Family Friendly Gaming #184

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Challenges

We all face challenges no matter what we do or what station we are in life. Children may get their way so many times in a day. Then they reach in stances where they cannot get their way. They are challenged. The same goes with their growth and development. Everything new is a challenge. Whether they are learning to walk, talk, ride a bike or more. Get older and there is the challenge of completing school work especially when it is boring. Which is good training for being an adult since so many people do jobs that bore them to tears. We are constantly challenged with not get ting our way. We face it on a daily basis. In some cases an hourly or even minute by minute basis. Think your server at Taco Bell wants to hear about how they messed up your order? Do you want to hear from your boss that the presentation could have been better? How do you react to those chal lenges. Do you work harder and try to be better? Do you complain about the person pointing out your mistakes?

We all are only human after all. We all make mis takes. I am constantly finding and correcting mis takes on Family Friendly Gaming. Most of those mistakes were made by me. I find mistakes by Pe ter, Noah, and Yolanda. I let them know and many times correct them. Other times I ask them to cor rect them. Just last night I was trying to log into a game to setup for a sponsored stream. Peter had set up the software for me. He wrote down the user name and password. I tried multiple times and could not log in. I asked if he was available and he came down. He watched me type it in and it failed. He typed it in and it worked. I have no idea what I was doing wrong. Obviously I was making a mis take somewhere. I typed what I saw and his hand writing was fine. The error was on my side. The error was from me. I try to figure out what I did wrong and be better next time.

There are challenges driving in traffic. There are challenges dealing with other people. The rudeness and impatience of others can be quite the chal lenge. Parents who have no properly disciplined their children can be a real challenge in public. Do we all want to hear your child say such horrible and hateful things? For me it is a challenge to not say something to them. Like I had a child being a complete brat at a Burger King while I was wait ing for me order. He was running around while the parents were trying to coral the other three kids they had. I put my leg up to block him from running out of the area. He started swinging on my leg. I cleared my throat and waited for him to look up at me. I told him: “When I was a child we obeyed our parents.” He freaked out and ran back to his dad. His parents thanked me for the

assistance. At times the challenge can work out. Other times the challenges can go badly. I saw a lady with a baby in a shopping cart sleeping with a sign to not touch the baby. I saw multiple people in Memphis, TN completely disregard her sign. The mother was getting irate. Is reading not being taught in the public schools in Memphis, TN? Are those peo ple so rude and hateful that they cannot respect the wishes of others? I steered clear and some aisles away I heard the mother explode on someone. She was being challenged by other people who have no regard or respect for the wishes of others. I see this kind of disgusting behavior on a daily basis in Memphis, TN. What is wrong with those people?

God bless, Paul Bury

FEMALE SIDE

Stepping Up

Do you know what is great to see? So many peo ple willing to step up. I will give you a wonderful example from my family. I was sick with two kidney stones that got stuck between my kidney and bladder. Paul happily took a day off of work to be there for me at the outpatient center. Paul stepped up and cooked dinner for multiple days. Our boys Noah and Peter happily stepped up and did additional chores around the house while I had fever. Paul helped me when I was delirious with fever one night. Princess was constantly at my side giving me her warmth and affection. I did have to tell her to not lick my face more than once. I was tempted to lick her back so she could see how it feels. My hubby and our boys routine ly offer to help me with a variety of things all day long. It is nice to know when I actually need that help they are willing to do it.

Do you have examples in your family of others stepping up and doing things above and beyond when the opportunity presents itself? Are you looking for opportunities to step up in your fam ily? Do you complain about chores when they need to be done? How often do you think about stepping up to help out your mother, father, sib lings and/or friends? I can speak for myself and say I really appreciate the help. I really appreciate not having to do chores when I felt so bad. I ap preciate all of the assistance I was given and they continue to give.

One of the things that bothers me is people that refuse to step up. We have all kinds of wonder ful partnerships with a plethora of companies. Many of them step up. Many do the right thing. There are some though that refuse to step up. They can be irritating when they want us to spend our limited resources on publishing their content and they never do anything for us in return - ever. How sad and selfish is that? We do not expect anything in return. We give them an opportunity to show their thankfulness. Again and again certain people and certain companies fail us. They have obviously not learned from our fine example even though we have lived it out again and again.

One of the greatest things is those that really do care. Those that go above and beyond again and again. I want to give a shout out to two of them. Sam over at Ensensasoft and Cheryl over at Christ Centered Gamer. Both of them have been wonderful to work with again and again. Paul continues to play Isla Sinaloa because he enjoys that game. He wants more games like it. Ensensasoft has been amazing to Family Friend ly Gaming over the years. We are showing our

thankfulness back to them. Cheryl has gone above and beyond in a plethora of ways. There have been codes to games, fixing the server and more. Cheryl con stantly shares different sites and op portunities with us. We do the same in return. We also use their web hosting service because we want to partner with those that have the same morals and eth ics we do. We want to support those that are obedient to God versus rebellious.

I hope you look for areas where you can step up in your life. It does not need to be here and it does not need to be with us. Your parents, sibling, and/or chil dren may need your help. How often do you ask if there is anything you can do for them? Should you ask that question more often?

God bless, Yolanda Bury

Mission Statement

Family Friendly Gaming (FFG) was created in March of the year of our Lord 2005 as the first ever Christian video game magazine. The goal of Family Friendly Gaming is to report on video games from the family view point. Family Friendly Gaming takes a fair and balanced approach to all news, previews, reviews, interviews, features, and other articles found within. The secular video game media reports mainly on the most morally bankrupt games and call those games good. The major secular media reports on the bad side of video games main ly. Most other Christian media outlets claim video games turn the player into a zombie, or they completely worship video games. Family Friendly Gaming reports the good, and bad side effects to video games. It is the belief of the owners that readers are smart enough to come to their conclusions without those in the media handing opinions to them. Those of us at Family Friend ly Gaming believe by giving you the facts, you can decide for yourself. There are plenty of really good video games on the market that teach won derful lessons. Both inside the Chris tian video game market, and from non-Christian video game developers. Family Friendly Gaming seeks out these video games to bring them to your attention. Since it is unknown be fore playing a game how family friend ly it is; it is possible that this magazine will preview a game, and then the review will expose problems previous ly unknown. Family Friendly Gaming promises to always ask the question: “how God feels about certain video games.” God’s opinion on the matter is more important than any mere mortal. Which is why the rest of the industry does not influence FFG.

The Sound Off section is where you the reader/ emailer is heard. What you have to say is put in this section for all the readers to see. Of course certain content is edited for appro priateness issues. This is a family friendly magazine, and certain content is just not proper. We hope you enjoy this section as much as we do. Keep an eye out for your comments appear ing in these very pages. You have our attention, so SOUND OFF!

Fortnite Emotes

I am madly in love with your fortnite emote challenges - Touchdown Travis

{Paul}: Do you go by Touch down, Travis or both? Thanks for your kind words of en couragement? It was an idea I had some years back when I noticed a few other channels doing a Fortnite emote here and there. Noah does not have all of them. He has around four hundred and we have recorded all of them that we can. There are a few that there is absolute ly no way I can do the motions. Or we do not have the right prop to do the emote. There are a few where if we can save the money then we will try and do a recording of that emote.

