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Exclusive front cover of Madden NFL 13 runs across the front cover. Plenty of exciting new games for families are found within the 87 pages of this powerful video game magazine that continues to grow. Family Friendly Gaming is the longest running video game magazine devoted to families. This magazine is still free for everyone to read at their leisure.
Completely redesigned Family Friendly Gaming. Biggest update to date. Family Friendly Gaming TM Are you ready for Madden NFL 13? Mario is Open to Tennis, Minecraft is cradling Rome, Worms caught Black Bass in 3D, and much more! Issue #59 Displayuntil July 11, 2012 Contents IssueNumber59 June2012 5 www.familyfriendlygaming.com Editor's Desk Female Side Summertimeisgreattime! ColossalupdatetoFamilyFriendlyGaming 6 7 Working Man Gamer ExclusivefrontcoverROCKS! 8 - 11 Sound Off ReadersopportunitytotellFamilyFriendlyGam- ingwhattheythink,andwhy. Page17 Sports London2012 12 - 13 Talk to Me Now WhatdoesSherwoodBaptistdowithallthat money?DotheyhelpFamilyFriendlyGaming? 14 - 17 Sports SegaisdevelopingLondon2012forthemillions ofsportsfansoutthere. 18 - 25 Page23 News WormsRevolution In the News AtariRevealsSemi-finalistsofPongIndie DeveloperChallenge,FERTANGisCombining ChessandCheckers,NewSmartPhoneApp NotifiesTexting&SpeedingWhileDriving,Babel runningnowavailableontheAppStore,Surprise HitOCTOBERBABYTops$5MillionattheBox Office,andmore. 26 State of Gaming SuperBowlofVideoGamesTime! ImportantLegalDisclaimer:"FamilyFriendlyGaming"istrademarked.Contentsof FamilyFriendlyGamingisthecopyrightofPaulBury,andYolandaBurywiththe exceptionoftrademarksandrelatedindicia(exampleDigitalPraise);whichareproperty oftheirindividualowners.UseofanythinginFamilyFriendlyGamingthatPauland YolandaBuryclaimscopyrighttoisaviolationoffederalcopyrightlaw.Contactthe editoratthebusinessaddressof: c/oPaulBury FamilyFriendlyGaming 7910AutumnCreekDrive Cordova,TN38018 email@example.com TrademarkNotice Nintendo,Sony,Microsoftallhavetrademarksontheirrespectivemachines,andgames. Thecurrentsealofapproval,andboy/girlpicsweredrawnbyElijahHughesthankstoa wonderfuldonationfromTimEmemrich. Courageous News Page25 FrontcoverscreenshotisprovidedbyEASports. Family Friendly Gaming Contents 27 - 39 Reviews BattleofGiantsDragons,RadiantHistoria,Aero Vacation,MarvelvsCapcom2,Ben10Galactic Racing,FinalFantasyXIII,NCISSeasonFour, SanctuarySeason1,MarioParty2,AlteredBeast, andAsphaltInjectionarereviewedthisissue. 40 - 61 Developing Games MaddenNFL13,WormsRevolution,Cradleof Persia,PlaystationAllStarBattleRoyale,SUPER BLACKBASS3D,SesameStreetElmosMusical Monsterpiece,RagnarokOdyssey,NCAAFootball 13,andiCarly:GroovyFoodiearefeatured. 62 - 73 74 75 Recent Releases MarioTennisOpen,Minecraft,TheBluecoats -NorthvsSouth,MicroTale,andCradleofRome2 arefeaturedthisissue. DevelopingGamesMaddenNFL13 Page40 Devotional HelpingOutisagoodthing. Video Game Lies AnexcerptfromVideoGameLies. 76 - 87 Last Minute Updates KINGDOMHEARTS3D[DreamDropDistance], Orgarhythm,NancyDrewTomboftheLostQueen, SonictheHedgehog4EpisodeII,YsOrigin, LegendsofPegasus,andWhere'sMyWater?are featuredthisissue. S T A F F Family Friendly Gaming EditorialinChief: ArtEditor: Inspiration: Inspiration: Sports: Hunting: PaulBury YolandaBury PeterBury NoahBury FrankBury KimpBoykin Mark AlanLane Roger Matt Luke Shirley Sam RecentReleasesCradleofRome2 Page73 GameJournalist: GameJournalist: GameJournalist: GameJournalist: GameJournalist: GameJournalist: GameJournalist: WorkingManGamer: ??? Page86LastMinuteUpdates Where'sMyWater? Editor's