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.
This poignant war story delivers its message of faith in a natural, organic way. It gently shows rather than tells.
This fighting game offers accessible combat, interesting quests and … enough T-rated content to make parents think twice.
No story mode and a Fortnite-like multiplayer options change the CoD landscape … and not for the better.
Sonny Quinn and Sam Carter are best buds. They’ve got each other’s backs when it comes to school, homework and bullies. They’ve even just started a small junk-collecting and disposal business together: They call themselves the Junk Bros. (OK, maybe the …
It may be a new day and a new Odyssey, but it’s, frankly, the same problematic Assassin’s Creed.
Even as it attempts to be fair-minded, this film still comes off feeling one-sided in its treatment of controversial issues.
This T-rated shooter seems cinematically charming at first. But its creativity soon gives way to a dark, tedious, grinding game.
The Old Man & the Gun lingers lazily. It waits for its leathered hero to smile his warm smile while robbing yet another bank.
This narrative adventure sequel invites gamers into a thoughtful-but-problematic journey along several rocky roads.
One can only hope that wise parents are scared away from this freaky flick … long before their kids are.
You might want to think twice before locking yourself into this VR escape room.
Quinn McKenna is a Special Forces guy who’s very effective behind a sniper scope and hair trigger. If you want some scum somewhere in the world taken out at 1,000 feet via a bullet to the forehead, Quinn’s your guy. His latest kill-the-bad-guy mission, …
Lara Croft’s adventures these days are much better than her tomb-raiding of yore. But in other ways, a whole lot worse, too.
The latest Spidey game delivers high-flying fun with just a few sticky content bits for parents to consider.
