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.
The “van Hoorn” Snow is a serviceable ship. She can hold her own in any waters, especially when her crew stands hale and hearty. But this day an ill wind blows and a pair of 22-Gun Corsairs are cutting us apart, plank from beam. “Come about and feed ‘e …
When first hearing the title Age of Empires: Mythologies, it would be reasonable to expect that this video game is all about building majestic kingdoms or exploring, in-depth, the storylines of ancient myths. But in reality this is a sphinx of a differ …
What Indiana Jones did for map-in-one-hand-gun-in-the-other cinema, Lara Croft has done for video games. They’re really very similar iconic figures when you think about it. Except that Lara never gets older than twentysomething and, well, Indiana never …
When Resident Evil made its U.S. debut on the PlayStation in the mid ’90s, it raised an unexpectedly eerie head and launched a brand-new genre called “survival horror.” It was primarily an action/shooter game with a few twists—lumbering horror movie-st …
Have you ever daydreamed of visiting a picturesque French village filled with quirky locals? Wandering the cobblestone streets enjoying a loaf of bread, a chunk of cheese and, say, a bunch of brainteasers? If so, then the riddle-devising crew at Level …
There’s a lot of strategy to be employed in this empire-building game. Maybe too much.
If you’re one of those people who always wants to pull out the Risk game whenever friends or family are looking for something fun to do—or you just look forward to dressy occasions because your Napoleon hat makes you look so tall and commanding—then I …
As compared to the leaping and beeping platform video games of the past, today’s games rely heavily on in-depth story, creative characters and an iridescent sheen. I mean, they’re practically movie-like. With that in mind and with a desire to excite ga …
Mortal Kombat may not be as controversial as it once was. But that’s not because this bloody franchise has cleaned up its act.
This nicely staged, point-and-click adventure falls victim to its own mystery.
The folks at Nintendo created the first Metroid game way back in the mid ’80s. And those sly little pranksters buried a secret in its final moments that came as a complete shock to their young players. You see, all of the game’s action had centered aro …