Desk Major Update Youmightnoticeamajor graphicalupgradetothisissue. Wehaveputinallkindsof neatneweffects.ImustadmitthatIhavebeenlazyover thelastfewmonths.Wehave notdonemuchtoinnovateor improvethepresentationof theFamilyFriendlyGaming forsometime.Wehavebeen focusingonotherprojects.So thisissuewedecidedtostepit upandmakeeverythingbetter. Itismyhopeandprayer thatallya'llappreciateallof theseupgrades,andimprovements.Wedohaveplansto implementadditionalimprovementsinthecomingmonths. Wewillbedoingeverything wecantomakesuretheball isnotdroppedonthisagain. Weareextremelybusywitha varietyofprojects,sopatience isalwaysappreciated. Whatdoeseveryone thinkofissuu?Werecently addedthelastsixmonths worthofthemagazinereleases totheirwebsite.Theirpresentationhashelpedshowus areasthatneedtobeimproved. Youwillnoticemanyofthese improvementsinthisissue.A readersomemonthsagosuggestedweaddourmagazine totheissuunetwork.Likeso manythingsitsatonmyplate untiltherewastimetoenactit. Butwearenowthere. Speakingofbeing Family Friendly Gaming there-werecentlystarted toexperimentwithTwitter. Yestherearesometwitter postsoutthere.Mainlylinksto updatesonthewebsite.Tweetingismuchmorerestricted thanpostingonFacebook, Raptr,Digg,andN4G.Butitis anotheravenueforreadersto checkusout. Iwanttothankeveryonefortheirkindwordsrelated toourYoutubechanneland theVideossectionofFamily FriendlyGaming.Thisexpansionhasbeentremendous.I aminaweofhowmanywonderfulpeopleappreciatewhat webringtotheindustry.It humblesmeinsomanyways. Haveyounoticedour E32012pageyet?Allofthe officialE3relatedpageswill beonthispage.Thisincludes News,Previews,Images, UpdatedNews,Videos,and Awards.Thesepageswillalso beintheirnormalsections.I knowitissmalllookingright now,butthatisbecauseE3 2012hasnotyethappened. Thereisanotherreason-not everycompanywantsusto sharewhatweknowjustyet. Wepromisetokeepconfidencesonvariousproductsuntilwe areallowedtoreleasethem. Expectthispagetoexplode duringE32012,andofcourse afterit. Wearebuildingabrand newviewforourreviews. Icannotgointotoomany detailsatthistime.Ido thinkitwillfillarequestone ofourreaderspresentedsome timeago.Itwilltakealot ofworkonourpart,butitis showinguswhatweneedtobe doinginthefuture. Pleasekeepsendingin yourideasforimprovements. Welogeachandeveryone ofthem.Asresourcespresentthemselvesthenweget totheprojectsasquicklyand efficientlyaswecan.Some requiremajoroverhaulsthat wearealreadyconsidering, pricing,andsizing. Wouldlovetohear whatyouthinkofthevarious upgradesinthisissue.WeconsiderFamilyFriendlyGaming tobeaconstantworkinprogress. Godblessyou,andyours, PaulBury Female Side SUMMER FamiliesalloverAmericaaredealingwithsummer break,orpreparingforit.We mothersknowexactlywhatwe aregoingtohear:"I'mbored," "Thereisnothingtodo,"and "Theystartedit."Ohyessummertimetakesawaytheschool structuremanyofourchildren havebeenusedto.Theyhave allthistimetospendwithone anotherandwithus.Ultimately theywindupfightingwithone another,andexhibitingbadattitudes. Thereiscertainlyhope inthistime,andIhavesome suggestionsthatcanmake summerbreakevenbetter. Withallofthisextratimethere areopportunitiesfordoing thingswenormallydonothave enoughtimefor.Wegotothe library,localparks,spendtime inourlittlepool,garden,walk, ridebikes,andmore. Wealsodoeverything possibletotakeonetripeach andeverysummerbreak.We wanttogiveourchildrena memoryfromeachandevery singlesummer.Manyyearswe windupgivingthemmorethan onememory.Iamconfident whentheygrowuptheywill extremelyappreciativeofall theeffortswewentthroughfor them.Iknowtheyappreciateit now,evenifthereweresome hiccupsduringthetrips.Hey, nothinggoesperfectly.We