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.

Moss

This interactive fairytale takes VR gaming down a new, fun-to-play mouse hole.

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Into the Breach

Mix chess with futuristic mech battles against marauding monsters and you’ve got the gist of things with this PC title.

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Game Night

Along with its madcap mishaps, Game Night also slaps viewers upside the head with some less-than-savory stuff.

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Early Man

This stop-motion flick is all just zany, cockamamie clay craziness designed to make your kids cackle.

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Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall

The latest Civilization upgrade adds interesting new leaders, ages and loyalties, while keeping the world-building mess-free.

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Night in the Woods

Night in the Woods may look like cutesy storybook fun. But looks can be deceiving.

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The Inpatient

The Inpatient uses a new tool to make your VR experience even more disturbingly immersive: your own voice.

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Mary and the Witch’s Flower

Mixed in with all the magicking in this animated flick there’s a very firm message about rejecting all that spellcasting stuff.

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Den of Thieves

When this film’s urban gunslingers take aim, it’s not just six-guns popping and a few errant bullets zinging off a tin shed.

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Kirby Battle Royale

Kirby fans will likely love the little pink puffball’s latest minigame-filled contest.

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The Escapists 2

This popular jailbreak game has a bit of content contraband that Mom should make note of.

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Insidious: The Last Key

When it comes to logic, well, that reasoning substance has never been more than a fleeting apparition in this series.

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Father Figures

You might think of Father Figures as a tender tale with a tendency to vomit on your shoes.

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Hostiles

Hostiles shows us, viscerally, that hatred and violence in any age are horrible things.

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

While trying to craft something for your typical 13-year-old’s enjoyment, the new Jumanji writing team dumbed things down.

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