of updating and renewing their inventory which has allowed them to consistently offer the latest and greatest arcade equipment year in and year out is now closing their doors. This will be your only chance to bid, at Live Auction, on these incredible video games and pinball machines." It all goes down this Wednesday, August 23rd.