Family Friendly Gaming learn to adapt to the situation and make the best of it. Discipline is something that is needed when the children are fighting. It can take King Solomon wisdom to figure out who started what and when. One child may be provoking another one, or it may be a perceived slight. Either way one or both are crossing the line, and need to be brought back into line. Which is how I have always seen discipline - it is correcting the bad behavior. Do you want adults acting like children? Then children have to be taught how to act. One of the myths of summer break is it has to be wide open. I find ways to add structure for my children. Especially the younger one who needs more structure in his life. I have school work they can work on during summer break, as well as various educational activities they can work on. Some times that is used as part of structure and other times it is used as a part of the discipline. I know some people out there dread summer break. I know some people absolutely love it. If you dread it, please try to find the time to enjoy the time with your children. If you love it, then keep going. You probably already know how much fun it is to spend so many hours with your children. There is something so wonderful about spending precious about building family memories. If your family has issues with one another, then summer break is a great time to work on them. Work out the problems so the love can grow. It will make everyone happier in the long run. Which of those two choices would you rather have this summer break? Think about the question for me please. God bless your family, Yolanda Bury Mission Statement FamilyFriendlyGamingwascreatedinMarchoftheyearofourLord 2005asthefirsteverChristianvideo gamemagazine.ThegoalofFamilyFriendlyGamingistoreporton videogamesfromthefamilyview point.FamilyFriendlyGamingtakes afairandbalancedapproachtoall news,previews,reviews,interviews, features,andotherarticlesfound within.Thesecularvideogame mediareportsmainlyonthemost morallybankruptgamesandcall thosegamesgood.Themajorsecularmediareportsonthebadside ofvideogamesmainly.Mostother Christianmediaoutletsclaimvideo gamesturntheplayerintoazombie, ortheycompletelyworshipvideo games.FamilyFriendlyGaming reportsthegood,andbadsideeffects tovideogames.Itisthebeliefofthe ownersthatreadersaresmartenough tocometotheirconclusionswithout thoseinthemediahandingopinionstothem.ThoseofusatFamily FriendlyGamingbelievebygiving youthefacts,youcandecidefor yourself.Thereareplentyofreally goodvideogamesonthemarketthat teachwonderfullessons.Bothinside theChristianvideogamemarket, andfromnon-Christianvideogame developers.FamilyFriendlyGamingseeksoutthesevideogamesto bringthemtoyourattention.Since itisunknownbeforeplayingagame howfamilyfriendlyitis;itispossiblethatthismagazinewillpreview agame,andthenthereviewwillexposeproblemspreviouslyunknown. FamilyFriendlyGamingpromisesto alwaysaskthequestion:"howGod feelsaboutcertainvideogames." Working Man Gamer Front Cover TheWMGsawthefrontcoverofFamilyFriendlyGaming #59alittlebitearly.Ashortwhilebeforeitwasreleasedto thepublic.Asmalltemporalperiodbeforetheeventbegan. ThatcoverisHOT!EveryoneatFamilyFriendlyGaming sendsamajorthankyoutoEASportsforprovidingsuch anawesome,amazing,andgiganticapprovedartwork. ManyofusatFamilyFriendlyGamingarefansoftheSeattleSeahawks.SobeingprovidedanimageofaSeahawk isararetreat.Ourindustriousleaderhasbeenoncloud ninethankstoEASportsprovidingthatinspiringimage. YouknowtheWMGnormallycomesdownlikea tonofbricksonsomebody.TheWMGevencamedown