If I'd have to wager money on it, I'd say that the person who wrote the article is a non-theist too, or at least non-practicing theist.
...it's a pun, I'm fairly certain.
After all, you'd be hard pressed to find a Joystiq-article - or post, since they are bloggers instead of journalists - that wouldn't be snarky in some way.
That being said, yes, I agree that divine intervention to improve a game is rather unlikely.