Peter has a few emotes that Noah does not have. So we will be recording them as well very soon. We also know that there are constantly new emotes being added to Fortnite. So we will try and make a listing of those and when we are done recording Just Dance 2023 come back to Fortnite and do some more again. I also really

want to get back into the FFG Dance videos.

Have you noticed how we have put some fun and cool things into some of these videos? For example costumes and wigs. We also have a members only video of the entire recording session without any of the ed its. So those videos contain the

mistakes, missteps and multi ple attempts. Those are under FFG Behind the Scenes section.

I am very glad you are into these videos. We thought there would be a real interest out there on the Internet to see them. I had another idea relat ed to this. On the emotes there is no way I can do them like

backflips for example - I could do them with me just standing there shaking my head and/ or saying: “NO WAY!” Or I could stand there with a totally freaked out look on my face.

What do you think about those ideas? Is that something you would like to see in the future?

I wonder if we would get com plaints that we did not try to do

it. Or I could try and utterly fail at it. That might be funny too.

Stay Hopeful

Thank you for your column on staying hopeful. You are so right in that column. It is so easy to get down and get negative when we see all these lies, venom and hatred from President Biden who promised to unify the nation. He has con stantly been as divi sive as possible. It can be discouraging to see all of these com panies promote open rebellion against God and attack everyone that stands for faith, family, and traditional values. I think God is going to judge this country and judge it very quickly. I do not want fire and brim stone to come down on America because of the wickedness of the leaders. If we are killed for being faith ful to God then so be it. They can kill our bodies but they can not touch our eternal souls. We know who wins in the end. We know that we are on the right side. We know that truth, jus tice, honor, and hope

SOUND OFF

will prevail against their evil.

- Samantha

{Paul}: Samantha,

I am so glad that article I wrote touched your heart and reached you. I struggle with it at times too. One of the rea sons we started Family Friend ly Gaming is to start to move video game media toward the direction of balance. At the time there were only liberal voices spouting liberal ideol ogy, brainwashing, and more. I do not want generation after generation to march lock, step, and barrel behind those hor rible, hateful, nasty, evil, vile, and wicked ideas. So we bring a voice of diversity to video game media and media as a whole.

Isla Sinaloa

Thank you for your review of Isla Sinaloa. I downloaded Isla Sinaloa and am loving it. I

also appreciate you being com pletely transparent on being paid to do a review. I can tell that you like the game wheth er you were paid or not. I also caught some of your videos and can tell that you are really enjoying playing Isla Sinaloa. I have been having a blast with this game. It is similar to Ani mal Crossing but has so much more in it. The graphics are not quite at the level of Animal Crossing but that is fine. I also like how the developer keeps making updates to Isla Sinaloa. That is really cool. I have told all of my friends about Isla Sinaloa. I want this game to be mega popular.

- Kimberly {Paul}: Kimberly,

You are very welcome. Isla Sinaloa is one of those video games I was going to play one way or the other. Ensenasoft has been a long time advertiser with Family Friendly Gaming.

They have been awesome to work with all of these years. I am so happy with their most recent release. This video game is fun, fresh, and includes all kinds of content. I expect to be streaming it for a long time. Getting paid to write a review is just icing on the cake for us. I wish more companies would follow Ensensasoft’s fine exam ple. It is neat to get paid to play fun video games.

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Bible X Demo

It’s the year 2072. Every thing you believe in is being challenged. Are you willing to risk it all to dis cover the truth?

One dauntless man named Hector is on a mission. His time ma chine, Elijah, is ready to take you on the adventure of your life.

Explore ancient Jerusalem Join a team of dauntless adventurers and travel through time to the vibrant world of 1st cen tury Jerusalem. See the glory of Herod’s temple and experience the magic of places like the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, the charismatic Lower City, the bustling mar kets, and more.

Solve quests, dodge enemies, help the locals Experience the reality of a world on the brink of upheaval as you interact with history and get involved in the events that are unfolding. Rub elbows with familiar people and help the locals, all while avoiding the Roman soldiers swarming the city. When in danger, use your gear to get out of sticky situations.

Gather a team for Co Play Every quest, escape, and puzzle take on a new dimension when friends join the fun! Play solo or together with up to 6 players in a unique, cross-plat form co-op experience. Experience the Bible and grow in faith See history with new eyes as you live through it personally. All that you experience in this life-changing place and time will give you knowledge, understanding, and confidence to take back with you to save the future.

Break

How are you at keeping your promises? Do you break your word very of ten? Have you ever thought about the fine example God gives us in terms of keep ing our word? Judges 2:1-3 The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you, 2 and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their al tars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this? 3 And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will become snares to you.’” Why didn’t the Isrealites listen to God? Why didn’t they obey Him? Why did they break their word? God did not break His. God told them what would happen if they let the rebellion fester and boil around them. They fell right into the trap God told them they would. They should have listened.

Humans have a bad history of turning away from God and worshipping things that have no value to them.

Why do so many humans follow fake things over the beautiful reality in front of them? Joshua 22:15-18

When they went to Gile ad—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh— they said to them: 16 “The whole assembly of the Lord says: ‘How could you break faith with the God of Isra el like this? How could you turn away from the Lord and build yourselves an al tar in rebellion against him now? 17 Was not the sin of Peor enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the Lord! 18 And are you now turning away from the Lord? There are always voices pointing the human race to obedience to God. Why must our voices be ignored by the arrogant and igno rant? Why do they contin ue to draw calamity down upon themselves? How many innocents are pun ished for their sins?

When faced with the angry psycho haters that want you to join them in rebel lion against God remember who is greater. Remember who wins the battle in the end. Psalm 27:3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even

then I will be confident. We can remain confident in the fact that God is on our side. Or more accurately we are on God’s side.

Jesus was clear on this top ic. Matthew 5:34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; Matthew 5:37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. Jesus saw no need to make oaths in the first place. Can’t break it if you never make it in the first place.

God Bless, Paul Bury

PRAYER

Jesus,

I know that I am a sinner and need Your forgiveness. Nothing I can do of my own power will give me true joy. I believe that You died for my sins. I want to turn from my enslavement to sins, and re pent of them. I now invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my personal Lord and Savior. I welcome the trans forming power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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LEGO

Through the deepest jungle, sun-drenched deserts, a bustling city corner, a towering medieval castle and tropical Caribbean islands, you’ll be treated to delightful environments packed full of secrets, challenges and fun characters.

In each diorama, there are LEGO Minifigures who need your help, as well as the opportunity to unlock new skills for your good deeds. While exploring these colorful environments, you will discover a variety of construction spots with their own sets of bricks - it’s up to you to figure out a unique build that will work. Whether you’re being asked to put on your designer hat and build a throne fit for a king or testing your en gineering skills to build a bridge that will get a digger across a river, how you construct your builds and meet the challenges you’re being offered is up to you!