onEAmany,manyyearsagoforsomething.TheWMG ismanenoughtopointoutwhencompaniesdowonderfulthings.EASportshasdoneamajorsolidforFamily FriendlyGaming,andoureditorinchief.WhentheWMG sawthefrontcover,hewasblownaway.Thisexclusive imageisaboveandbeyondanythinganyonewasexpecting.EASportsisaweinspiringinthiscolumnistsopinion. Anditsimportanttoletthemknow,becauseittookeffort ontheirparttocreatethis.Ittooktime,andresources. TheWMGhasacalltoactioninalmostevery singlecolumnaswell.Thecalltoactionthismonthisto thankEASports.Pleasetakethetimetothankthemfor workingthiscloselywithFamilyFriendlyGaming.Please thankthemforproducingthisphenomenalimage.They deservetobethanked.Andtheyhaveearnedtherespectof thiswriteronmultiplelevels. TheEditorinChiefkeepstellingustoexpectmajor thingsinthefuture.Itcangetexhaustingtryingtobepatientforthem.Thereisnoneedtobepatientanymore.This frontcoverisanamazingmajorevent.Ihavenocluewhat hecaneverdototopthis.Maybeothergamedevelopers, andgamepublisherswanttoworkcloselywithFamily FriendlyGamingonafrontcover.Maybetheywillblow awaytheWMG,andmaybetheywillbethankedinthis column. Family Friendly Gaming TheSoundOffsectionis whereyouthereader/emailer isheard.Whatyouhave tosayisputinthissection forallthereaderstosee. Ofcoursecertaincontentis editedforappropriatenessissues.Thisisafamilyfriendly magazine,andcertaincontentisjustnotproper.We hopeyouenjoythissection asmuchaswedo.Keepan eyeoutforyourcomments appearingintheseverypages. Youhaveourattention,so SOUNDOFF! SOUND interestedinsomeentry-level gamejobswhospecializes in3ddesignandcharacter design.Idon'tthinkhe'svery interestedinalotoftraditionalmoderngamesbecause oftheviolence,soI'mjust lookingfordifferentavenues tohelphimfindemployment. Doyouhaveanyideas orcouldyoupointmeinany directionsofsomecompanies thatmightbeagoodfitfor him? Thanksforyourhelp! - Drew Entering the Workforce Hi, Iworkwithaschooloutin Minneapolisandwehavea lotofstudentsthatworkin gameartandanimation.I'm workingwithareallytalented graduaterightnowwhois {Paul}:Thatisareallygood question.Thegoodnewsis intheindustrymostentry levelpeopleareputonthe kidsgames.Wehavetalked tovariouspeopleintheindustrythatwantedtodothe violentgames,andtheyhad toprovethemselvesonthe kidsgamesfirst. SocompanieslikeEA (EAPlay,andofcourseEA Sports),UbisoftandActivisionallhavedivisionsfor casualandkidsgames. CompanieslikeMumboJumbodocasualgames. 2KPlaydoeskids gamesexclusively. DisneyInteractive Studiosgenerallydoesgames withlittletonoviolence. Chillingoisacompanythatpublishesahigh volumeofnon-violentgames. MajescoEntertainmentdoesquiteafewgood gamesforfamilies. Destineerisknown forsomeoftheirsafegames. WarnerBrosInteractivehasbeenpublishinga coupleofkidsgamesayear. SouthpeakGameshas donesomecleangames. GameMillEntertainmenthasanicelineupof kidsgames. NamcoBandaiTHQ, andXSeedGameshavepublishedsafegamesforfamilies inthepast. Microsoft,Nintendo, andSonyalsomakenon-violentgames. MrEmmerichoverat GraceworksInteractivemight knowsomepeopleaswell. HeisalsoapartoftheCGDC whodoChristiangames. Family Friendly Gaming Iwouldnotexclude anyofthecompaniesbecause theymakeviolentgames. Manyofthemalsomake non-violentgames.Iamsure ifhetellsthemhedoesnot wanttothedotheviolence theywillhappilyputhimon thenon-violentones.Mostof theartistswanttogetonthe violentones,sothereshould bealotofopportunities. Thereareofcourse smallerdeveloperswhocreategamesforthebiggercompanies,butnotsurewhatkind ofjobsecuritytherewould be. Timetoworktogether. - Barbara OFF Call for Unity Thankyouforyourcall amongChristiangamers. IbelieveFamilyFriendly Gaminghasmadetheright