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 creative, provocative survival game pairs a compelling story with foul-mouthed dialogue and occasionally bloody terrain.
Have you seen your tween or younger child chortling over YouTube videos depicting an odd-looking cappuccino cup-headed ballerina or a three-legged shark wearing Nike sneakers? Or perhaps you’ve witnessed an entire room of kids break up over the numbers …
‘Mario Kart World’ is fun and familiar, and the Nintendo Switch 2 game expands its formula in many pleasing ways.
‘Clown in a Cornfield’ is a 2025 update to cheesy teen slashers from the ‘80s. But even meta slashers are still pointlessly gruesome.
‘The Surfer’ may hold some hidden message about the painful plight of maleness. But it’s still a miserable hour and 40 minutes.
Take some monsters and angels battling on a train, add in strategic complexity and tower defense, and you’ve got ‘Monster Train 2.’
‘On Swift Horses’ gallops into same-sex romps set in the 1950’s. And it hopes that you’ll call them romance.
If you’ve ever wondered what would change if the ‘Doom’ franchise had a medieval version, the answer is: not much.
Artificial intelligence is the topic of the day. Everybody is chatting about it and wondering how it will soon be stitched into the tapestry of our lives. But there’s one AI topic thread that you may not be thinking about or talking about over your mor …
Jack Black and Jason Momoa team up for a wildly disjointed and less-than-kid-friendly fever dream of a movie.
‘Revenge of the Savage Planet’ is a silly, snarky sci-fi romp. But it may not be the best galaxy for younger space lovers to explore.
‘Rusty Rabbit’ mixes a fun, deep story with side-scrolling action. But an adult side lurks beneath this game’s cute and furry exterior.
‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ is 50. But its goofy gags and supercilious snark are just as irreverently funny (and messy) as ever.