“We know that LEGO fans across the world will be incredibly excited to get their hands on LEGO Bricktales,” said Dieter Schoeller, Vice-President of Production at Thunderful. “That’s why it’s so great to be able to an

LEGO Bricktales Coming

In collaboration with the LEGO Group, Thunderful are delighted to reveal the platforms that the anticipat ed LEGO® Bricktales will be releasing on. The new digital adventure from the developers behind the Bridge

series will be available on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series

Xbox One and Nin tendo Switch in Q4 2022.

In LEGO Bricktales, journey across 5 different LEGO themed biomes and use an intuitive new brick-by-brick building mechanic to solve puzzles and bring your solutions to life. From purely aesthetic creations, such as market stands and music boxes, up to functional physics-based puzzles like building cranes and gyrocopters,

Bricktales offers a host of challenges and quests to test your imagination and building skills.

nounce that the game is coming to such a wide-range of platforms. Across PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC, we are ensuring that as many people as possible are able to play and enjoy this title and its intuitive brick-bybrick building mechanic.”

Commandos 3 HD Remaster Releases

Intelligence just in! Publisher Kalypso Me dia and developer Raylight Games confirm the digital release for Commandos 3 – HD Remaster. Prepare your unit for action be cause the highly anticipated remaster of the third installment to the classic real-time tactics series will be intercepting digital platforms this month. Commandos 3 - HD Remaster has released on day one with Game Pass on console and PC and is cur rently available digitally on Xbox One and Windows PC. Keen to test your nerves first?

A demo version of the game will also be available at release on Xbox One and Win dows PC. The game will later be available on other digital platforms.

In the revamped HD Remaster of Comman dos 3, players will venture deep behind ene my lines as they lead their notorious special forces unit and take on infamous WWII campaigns. Experience history across major frontlines, all with reworked 3D models and textures, improved controls, and a refined user interface. Recruits are challenged to put their strategy to the test as they battle

through the deadly trenches of Stalingrad and try to survive the storming of Norman dy on D-Day.

Reinforcements are incoming! The physical retail version of the game will be deployed to stores on October 27th as a special Com mandos Double Pack that includes Com mandos 3 – HD Remaster and Commandos 2 – HD Remaster. In this daring Double Pack, players can take on both remastered editions of the genre-defining series as they face the perilous battlefields of World War II Europe. The Commandos Double Pack will be available on Xbox One and Windows PC on October 27, 2022. The retail version of the game will also be available on other platforms.

Commandos 3 - HD Remaster has released on day one with Game Pass on console and PC and is available digitally on Xbox One and Windows PC, along with a demo ver sion. The game will later be released on oth er digital platforms, and the physical retail version is currently on store shelves.

Features

Remastered in high definition: includes reworked 3D models and textures built from the ground up, improved controls, refined UI and begin ner-friendly tutorials and hints

Lead 6 daredevil comman dos: the special units under your command, from the Green Beret, Sapper, Sniper, Diver, Spy and Thief, are experts in their field and crucial to the success of your mission

Relive iconic WWII cam paigns: from training camp to 12 daring missions, experience history across 3 major frontlines including Stalingrad, Central Eu rope and Normandy

Story and action-driven mis sions: follow a crack team of commandos in a time of great peril, Commandos 3 HD – Re master includes even more detail and action than its predecessors

Rally your troops for multi player: compete in ‘Deathmatch’ or ‘Collect the Flag’ modes for 2-8 players, all with distinct vic tory conditions

Konami extends partnership with Arsenal FC

Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. today revealed that it had extended its partnership with Arsenal Football Club. This will see a continuation of an agreement which started in July 2017, and now extends into a longterm partnership from the 2022-23 season onwards.

This extension will see Arsenal feature as one of the core clubs in KONAMI’s title series eFootball™, and KONAMI will remain the Official Football Video Gaming Partner of Arsenal. The club kits and Emirates Stadi um will feature in eFootball™ as well as their squad having a full set of 3D scans for the ultimate translation between real life and virtual appearances.

KONAMI and eFootball™ branding will also feature on the headrests of the seats in the home and away dugouts at Emirates Stadi um. Arsenal will also continue to take part in eSports games including the eFootball™ Championship Pro.

Arsenal’s Chief Commercial Officer, Juliet Slot, said: “Konami’s eFootball™ provides a unique football experience. We’re proud to extend our partnership and give our sup porters the opportunity to immerse them selves in an authentic Arsenal experience. Arsenal and Konami both aspire to be at the forefront of fan engagement. I’m excited for us to work together to strengthen our collaboration and take our partnership to a new level, building on our shared values and giving our supporters more great opportu nities to connect with their club.”

GOAL! The Club Manager An nounced

Developer 2tainment and publisher Toplitz Productions proudly announce that GOAL! The Club Manager has been nominated for the gamescom award in the category “Best Sports/Racing Game”. The prestigious award, which in recent years went to games like Riders Republic or Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, honours the highlights of the event in a total of 20 categories.

“We are honoured that the international jury has nominated Anstoss 2022 for the gamescom Award in the ‘Sports’ category”, says Matthias Wünsche, CEO Toplitz Pro ductions. “2tainment’s project is exemplary for our credo ‘Games with Heart and Soul’, among other things due to its closeness to the community. We are pleased that this passion, which is enormously important for all our games, can also be felt in the reboot of the glorious sports management fran chise!”

Stefan Weyl, CEO 2tainment GmbH, adds: “We are very proud to have received affir mation of our chosen path with this nom ination. We look forward to continuing to work so intensively with the community and Toplitz to live up to the high expectations fans have of the game.”

The patient fans won’t have to wait too much longer for the stadiums to open, the season to start and the hunt for goals, points and championships to begin: GOAL! The Club Manager will start in Early Access on October 13, 2022.

At the same time, 2tainment and Toplitz will publish a roadmap informing about the features and contents that will be integrat ed into GOAL! in the following weeks and months on the way to version 1.0. These in clude, among other things, the possibility to try yourself as a national coach in time for the World Cup as well as the eagerly awaited online mode.

About GOAL! The Club Manager:

Get ready for classic management gameplay, adapted to the increased demands on coach es and managers as well as the developments of modern football. GOAL! offers depth and realism and confronts you with the com plexity of being a manager without getting lost in micromanagement and spreadsheets. You are the coach, the manager, sports di

rector and club CEO in one. You take care of the team, tactics, lineup, transfer market, club grounds, finances and much more. Create your dream team – if you can afford it!

GOAL! is designed not only to reflect the modern demands of an all around club boss, but also to cater to the gamer’s needs. GOAL! respects the time you have at your disposal: Whether you want to enjoy your gam ing experience in depth, optimizing every aspect of your team down to the smallest detail or prefer to play a whole season in one afternoon - GOAL! is the flexible football manager that caters towards your preferences.

Additionally you will enjoy the tongue-in-cheek humor, taking a poke at the sometimes all-too-serious affair that is today’s football, making GOAL! The Club Manager a worthwhile alternative to more time-consum ing manager games. Regardless of this, a career with an in-depth skill system, finances, sponsoring, squad management, contract negotiations and extensive statistics give GOAL! everything managers need to dive in, including stadium environment and expansion, transfer market, scouting and youth work. You could even become the head coach of your favorite national team. Are you ready to lead your squad to victory?

