After spending more than two decades touring, directing, writing and producing for Christian theater and radio (most recently for Adventures in Odyssey, which he still contributes to), Bob joined the Plugged In staff to help us focus more heavily on video games. He is also one of our primary movie reviewers.
This crime RPG blends Grand Theft Auto-style street grit with Hong Kong action flick hits.
Here’s a game that unfolds like a fantasy novel page-turner. But what’s to be found on the way to a happy ending?
The other day I spotted a young girl, maybe 10 or 11, walking through the supermarket with her mom. Nothing out of the ordinary there, of course. What got my attention, though, was the fact that this cute little kid was wearing a Marilyn Monroe T-shirt …
These high-risk stunt drivers take motorcycles, school buses, semitrucks and even Big Wheels trikes to jaw-dropping heights. And jaw-breaking lows.
Dog Days has the least amount of slobber on it when it comes to Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies. Does that say more about this movie … or the rest of the series?
An invite to put on your virtual eye patch and blue beard might seem like a fine promise of video gaming gold. But ye best know what dangers await before slogging to this here ship.
What kind of game has the Beagle Boys kidnapping Minnie while RPG critters battle spikey-haired good guys? None other than Kingdom Hearts.
Earlier this week, in the wake of the Aurora Colo., shooting, our own Paul Asay blogged about some of the things he felt when once again stepping back into a movie theater: The wariness, the quick glances, the dash of wound-up anxiety from himself and …
If you’ve seen almost any sci-fi movie set in the future, you know what kind of a bleak, dismal place it’s going to be. According to future-foreseeing flicks, in 20 years the earth will have heated to blast-furnace levels and charred brown will be the …
‘The Silence of the Lambs.’ ‘Hannibal.’ ‘Red Dragon.’ Now it’s time for a prequel. Why is Hannibal Lecter a monster? Why is anyone still watching these movies?
A prehistoric squirrel and his acorn love may seem like a harmless pair to some. But Manny and his herd know they’re enough to bring the whole world crashing down … in a cacophony of creative life lessons.
Sick of wearing dark glasses in a dark theater? Tired of laying out all that extra cash for a 3-D experience that just doesn’t seem to live up to the hype? Pretty sure that just watching a regular old 2-D pic is all you really need? Ha! I laugh in your …
UPDATED REVIEW: This popular title does everything it can to keep college fans happy during those dreaded moments when a real game isn’t in progress.
The actor Andy Griffith passed away this past Tuesday. He was 86. And he will be missed. Now, a lot of people will remember Andy Griffith in his role of a salt-and-pepper-haired folksy defense lawyer named Matlock. Others might automatically think of h …
