After serving as an associate editor at NavPress’ Discipleship Journal and consulting editor for Current Thoughts and Trends, Adam now oversees the editing and publishing of Plugged In’s reviews as the site’s director. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three children. In their free time, the Holzes enjoy playing games, a variety of musical instruments, swimming and … watching movies.
Spider-Man 2 (the game) follows the general plot of the movie, but adds some new twists and characters.
Investigative adventure game ‘Indigo Prophecy’ mashes up ‘CSI’ and ‘The X-Files.’ And in so doing breaks new narrative ground.
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry believes Guitar Hero has helped steer his kids away from violence. Or at least video game violence. “I think it has a lot more going for it than all that first-person-shooter stuff,” he says. “You can only do so much of th …
Taylor Swift’s latest offers a synth-fueled embrace of LGBTQ culture and scathing patronization of anyone who disagrees.
First things first: The latest entry in the enormously popular Rock Band franchise isn’t what you might think it is. That is to say, it’s not an acoustic version of the rhythm game, as fans of MTV’s Unplugged series might have expected. Instead, the Un …
The second big-screen iteration of Jean Gray’s tragic transformation into the Phoenix is a predictably violent, occasionally profane affair.
For many teens (especially boys), nothing captures the imagination like a hot sports car. But what about illegal street racing?
For players who’ve shouldered machine guns in other military adventure contests, the gameplay will seem familiar. But there is one big change…
Sonic Unleashed is the 658th Sonic title from SEGA since the franchise’s inception way back when dinosaurs still roamed the earth (c. 1991). OK—I exaggerate. It’s only the hundredth-and-something entry in the franchise in the last 17 years. (Wikipedia’ …
I don’t know how many times I’ve found myself in vicious, close-in firefights with marauding aliens and wished, If only my machine gun had a chain saw too, I might make it. OK, I’ve never thought that. But the first time I saw such a weapon in Gears of …
My introduction to fantasy role-playing games came in sixth grade. At a bookstore, I noticed a fascinating tome called the Fiend Folio detailing abilities of various monsters. I didn’t know it, but the book was a Dungeons & Dragons resource. I boug …
A SNAPSHOT REVIEW John Bunyan’s classic story of spiritual pilgrimage, The Pilgrim’s Progress, is often said to be the second-most read book in the world. Since its original publication in 1678, it has been translated into more than 200 languages, as w …
