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.
After some brave consideration (and some serious gaming!), here are Plugged In’s year-end picks for the best games in 2024 …
There’s plenty of Poké fun to be had here in short, content-free doses. But impatience can cost ya’.
Mental psychosis and profane violence sing here. This ain’t no comic book Joker!
‘Metal Slug Tactics’ looks and feels a lot like the old arcade classics, but it’s got a whole new strategy-based vibe.
‘Monster Summer’ delivers lightweight ‘Goosebumps’-style fare with an evil witch twist and … there’s also Mel Gibson.
After a 10-year break, ‘Dragon Age’ is back and ready to push its fantasy adventures in … multi-gendered romantic directions?
Undercover spy work is a bigger part of the new ‘Call of Duty’ than you’d expect. But there’s still a whole lot of wetwork, too.
There are plenty of fun films for fall packed with thrills, and even a few chills, that you can find on a streaming service near you …
This late 20th-century teen culture “classic” fuses late ‘90s nostalgia with a mixed bag of positive and problematic messages.
Mario and the rest of the gang will certainly keep you entertained with their minigame hootenanny, er, jamboree.
There’s action, humor and, yep, even some heart in this latest Transformers pic. You could almost say it’s … more than meets the eye.