Features:

The tactics engine combines classic management gameplay and the latest developments, methods and rule changes in modern football – VAR included.

With the heatmap you can analyze and evaluate both the teams‘ and the individual players‘ performance. Make changes, optimize tactics and directly see the impact of your decisions.

Scouting and data analytics are the key to every club’s long term success. Develop a world-wide network and discover new talents.

They are personalities: Each player has dozens of abilities and a multitude of character traits influencing their development and playstyle. Know them to improve them.

Wordless Announced

Thunderful, Coatsink & Noname Studios are excited to embark on their new quest in stylised, turn-based, 2D adventure platformer Worldless, which is set to launch in 2023 on Xbox & PC. Wordless was revealed Awesome Indies showcase and focuses on a journey for players to grow and discover their true purpose while they attune to a newborn existence based on polarities.

Your character’s abili ties as a coach and man ager are enhanced via an extensive skill tree, giving you more options and choices to specialize. Are you a football scientist or an old-school manager relying on the hairdryer treatment?

With the new mul tiplayer you can play online with up to 8 man agers. Host your own seasons, join others or play with friends. There’s nothing like the Old Firm or the Classico with bud dies.

Simple and intuitive: The new edition of the beloved franchise offers a slick user interface with a clear and efficient menu structure.

Help is only a click away: Pallino is your in-game mentor and companion, providing an additional layer of help and advice for all newcomers to the challenging job as a club manager

Worldless is set in a nascent existence of polar opposite realities aligned with a common spark. Players will venture into an abstract setting full of entities with opposing goals. One half is fixated on the virtue of their nature, the other is seeking to exchange it for their demise. Polarities attract, resulting in neverending con flict, and the result is the traumatic process of Absorption which sees their very natures exchange. Further still, instability in the process can cause mutations that allure transcendence.

In Worldless, you’ll push forward, learn the nuances of an optimized combat system by mastering your tim ing and refining your strategies. Absorb enemies to learn new abilities in an ever-expanding skill tree to unlock new ways to explore and add depth to combat encounters. You’ll explore intricate areas filled with secrets, using finesse and fluid action to uncover them, and engage ferocious beings in fast-paced, turn-based action combat.

Bask in an atmospheric, unforgettable setting that inspires and engages, and connect to the deeper meanings of Worldless with a haunting yet beautiful score. Define the undefined and uncover unimaginable possibili ties with unique turn-based combat that focuses on action where style and mastery will be heavily rewarded. Jump, dash and even run on water as you navigate through an abstract existence in pursuit of your true pur pose.

“We are incredibly thrilled to announce that Worldless will be launching in early 2023,” Said David Sanchez, Producer at Noname Studios. “We’ve put all our energies into creating a game which transmits our love for videogames and we hope this is shown in this first reveal trailer.”

TRANSFORMERS Return in

World of Warships Legends

Wargaming, the publisher and developer of the popular game World of Warships, is announcing the first of its Autumn updates for World of Warships: Legends. This update introduces a new line of German battleships to Early Access, Japanese battleship Musashi available through the new Bushido cam paign, and the return of the TRANSFORM ERS brand collaboration. Other additions to the game include three seasons of ranked battles, aircraft carriers in the Bureau, and a new in-game event.

German battleships drop anchor in Early Access

Leading this Autumn update is a new branch of German battleships coming to Early Access. Ranging from Tier IV to Tier VII, these ships carry torpedoes on board and feature a slew of enhanced secondaries.

Available across a number of regular and Big German battleships crates, each of the new ships – from Tier V Mackensen to Tier VII Zieten – come accompanied by a special dedicated mission. This new line of ships will become researchable in the next update

Spider Tanks Release Date

Gala Games, the leading pioneer in web3 entertainment and blockchain gaming, an nounced that Spider Tanks, the first Web3 PvP esports brawler, will launch on October 31, 2022 as the debut game on Project GYRI, Gala Games’ proprietary games-first block chain. In anticipation of the launch, starting today Gala is kicking off a limited time sale for its Spider Tanks Planetary Nodes.

Planetary Nodes will be operated by com munity members who have purchased li censes in this sale. In return for using their computing resources to power the decen tralized Spider Tanks ecosystem, Node oper ator-owners will earn regular rewards. More information about Planetary Nodes can be found at Gala.Games.

Developed by award-winning Nether lands-based GAMEDIA, this futuristic esports tank game is free to play, but also incorporates a variety of play-to-earn me chanics that center around skill-based com petition, resource collection, and a play er-driven upgrade cycle to earn real rewards. In Spider Tanks, players create their own unique crawly contender by assembling tank

and will see the arrival of the line’s crown jewel, the Tier VIII Prinz Rupprecht.

Premium Japanese battleship up for grabs in Bushido campaign

Another five-week, 100-milestone campaign enters the game in this update with the Bushido campaign, offering up a bounty of in-game prizes along the way to the enviable Tier VIII Musashi as the campaign’s final reward. Those who make it to the end will add this battleship, sistership of the famous Yamato and its powerful 18.1 inch guns to their arsenal. With the catch-up mechanic enabled, players will have the flexibility to finish the campaign in their own time.

TRANSFORMERS return to the high seas

Making a triumphant return, TRANS FORMERS bring a brand new full range of content to Legends. The new range of con tent includes six special skins for Legends anniversary update campaign ship Tier VIII République and five other Legendary ships.

Inspired by some of the acclaimed Autobot heroes and devious Decepticon villains, some of the TRANSFORMERS’ most icon ic characters are represented, with skins themed around Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, Grimlock, Megatron and Rum

bodies and weapons in their garage. Once their “Spider Tank” is complete, it’s on to mech mayhem as the mechanical monsters battle it out in Spider Tanks arena maps.

This esports brawler lets you play with a close group of friends or test your skills in high-stakes competition. Almost 25,000 players participated weekly in a recent pub lic playtest, which resulted in a total of more than 600,000 matches. Fully tradable and upgradeable weapons, tanks and bodies can be found in the Spider Tanks store.

“Yet again we are ushering in new firsts in gaming as we get set to launch the first Web PvP esports brawler with earnings. Both players who play for free and those who choose to make purchases can be rewarded for their efforts,” said John Osvald, President of Games at Gala Games. “The launch of this game, coupled with that of our own block chain, is further cementing our commitment to empowering gamers through ownership.”

Gala Games has recently released informa tion on new game features including:

Build Your Army - Experiment with unique combinations of tank bodies, weap ons and special items in the battle arena.

ble. These skins, TRANSFORM ERS Command ers and much more will be available through the game’s re vamped Cyber tronian Contain er in the Store.

Marking 30 sea sons of Ranked battles

With seasons 29, 30 and 31 coming in this update, Legends’ celebrates its landmark 30th season of ranked battles! Players will compete across all three seasons in a no-aircraft-carriers, four-on-four format to battle it out for the highest rung on the lad der and win a plethora of prizes spanning Steel, crates and Commander Progression items.