callattherightmomentin history.Toomanysmall ministrieswanttodoitthemselves.FamilyFriendlyGamingleadsthewayforallothersinthisrealm.Iampraying thattherewillbeunityamong Christiangamers. Ihavegreatrespect forFamilyFriendlyGaming. Thatleveljumpeduphigher whenya'llcalledforunity.I praytoJesusthattheyembraceitinthelovingspirit theBibletellsthemto.The timeforpettyuglinessispast. Family Friendly Gaming {Yolanda}:Thankyoufor yourkindwords,andsupport.Itmeansalottoallof ushereatFamilyFriendly Gaming.Unityissomethingwehaveprayedfor -foryears.Afterwewere shownsomehatredagainst usandotherfollowersof JesusChrist,wedecided itwastimetoputitinthe publicforum. Wearereaching outinlove.Wehopeand praytheHolySpiritwill convict.Butweknowthere hasbeenalonghistoryofinfightingwithinthechurch.So itdoesnotsurpriseustosee othersclaimingtobebelieversattackingusandother believers.Itdoesnotsurprise ustoseealackofsupport fromthosewhoaresupposed tobesupporters. Thesadrealityis beingtopbananawillcreate jealousy.Somewanttobe whereyouarebyanymeans necessary.Somepeoplecan onlybuildthemselvesupby tryingtoteardownothers. Whentheydosotheyare showingwhotheirfatheris. Wearerespondinginlove, beingencouraging,andshowingkindness. Wewantmoreofa focusonthefamilyfriendly videogamesintheindustry. WelovehearingaboutChristianmadegames.Welove itwhensitespointpeopleto God. Kid Icarus Uprising Iamnotsomeonetocomplain.ThereisaboneIam goingtopickwithFamilyFriendlyGaming.Your reviewofKidIcarusUprisingistooNintendofriendly. AreyouaNintendofan-boy? Thatgameshouldfailonyour reviewscale.Whyereyouso kindtothatgame? - Karl {Paul}:Iamverysorryyou thinkweweretooeasyon KidIcarusUprising.Icantell youthatwegotonecom SoundOffcontinued plaint that we were too hard on it as well. Our reviews allow a range in terms of scoring the points based on the reviewer's impressions. In this case it was me. We also acknowledge that we are human and can make mistakes. So if you would please provide specific content, and the corresponding section of our review scale we can put it into a re-review. We allow each reader to recommend one game per year to go into re-review. And any game can only go into re-review once a year. Almost every single game that has gone into rereview (and there have been a handful) drop in score by a point or two. So I doubt it would drop below 70, but its possible. Just Entertainment How can anyone think movies, television, and video games are just entertainment? Are they stupid? Are they lazy? Have they ignored good books on the subject? Do they have a mental illness? - Samantha {Paul}: Thank you for such a thought provoking question. It can be a complex issue, where some people may fit into all of the categories you mentioned. I would not be surprised if we found different people in different categories. Here is how I look Family Friendly Gaming at it. There are certain lies in the world that people believe. They believe them because they want to fit in with the incrowd, they have never been exposed to truth, they do not think for themselves, and they have never had an interest in researching it. I have met people in my life that openly admit they are lazy. They expect everything to be brought to them. They want God to be some performing monkey that comes when they call, and on their terms. This is a high form of arrogance. Closely tied to the entitlement mentality some in our culture have. A big part of the problem is there are too few voices out there exposing this as a lie. We get all these school shooters and the industry is quick to try and divert attention. Some