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.
Mario is back. But this time it’s in a strategic, turn-based—gulp—shooter. How worried should we be?
This sequel layers the Uncharted formula over a female-focused adventure tale, with expected and unexpected results.
Think Deadpool, only with hired assassins, Russian thugs and nobody in spandex.
This story-focused game openly talks about faith in a sometimes foul, dark and dangerous medieval world.
The new Sonic is a lot like the old Sonic. Only more. And that’s a good thing.
This sequel’s emphasis on hard work and working as a team could give moms and dads something substantive to discuss with their kids.
What would it take for a video game to depict psychotic madness? Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice answers that dark question.
We find a strong dramatic proclamation made that even the most powerful of evil can be faced down by the earnestness of, and belief in, good. Less admirable are the dark and demonic things of this broad fantasy.
There’s not a lot here either to blow heart kisses at or shoot steam out of your nostrils over.
Savagely realistic and bloody fights to the death are this graphic film’s bread and, uh, batter.
This engaging building simulation game transports some of the genre’s familiar facets into a tense-but-satisfying sci-fi setting.
This sleazy, gal pals gone wild flick is anything but empowering to female audience members—or anyone else, for that matter.
