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 first time I ever happened upon a televised Ultimate Fighting Championship bout, two things immediately came to mind. The first was that these brutal, face-bashing, arm-torquing fights couldn’t possibly be fake. There was simply too much bleeding f …
In Rapture vernacular, pal, this underwater thriller BioShock is back for another go-round. Is it the cat’s meow or just givin’ ya the high hat?
When the very first Star Wars film hit theaters, I took my girlfriend to see it. I know that makes me sound ancient, but I was only, uh … 3 at the time. Anyway, we were late getting there and ended up reluctantly sitting in the front row. By the time …
Some major adjustments give gamers more control over this franchise’s content issues—though they’re not gone completely.
The assassin is back with more bloodletting tools and loopy biblical conspiracies. Paging Jason Statham … and Dan Brown.
It may not be long before more people will have played a video game about the battles of World War II than actually fought in them. WWII is without question the battlefield of choice for combat-crazed video games. There are well over 100 different titl …
I read once that men are born instinctively knowing how to do three things: Spit. Scratch. And lift heavy objects. Maybe that’s why TV exercise programs aren’t as popular with males. It’s not that we couldn’t use the workout. It’s just that our mindset …
I’m personally not a fan of American Idol. I know, I know, some of you are thinking, “What’s wrong with this guy?” I’m used to it. My 15-year-old daughter wonders about my sanity, too. It just doesn’t make any sense to her. When I walk into the kitchen …
If the words Prince of Persia bring to mind evil alter egos, slo-mo dismemberments and belligerent bloodletting, then you’re in for a surprise. All that dark carnage was featured gameplay of 2005’s Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, but the Prince has …
In the late 1990s first-person shooters such as Doom and Quake were hitting their stride and urging fans to team up with their buds in multiplayer deathmatches and war-games. Hard-core gamers roamed vast futuristic terrains while dreaming up intricate …
It was time for me to play Scarface: The World Is Yours. And like many times before, I sat down with my game controller in hand and thought, “It’s my job to play video games. Is that cool, or what?” Right about then, my wife stepped into the study, saw …
When I heard the word ninja as a kid, all kinds of cool shadow-leaping wonders filled my imagination. I’d think of a black wrap-around costume, exquisite swords, whisper-quiet—almost superhuman—tumbles and flips, and, of course, those ninja stars that …
A cautionary tale filled with gore, gush and delusion. But what exactly should we be cautious of?
