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.
Sony’s PSP handheld console is a thing of beauty. I mean, this little gaming machine’s crystal clear images and rousing stereo sound effects feel light-years ahead of the blocky, fuzzy handheld units of just a few years ago. So, as I wrapped my hands a …
Arrgh! Any self-respectin’ pirate game worth its salt needs a treasure chest that’s buried on a tropical isle. An’ perchance a crumblin’ map bearin’ an X that marks the spot. And that’s exactly what Destination: Treasure Island has. It’s five years aft …
Rock Band, the video game that took a Guitar Hero by the collar of his tattered T-shirt and set him to playing in a rockin’ band (well, a gaggle of gamers with a likeminded taste for plastic musical instruments, anyway) has just rolled back into town. …
Sixteen years ago, Mario and Co. first stomped on the gas pedal in an SNES game called ‘Super Mario Kart.’
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse packs in messages of family love and sacrificial heroism that are both moving and inspiring.
If Beale Street Could Talk is a movie that many might talk about, but it’s a love story that’s also difficult to embrace.
Ben Is Back clearly exclaims that addiction singes everything and everyone in an addict’s orbit.
Is this game the ultimate expression of Nintendo’s fan-fave fighting franchise? Or does it ultimately have some problems?
This retro game features battling princess and shambling ghouls. Do you want them lurching through your living room?
Sure, the protagonist here is heroic. But can we really praise a game that strives to make graphic bloodletting seem so fun?
The Possession of Hannah Grace is, frankly, little more than a cold room chock-full of bleak and bloody bumps and battles.
Sin is given flesh in this slashing apocalyptic game. But biblical answers ain’t in the script. (Or the same county.)