Legendary carriers and Premium British battleship come to Legends

There are more than 30 hero tanks, 45 weap ons, and 45 bodies in different levels of rari ty to mix and match Upgrade Your Army – With each level upgrade, the tanks part’s power increase will vary depending on a random chance. Players can grind out upgrades that increase the scarcity and value of their Spider Tanks. The levels of the upgraded items are random making each item unique and special in its own way while the chances for a fully opti mized item are slim making it very attractive and valuable.

Game Modes - There will be more game modes coming to the game.

Team Deathmatch: In this all-out brawl style match, the team with the most kills gets the victory.

Capture the Chicken: Your team’s goal is to capture as many moving chickens as possible.

Capture the Flag: There is only one flag, and the team who holds it in their posses sion the longest will be victorious in this match.

Ways to Play - There are a number of ways to play: Pilot - Jump in and control your Spi der Tank directly, to fight in the PvP Maps, engaging in exciting moment-to-moment combat.

Rounding off this update, a new shipment of Legendary aircraft carriers enters the Bureau as standalone projects: America’s Midway and Japan’s Hakuryū. British Tier III Premi um battleship Agincourt is also up for grabs exclusively in the new Majestic Days ingame event, taking place across three weeks.

This update also brings bug fixes, upgrades, and balance changes to the game.

Captain - Build out your own army of Spider Tank pilots that fight for YOU on the PvP Maps.

Baron - Own a PvP Map and receive rewards from the battles that take place in your map.

Ways to Earn – The game’s blockchain reward token system allows participants to earn Victory Points in a number of ways including winning matches, owning maps/ land that host battles, and running Nodes.

Choose Your Battleground – There are currently six maps including a safe haven with old mines, trepidatious tracks and rick ety boardwalks, a jungle temple with wild and ancient ruins, a death canyon for a wild west showdown and a subzero arctic base. There will be more maps available when the game is launched.

We Would Play That!

have gotten games. Sure they are not the best on the planet, but they are generally fami ly friendly. Kids would love a Baby Shark video game.

There have been plenty of vid eo games that are based on different franchises. Whether it is a movie, television show, comic book, or something else there are tons of video games based on other entertainment. This got us into an interesting conversation. There have been a variety of different Nickel odeon franchises that have been made into video games recently. What about Baby Shark? How long will it be un til we have a Baby Shark vid eo game? Outside of the song being in Just Dance. The car toon for kids could easily be the base of some video game.

After all YouTubers like Ryan

Do you have children? Do they like Baby Shark? Would they want to play a Baby Shark video game? Could you imag ine if there was a Baby Shark video game on the market? It is possible that there will be one announced after this has been written in early Septem ber. It would be funny if one was announced around the time this issue is released on line. There are plenty of fam ilies that would love to play a Baby Shark video game.

Are there other kids franchis es that you would like to see made into video games? Are there family friendly franchis es that you would like to see made into video games? One of the ideas that we came up with here at Family Friendly Gaming is Chic-Fil-A. Before

you freak out about a fast food chain getting a video game you need to remember this has been done in the video game industry before. Burger King and McDonalds both have been in the video game indus try. Mascots for other food related items have received video games.

There are constantly new fran chises coming back. There are also older franchises being re done and re-imagined. There are plenty of opportunitie for family friendly video games. Baby Shark and Chic Fil-A are just two interesting ideas that could be done by those vid eo game companies that have the money. We know many of them read each and every issue of Family Friendly Gam ing. We have been told before that our ideas are being made into video games. It would be great for some royalty coming to us since we are introducing these ideas to the public. Do you think they will?

James 5:1-4

1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is com ing on you.

2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.

3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.

4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

REVIEWS

Welcome to our reviews section. We have a couple of rules when it comes to our reviews. The reviewer must give an honest accounting as to why he/she liked or disliked something. No fanboy reviews allowed here, or at the very least they are discouraged (after all everyone has their own personal biases, likes, and dislikes). Ev eryone also has different tolerances, and weaknesses - we strive to keep that in mind in our reviews. We have been burned ourselves by reviews saying a certain game is great, only to be greatly offended by that game. Re viewers must be kind in their reviews. A game may be horrible, but there is no need to degrade the developer, publisher, artists, etc. There is also no need for name calling.

We review video games on five separate criteria: graphics, sound, replay/extras, gameplay, and family friendly factor. Review scale can be found here. The editor in chief coordinates reviews to have as much cohe sion as possible. We are very open about the way we review video games. Each section starts with a 75 score, and can earn or lose points based on the content of the game, using our grading scale (found on the website).

Parents, please do not take any of our reviews as gospel. Different people are offended by different things. We work hard here at Family Friendly Gaming to discern the good from the bad in the teachings of each dif ferent video game. What may seem harmless to our reviewer(s), could be a big deal to you. We encourage you to spend time with your children and investigate each video game yourself. Each review is written with you in mind, and we try to mention each problem we find. We are not perfect, and miss things from time to time - just as the ESRB does. The ESRB rating is merely a start, and since they ignore many of the moral and spiri tual factors important to parents all across America, we do our small part to fill that huge void. We are a small ministry and your prayers are so very important to us.

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I am so thankful I had the money to purchase a physical copy edition of My Universe Green Adventure Farm er Friends on the Nintendo Switch. Families can also find My Universe Green Adven ture Farmer Friends on the Personal Computer (PC), and Playstation 4 (PS4). My Uni verse Green Adventure Farmer Friends is a farming game like Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons. Things start slow as there is little to do, once you start unlocking things there is a lot more to do.

For example when we open the field to the right we get a cow. That means milking the cow, and making sure it is watered and fed. We need an earthworm to make the soil better in My Universe Green Adventure Farmer Friends. The little wrinkle in My Uni verse Green Adventure Farmer Friends is you are expected to go green. The mayor even gives your home solar pan els at one point. We got quite a laugh out the going green

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methods in My Universe Green Adven ture Farmer Friends. There are con cepts within My Universe Green Adven ture Farmer Friends that I can totally get behind. For example certain insects are used to keep other bad for plant insects away. The alternative would be pesticides. I grew up in the country and using one species to keep an other away is part of how we lived life. We never saw it as going green or anything. It just made more sense and it cost less. If you really want people to go green (especially poor people) then make it cost less.

We can sprint as much as we want in My Universe Green Adventure Farmer Friends. We can also do everything else as much as we want in My Uni verse Green Adventure Farmer Friends. There is no stami na bar in My Universe Green Adventure Farmer Friends. I love that about My Universe Green Ad venture Farmer Friends. In fact it has been one of my biggest complaints against the Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons franchises.

Certain items are needed to renovate things that have been broken down in My Uni verse Green Adventure Farmer Friends. We might need some feathers, wood, and stone to fix something. Once we have those we might get a short button game (press Y, then B, then X, then A) to fix it. If you fail you can try again. There are mini games for other ac tivities in My Universe Green Adventure Farmer Friends like collecting chicken eggs and milking the cow.

