Contributor: Bob Hoose

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.

Don’t Turn Around … It’s Watching

Let’s face it, we’ve got 4G phones, wireless game consoles and smart TVs. And we’re getting pretty comfortable with all those interconnected devices and the cool one-touch control they give us over our world. Hey, we can finish a business report, start …

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Kid Icarus: Uprising

The old NES fave Kid Icarus gets an upgraded update—and in 3-D, too! Is this high-flying fun for the whole family? Or is the wax starting to melt a bit?

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Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai

Will you share tea or rise to war? Fight with samurai swords or Gatling guns? Spend all night arranging the intricate details of a single ambush?

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A King-Sized Hunger for IMAX

The last three months notwithstanding, it’s no secret that Hollywood has been struggling for the last few years. Movies are more expensive to make, consistently bumping up against, or flat-out shattering the $100 million mark. That, of course, translat …

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Quarantine

Handheld cameras and fast-moving zombies turn ‘Quarantine’ into a nauseating jump-fest that overflows with ‘the red stuff.’

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Angry Birds Space

Normal gravity can’t confine those angry birds any longer, either onscreen and in our mobile device-addicted culture.

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Hungry for Hunger Games?

We’ve made our way through Harry Potter’s magickings and Bella’s Twilight vampire kisses. And here we are at the cusp of yet another young adult novel being transformed into what its makers hope will be cinematic gold. The Hunger Games will hit the the …

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A Quick-Burning Flame

We’ve all done it, maybe even accidentally. A misspoken phrase. A stupid choice of words. And the next thing you know, things flare up out of proportion. The book of James warns us that our tongue is a small flame that can start some devastating fires. …

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Journey

No bullets. No blood. No gore. Just an ethereal journey worth sinking your toes into.

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Silent Hill: Downpour

Silent Hill is being drenched by a stormy and sinister weather front. But don’t screaming children and shrieking beasties sort of contradict the name?

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Friends With Kids

What do you do if you want all the messy stuff that comes with a baby but not all the messy stuff that comes with love and commitment? Become friends with kids, of course. Yeah, even in a complete sentence it still sounds silly.

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Silent House

Step right up, step right up, folks, see this terrifying 88-minute real-time flick with your own eyes! Or … maybe skip the circus this weekend and visit the zoo instead.

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The Disgusting Things That Move You

When it comes to emotions, you’re probably a big fan of happiness and joy. I mean, who doesn’t get tickled over those warm and fuzzy feelings (unless you’re a frowning loner who’s into kicking puppies). Hey, you may even “enjoy” getting a little scared …

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Street Fighter X Tekken

Two well-known classics fighters are ready to duke it out in the same game. But it’s not necessarily jabs that are the problem here. It’s curves.

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MLB: The Show

UPDATED REVIEW: A game about a game that looks so real you can’t believe it’s just a game.

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