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.

10 Best Family Friendly Games You Can Play with Your Kids

Children do love video games, but parents are enjoying those digital bundles full of button-bashing brouhaha just as much as their youngsters.

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Three kids solving a mystery at camp

Fear Street Part Two: 1978

A dribbling smorgasbord of gore, exposed teen flesh and enough nasty profanity to make a curse-casting witch feel outclassed.

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four girls in a school literature club

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

When a game looks this sweet, can it hold anything bad? Ohhh yes!

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Best Movies Streaming for Families (July 2021)

Looking for something to watch together during the dog days of summer? We’ve got you covered with a few suggestions.

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Angelina Jolie as Hannah in Those Who Wish Me Dead

Those Who Wish Me Dead

To put it bluntly, this is the kind of film that will flash-burn today and be forgotten in a puff of smoke tomorrow.

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two scared girls in fear street

Fear Street Part One: 1994

Tailor-made to be what Hollywood believes a teen audience should be consuming nowadays.

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Plugged In Picks, Books: Everything Sad is Untrue: (a True Story)

So, you’re a teen looking for a good book to while away some time in the sun with, huh?

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Gameplay on Mario Golf Super Rush

Mario Golf: Super Rush

Is golf with Mario an exciting hole-in-one or a whole lotta yawns?

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False Positive

This pic ends up feeling unnecessarily slimy.

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Screen shot from the game Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

So, what does a PS5 version of Ratchet & Clank have in its handy toolbelt?

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Aerial Knight's Never Yield gameplay

Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield

This indie runner has some spring in its step, but it’s a one-dimensional sprint.

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One Person’s Depressed is Another’s ‘Inconclusive’

Many people proclaim social media is the best thing for young people since, well, anything. But others say social media use comes with a number of problems.

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Nobody

The exceedingly profane language and percussive pummeling batters you as roughly as the hero pounds Russian street thugs.

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Plugged In Picks, Games: New Pokémon Snap

It’s a colorful adventure filled with cute Poké critters, lots of photo-snapping opportunities and nary a nibble of anything nasty or negative.

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Screen shot of mutant human-animal hybrids from the futuristic video game "Biomutant."

Biomutant

This new post-apocalyptic entry offers players a mixed bag of mutant adventure.

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