I had fun live streaming My Universe Green Adventure Farmer Friends for Family Friendly Gaming Universe. There is plenty to do and un lock in My Universe Green Adventure Farmer Friends. I loved getting the orders from the villagers. I hope there are sequels to My Universe Green Adventure Farmer Friends in the future. Are you ready for a real shocker? I like My Uni verse Green Adventure Farmer Friends better than the most recent Harvest Moon and Sto ry of Seasons video games.

- Paul

System: Nintendo Switch/PC/PS4 Publisher: Microids

Developer: Smart Tale Games

Rating: ‘E’ - Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY {Mild Cartoon Violence}

The live stream where we played The Jackbox Party Pack 7 with viewers was such a slamming time. If you missed it then you can catch that live stream in the video on de mand format on our website in the videos section. You defi nitely want to be around for when we play games like The Jackbox Party Pack 7. There are only five games within The Jackbox Party Pack 7. The five games are Quiplash 3, The Devils and the Details, Champ’d Up, Talking Points, and Blather Round.

The only game within The Jackbox Party Pack 7 that I enjoyed was Quiplash. Three to eight people can play The Jackbox Party Pack 7. Each person needs a phone or tablet to connect into the jackbox.

tv servers and put in the code for the game being played. The Jack box Party Pack 7 is better when you have more people. It is also a bit better to have everyone at the same location while they are playing The Jackbox Party Pack 7.

Graphically The Jackbox Party Pack 7 is not very impressive. We spent more time looking at our phones than the television screen. Players are also able to draw in some of the mini games within The Jackbox Par ty Pack 7. I know my artistic tal ent is on the low end. I do what I can with the lack of talent I have.

Players vote on whom they want to win in the rounds within The Jackbox Par ty Pack 7.

Families need to be aware of a plethora of con

tent that they may find offen sive. From sexual comments, to bad language, drugs, and a bit of violence. You never know when you play The Jack box Party Pack 7 what will come up next. The Jackbox Party Pack 7 tries to be funny but really fails. In fact I think earlier games in this franchise were funnier. The best laughs came from ideas we came up with related to the topics.

Ultimately I am pretty dis appointed with The Jackbox Party Pack 7. I thought there should be more and better mini games. The whole family of devils working together or messing each other over was creepy at best. The Devils and the Details mini game is defi nitely darker than the others within The Jackbox Party Pack 7. I have no plans of playing The Jackbox Party Pack 7 in the future.

- Paul

Graphics: 75% Sounds: 85% Replay/Extras: 80% Gameplay: 85% Family Friendly Factor: 80%

System: Nintendo Switch/PC/PS4/ Xbox One/Xbox

Publisher: Jackbox Games Developer: Jackbox Games Rating: ‘T’ - THIRTEEN and OLD ER ONLY {Mild Sexual Themes, Mild Language, Drug Reference, Comic Mischief}

There are many times when I start live streaming a video game that I plan on multiple streams of an hour or more. Then what happens is during that first hour of live streaming the game I realize I never want to play this game again - ever. That is what happened with MX vs ATV Legends on the Playstation 4. I am thankful I had the money to purchase this racing video game. I am just not big on it.

I have two major issues with MX vs ATV Legends. The first is the lack of consistency. I easily won a race on easy and then got last place in the next race. I then dropped the dif ficulty to very easy and could not get above eighth place. I could never make one jump even though I took the tutorial and did what the game said to do. Never mind the complexity of some of the controls within MX vs ATV Legends.

MX vs ATV Legends

The second issue I have with MX vs ATV Leg ends is the com puter con trolled characters. Even on very easy they love knocking you off the track. I would go from first to last thanks to a computer con trolled character messing me over. The ATVs and UTVs can be even harder to race with because they are bigger and we are still on these narrow tracks. The offensive music within MX vs ATV Legends can be turned off after the tu torial is completed.

MX vs ATV Leg ends looks okay. We start in a free roam area where we must

get to the tutorial locations. Then it is always back to the garage to pick the next thing you want to do. Then we go to a main menu like screen. MX vs ATV Legends would tell me I had unlocked ATVs and UTVs at different points, but I could not race in them until racing in another one again. Weird glitches for a game in my opinion.

A lot of the tracks within MX vs ATV Legends feel bland. I learned the best path by watching the computer con trolled racers. MX vs ATV Legends makes me feel that motorcycle racing is better than ATV and UTV. Even on very easy difficulty setting in MX vs ATV Legends you will lose badly if you make a couple of mistakes. Going off track respawns quickly unless the computer knocks you out of bounds.

- Paul

System: PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/ Xbox Series X Publisher: Nordic Games Developer: Rainbow Studios Rating: ‘E’ - Everyone SIX and OLD ER ONLY {Mild Lyrics}

Graphics: 70% Sound: 70%

Replay/Extras: 70% Gameplay: 70% Family Friendly Factor: 70%

I have been play ing a wide array of

games since the late 1970s. There are some video games I want to like so badly. Nerf Legends is one of those video games. I normally stream a video game for an hour to an hour and a half.

When I live streamed Nerf Legends I only lasted for for ty-five minutes. I had to quit because the game was making me sick. Nerf Legends literal ly made me nauseous. That is not what a video game should do. They are supposed to relax us, not make us want to lose our dinner.

We shoot robots in Nerf Leg ends with nerf guns. The first person shooter concept ap plies within Nerf Legends. The main difference is we are shooting the robots with the nerf bullets. We can see them stuck on at times if we get close to the robots. There is no blood or gore within Nerf Legends. In fact in my opin ion this game should be rated E10+ instead of T. Making bots shut down is different than hurting people. There is a multiplayer option within Nerf Legends. I was unable to

see that for myself.

I tried to play the online ver sion of Nerf Legends and there was absolutely no one playing this game online. I find that a complete and total shame. I guess I can’t complain about waiting two minutes to get into a Realm Royale Reforged match. At least someone is playing that and Fall Guys Free For All. I had to stick with the single player version of Nerf Legends. There are a few lev els that take a decent amount of time to complete. There are plenty of annoying robots to take out. By the way the bots

fire back at you.

Health was rarely a prob lem for me in Nerf Legends. There were some huge bots that were a bit of a problem to take down. Reloading takes way too long in Nerf Legends. There are different guns that can be unlocked. There are also some power ups that can be helpful in Nerf Legends if they are utilized in the proper settings. The robots in Nerf Legends can be a real pain, especially the flying ones that keep moving around and shooting the player. I found this very obnoxious personal ly.

If Nerf Legends has not gotten me sick I would have played it more, and probably enjoyed it more. As it stands I did not really like Nerf Legends very much. Sadly this is becoming a theme for a lot of Gamemill Entertainment video games. They have a real bad image with us here at Family Friendly Gaming. How many stinkers can they release before peo ple stop buying their games?

- Paul

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Peter’s pur chase of Xbox Game Pass contin ues to pay dividends for Family Friendly Gaming. This is one of the rea sons why FFG helps him out with the cost of Xbox Game Pass. Disney Dreamlight Val ley is another video game we were able to get access to thanks to Xbox Game Pass.

