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.

Some Marvel(ous) Heroes

We’ve got comic book movies making lots of money. We’ve got newly designated gay superheroes making headlines. But there’s one comic-book related tale that you may not have heard. And personally I think this is the super one. It all starts with a 4-yea …

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Inversion

Inversion takes the familiar shooter formula and asks, What would happen if gravity got turned off?

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Snow White and the Huntsman

We’ve met many different Snow Whites over the years: Snow the Sweet, Snow the Silly, Snow the Quirky, Snow the Helpless. Now we see Snow the Warrior Princess.

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What Have They Done With My Show?

As you probably already know, the TV networks’ cancellation and renewal lists are official. And after giving them a once over, I couldn’t help but be surprised in some cases. I mean ABC’s cross-dressing Work It and Christian-thumping GCB are both shows …

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Chernobyl Diaries

Radiation has always been the key to mutated creature-features, right? So isn’t it high time we see what Chernobyl could conjure? Is the answer … No?

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Men in Black 3

J meets a K of another day as the Men in Black add a little time travel to their alien-thumping ways.

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Dragon’s Dogma

So you can’t get enough of dragons and fantasy questing? Well, here’s a game that wants to make sure you never say that again.

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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Tom Clancy is selling big again. But it’s not his new novel. It’s his new third-person shooter.

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Across the Universe

‘I saw a film today, oh boy/The Englishman was singing Beatles songs/A crowd of people turned away/But I just had to look … and write this review.’

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Statistics and Social Saints

OK, 80% of people are convinced that 90% of statistics are made up on the spot and completely useless (ba-dump-chuck). But I’ve got a few to share with you about online gaming. I know, at the mere mention of the phrase “online gaming,” you’re probably …

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Max Payne 3

Max absolutely pegs the Payne meter on Rockstar’s latest grimy ode to sex, drugs, violence and death.

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Diablo III

Fallen angels, hell-spawned horrors and a brutal battle between good and evil lurk in this M-rated fantasy role-playing game, which returns from the netherworld after more than a decade’s absence.

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The ‘Shut Up’ Label

“Don’t listen to him, he’s just a [fill in blank here]” You may not have noticed as the world has subtly changed, but labels have taken on a new role—especially when we stick them on people. We used to think an identifier simply helped clarify who a pe …

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Starhawk

Crazy-eyed outlaws. Fortune-hunting prospectors. Gunslinging good guys. Even Star Wars-like planet battles. It’s the Wild West in space.

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Shoot ‘Em Up

It’s violence for violence’s sake—just as the title implies—when a carrot-crunching bystander saves the day … and then fills it with dead bodies.

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