This is an interesting life sim ulator video game. We start in a valley that has been overrun with night thorns. The thorns made the Disney characters forget things. We must clear out the thorns, bring back the Disney characters, and complete all of these different quests. There are tons of things we can do in Disney Dream light Valley. We can farm, craft, cook, fish, dig, mine, and more.

The issues families can have with Disney Dreamlight Val ley are magic and false gods. There are some interesting Disney characters within Dis ney Dreamlight Valley. Wall-E is one of my current favorites. We start with Merlin and get Scrooge, Mickey, Goofy and

more. We earn a plethora of different currencies within Disney Dreamlight Valley that are used for different things. The Moonstones can unlock new areas for the player to explore. The Star Coins are used to upgrade things like buildings and purchase items. Generally items spawn pretty quickly within Disney Dream light Valley.

I have run into a couple of issues playing Disney Dream light Valley. The first is the right items do not always

spawn in. I need a certain flower for a quest and every other flower is spawning in. The directions on how to do some things are not always clear. I ran into issues with putting down certain houses because they need to be in the water for example. I had to look up recipes online because nothing was working with what actually makes that dish in the real world. There are other directions that did not make much sense to me while playing the game.

All in all Disney Dreamlight Valley is a pretty fun and safe video game for families.

I know there are all kinds of boycotts against Disney for their hateful attacks on mor als, ethics, and families. I get it. We did not pay any money to play Disney Dreamlight Valley. We also got quite a few views and viewers with the live streams I performed of Disney Dreamlight Valley. This game has a few bugs and glitches in it. I am not aware of a phys ical copy version of Disney Dreamlight Valley at this time.

- Paul

I am so thankful I had the money to purchase Dr. Stone 12. I have been really digging where this franhise has been going. All of this work to set up for the voyage across the sea. We start out Dr. Stone 12 expecting to find out that the crew of the ship are on their way across the ocean to find the secret of turning people into stone. Please note there will be spoilers in this review. I am very disappointed at one of the twists in Dr. Stone 12.

Instead of spending all this time at sea, and learning how to fish and all of that we go to a close island in Dr. Stone 12. This is the island where the as tronauts landed after the entire human population was turned into stone. A small group of the charac ters dis embark in Dr. Stone 12. Then the crew of the ship is turned to stone. The

power of pet rification is on this little island. How exactly did that happen?

At this point it feels like lazy writing to me. After all so much more could have been done before we hit the secret of petrification. The issues families will have with Dr. Stone 12 are violence, lack of attire, entice ment to lust, women trying to seduce men, and more. The big boss is on this island and is the one with the pow er of turning people to stone. Senku and the others come up with a plan to take him down from the inside. They must worry about two warriors that have the power to launch some thing that turns hu mans into stone. Why are they doing this? Only to keep power and have his own ha rem?

I love the whole taking pictures and sailing on the giant ship in Dr. Stone 12. It was very smart to have a mobile science laboratory on the ship in Dr. Stone 12. I also love how some of the ship building prob lems are solved in Dr. Stone 12. I did not expect the power of petrification to appear so fast in Dr. Stone 12. It almost feels like a few more books and Dr. Stone could be completely done. Which I find a bit of a shame.

Plenty of well known art with in Dr. Stone 12. The characters Senku and team meet and the problems they deal with seem trivial now. I hope the people on the mainland are doing well. Once we leave them in Dr. Stone 12 we do not go back. We have no clue how things are going there without Senku’s leadership. I plan on continuing to read this man ga franchise and see where it goes.

- Paul

System: Manga Publisher: Viz Media Author: Riichiro Inagaki Rating: ‘T’ for THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY {Fantasy Violence}

Graphics: 62%

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Friendly Factor: 63%

After watching the first two seasons of Cas tlevania I knew better what to expect from this show. Cas tlevania Season Three does all it can to be worse than the first two seasons.

Please be aware there will be spoilers in this review. Thankfully there are only ten episodes in Castleva nia Season Three. It takes two hundred and seventy minutes to watch Castlevania Season Three from start to finish. I

plans of watching this show again - ever. I believe this show could have been so much better without so much gross content.

Human life has little value in Castlevania Season Three. From the judge that kills off people he does not like with a pit near an apple tree to a mage that enslaves an entire town. Isaac one of the forge masters has a very low opinion of humans and tells the audi ence over and over again. He stabs people and turns them into demons. Or the demons somehow possess their bodies and take complete control. I am not sure which. Whatever it is - is it bad, dark, ugly, and nasty. He is one of the “heroes”

Castlevania

in Castlevania Season Three.

The issues families will have with Castlevania Season Three are blood, gore, violence, mag ic, bad language, enticement to lust, nudity, sex outside of marriage, sexual deviancy, pro alcohol, and more. Castlevania Season Three attacks Chris tians multiple times. There are even lies about Christians in Castlevania Season Three. The monks serve a demonic creature because it spoke to them in their minds. An entire town is sacrificed to a demon so a doorway to hell could

be opened. Why do that? To bring Dracula back to our world.

Alucard gets two apprentices who are obsessed with moving Dracula’s castle. They wind up betraying Alucard and dying for it. Alucard starts to behave a bit more like his dad Dracula after that. Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades hunt down night creatures and settle in a town for a bit. I honestly ex pected Trevor and Sypha to get married and have some kids. The Belmont line continues and those two make the most sense. Alucard starts to lose his mind early in Castlevania Season Three.

The storyline in Castlevania Season Three is way too pre dictable. They can’t have nice people or nice things in this show. There are predators and there are prey in Castlevania Season Three. Sometimes a predator thinks another pred ator is prey and pays the price for it. Hector the other forge master winds up a slave at the end of Cas tlevania Season Three. He thought life was turning around for him. He does not know Isaac is hunting him.

- Paul

The core concept behind The Expanse is interesting. After watching season two of this television show I have plenty of thoughts to share. Please note there will be spoilers all throughout this review. The Expanse Season Two deals with Earth, Mars, and the Belt. The Belt feels like they are third class citizens, and are taken for granted. Earth and Mars have some battles in The Expanse Season Two. The Belters are the ones who wind up suffering the most. The Expanse Season Two is very tribal. Earth does not like or trust Mars. Mars feels the same way about Earth. We have Martians wanting war with Earth, and people from Earth wanting war with Mars. The Belters want independence and feel like they are treat ed like properly. People from Earth and Mars will quickly kill anyone from the other

The Expanse Season Two SCORE: 55

tribe or anyone that threatens their tribe. The same goes for the Belters. The lessons about tribes wanting to destroy one another are very strong in The Expanse Season Two. The proto-mol ecule does all kinds of crazy things within The Expanse Season Two. The Eros station and asteroid it is on starts moving of its own free will. Well technically the dead girl from the previous season is moving it. The pro to-molecule is doing what she wants. Joe Miller goes to per suade her to to crash into Ve nus instead of Earth. It looks like they may have died. There are some hints near the end of The Expanse Season Two that they may still be alive. We will see in the future.

The issues families will have with The Expanse Season Two are violence, blood, bad language, lack of attire, enticement to lust, sex outside of marriage, evolution, nudity, and more.

The Expanse Season

Two got me thinking about science fiction. Why is there so much bad content in sci ence fiction television shows? Why can’t we have a more clean science fiction show? Like the books I wrote under the Future Glimpses umbrella. Where are the clean science fiction television shows?

The proto-molecule supposed ly comes from some alien des tination. The Expanse Season Two does not really prove that though. It is more of a theory that is just accepted by others. There are other possible ex planations that The Expanse Season Two does not even ac knowledge. Amos continues to be a blood thirsty psychopath in The Expanse Season Two. I will probably watch a few more seasons since they are so short and see where this story goes. The Expanse Season Two is only thirteen episodes. - Paul

System: DVD Publisher: Universal Developer: SyFy Rating: ‘NR’ for Not Rated

Graphics: 40% Sound: 55% Replay: 60% Story: 70% Family Friendly Factor: 50%

The Evercade continue to impress

tridge - At ari Arcade 1. There are some great classic arcade

games on the At ari Arcade 1

The thirteen games on the Atari Arcade 1 cartridge are Asteroids Deluxe, Canyon Bomber, Centipede, Crystal Castle, Liberator, Lu nar Lander, Millipede, Mis sile Command, Night Driver, Pong, Skydiver, Super Break out and Warlords. Families can get all kinds of fun out of the Atari Arcade 1 cartridge. It has been decades since I played some of these video games. Other games I never even saw in the arcades because of my age when they were released.

I do question the collision detection on games like Pong and Super Breakout. The pad dle size for Super Breakout is really tiny. The AI is really tough in games like Warlords, and Pong. I struggled with the controls in Skydiver. Thankful ly Atari Arcade 1 comes with a manual where the controls are specified. I just had issues with things like the chute not

always deploy ing the first time I hit the button. I usu ally was able to get my guy on the ground in Skydiver and had fun play ing that game.

The stand out game for me on the Atari Arcade 1 is Crystal Castles. Think of it like Pac-Man where we must get all of the pellets eaten up. The different mazes and ene mies make that game a blast and I really like the visual layout of the screen. I remem ber it was impressive at the time. Atari Arcade 1 reminds me how cool it was for its era. Night Driver is a decent driv ing video game for the era. The tracks can be challenging at times. The old first person racing games from that era will either irritate or bring a smile. Milli pede and Centi

pede are very similar games. They look much better in col or and the graphics from the arcade. The home versions of those games do not even come close to what is in Atari Ar cade 1. The arcades were al ways better in that video game era. Lunar Lander is one of those games I love to try and try again. Sadly I failed every single time I played Lunar Lander on the Atari Arcade 1 cartridge. Something about that game is really hard. Mis sile Command is the classic that retro gamers know and love.

There is some violent content in many of the games with in Atari Arcade 1. I love the background graphics in Aster oids Deluxe. The graphics in these old arcade video games do not stand up to current vid eo games. For me Atari Arcade 1 is one of those history based video games where families can learn about the early history of the video game indus try. Canyon Bomber can require some strategy to get the highest score. I hope there are plenty more cool arcade ti tles that come to the Evercade. Atari Ar cade 1 shows what can be released.

- Paul

We played WCW Backstage Assault in one of our retro vid eo game live streams recently. That piece of the live stream was transformed into a video for our video sites. By the time this review is online the video for WCW Backstage Assault should be on our website. We were not impressed with WCW Backstage Assault on the Nintendo 64. WCW Back stage Assault can also be found on the original Playstation.

I understand that WCW Backstage Assault is an older game on the Nintendo 64 and Playstation. This game still looks really bad. The charac ter models are plain ugly. I know there are better looking games from this era. The issues families will have with WCW Backstage Assault are lack of attire, enticement to lust, bad language, violence, and more.

WCW Backstage As sault

The focus on WCW Back stage Assault is to fight in different ar eas and to use some of the weapons. The controls in WCW Backstage Assault are a bit confusing to figure out at first. We had a variety of issues within WCW Backstage Assault like learning how to pin. The collision detection within WCW Backstage As sault is extremely suspect. Who would hit when both are swinging a weapon seemed entirely random. Or one ani mation would start and then skip into the other one. WCW Backstage As sault is a com plete mess in so many regards.

WCW Backstage Assault is light on wrestlers and light on modes. There are nu merous charac ters that can be unlocked within WCW Backstage Assault. If you are not familiar

with WCW from that era then you may not know many of the unlockable characters within WCW Backstage Assault. I felt like WCW Backstage As sault received the fingerpoke of doom in the development stages. I am not too sure what they were going for.

If you thought only new wres tling video games were bad then you need to check out WCW Backstage Assault. This game will show you that doing the Monday Night Wars there were bad wrestling games too. For me WCW Backstage Assault is a piece of history. There have been bad video games released in the physical copy format. Sure it is easier for bad games to make it to market as digital downloads. Bad video games have been with us for some time now.

- Paul

System: Nintendo 64/Playsta tion Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Kodiak Interactive Rating: ‘T’ – THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY {Animated Vio lence}

Graphics: 50% Sound: 60%

Replay: 60% Gameplay: 60% Family Friendly Factor: 60%

System: Nintendo Switch/PC/ PS4

Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Square Enix Rating: ‘RP’ - Rating Pending Release Date: Summer 2021

System: Nintendo Switch Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Square Enix Rating: ‘RP’ - Rating Pending Release Date: December 9, 2022

Players will take control of Erik and Mia as they explore a treasure hunter’s paradise where boundless adventure awaits. Loot can be hidden in the most fiendishly inaccessible locations, so players must recruit a variety of well-meaning monsters and make use of their unique treasure-hunting abilities.

System: Nintendo Switch/PC/ PS4

Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Square Enix Rating: ‘RP’ - Rating Pending Release Date: Summer 2021

System: Nintendo Switch Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Square Enix Rating: ‘RP’ - Rating Pending Release Date: December 9, 2022

These charming creatures will help players to race over open fields, scale cliffs with a single bound, and glide over gap ing chasms. They will even provide assistance in battles against rival treasure hunters! Collecting treasure will increase the player’s vault value, allowing them to expand their home base and further build up their brigade of friendly monsters.

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Tactics Ogre: Reborn is set in The Valerian Isles, jewels of the Obero Sea. Following many years of conflict, there finally rose a man to put an end to this: Dorgalua Oberyth. Known as the “Dynast-King,” he brought peace and pros perity to Valeria for half a century. After his death, a civil war erupts and throws the isles of Valeria into a bloody struggle for power between three warring factions. In Tac tics Ogre: Reborn, players follow the story of a young man, Denam Pavel, caught in the center of the bloodshed.

Step into the miniaturized shoes of cosmic explorer Milo.

Earth, mankind’s long-lost homeworld,

awry as he

and the house he’s stuck in hasn’t aged since the

himself shrunk down to the size

the local

population are remarkably sapient and chatty.

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It’s a big job, but

be alone.

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