people watch Star Wars and decide they want to create a religion off of what was in there. Most people look at them as complete freaks. Yet the idea was not there own. Someone else brought the idea to their minds, and they ran with it. You would be amazed how many times I have heard people tell me Video Game Lies opened their eyes. Because the concepts and content in Video Game Lies can be applied to other areas of life. I thank God that I could be used to free each and every single one of them from that bondage. It is an honor that following God's plan for my life can help others. I have hope for those dogmatically stuck into the lies of the world. I also know it can get tiring to point some people to truth, and they just repeat the same lies over and over again. At some point you have to leave it in God's hands. Some people just want to argue. They want to try and get you into the gutter with them. Resist the urge to follow them into the gutter. Better to tell them move along, have a nice life, we are done talking about this, etc. Would you like to be heard in Family Friendly Gaming? Want to Sound Off on something in video games, the website, the magazine, etc? Log on to the internet and go to our Comments page: http://www.familyfriendlygaming.com/comments.html, or send an email to: SoundOff@familyfriendlygaming. com. Mail us comments at: Family Friendly Gaming 7910 Autumn Creek Drive Cordova, TN 38018 10 Want to advertise in Family Friendly Gaming? Your product could be listed right here (in the hottest FAMILY FRIENDLY Video game magazine), or on another page of your choice. firstname.lastname@example.com,ormail ussomethingletusknow.MayGodcontinuetoblessyourbusinesses.Legalnotice:FamilyFriendlyGaming reservestherighttodenyanyadvertisementsthatdonotfitintotheirdefinitionof`familyfriendly.'Goonline foradvertisementrates. Family Friendly Gaming 11 Talk to me NOW WHERE DOES THE MOVIE MONEY GO? "Any money we receive goes to fulfill our twofold purpose to reach the next generation and to reach the world from Albany, Georgia." Sherwood Church Senior Pastor Michael Catt Q. After three movies--two theatricals, one straight-to-DVD--how does Sherwood Church spend or allocate the money from box office and DVD sales? A. First let me give a brief review of what's known as Hollywood accounting. After theaters take their half and marketing expenses are paid, and the studio gets its share, and other costs are covered, filmmakers get their share. Not nearly as much as we originally imagined--or as people generally suppose. As funds reached us, by our third movie, FIREPROOF, Sherwood had paid off existing debt on our facilities and accelerated our build-out on the 82-acre sports park. Sherwood puts current funds into ministry, missions, and the Generations campaign. Q. What is the Generations campaign? A. "Generations" refers to the pastor's saying around 2003 that "whoever wants the next generation the most will get them." Jesus said, "Bring the children unto me for such is the kingdom of God." Sherwood takes seriously that children and youth are the next generation. We want to support and encourage young families, offer a hand-up to people in need, and help redirect people on destructive paths--all in Jesus' name. The Generations campaign raises money over and above regular giving and tithes so that we can do more. As of this writing, Sherwood is more than halfway through its fourth consecutive multi-million dollar Generations campaign-- which also benefits from movie funds. But those funds never replace personal giving. Whether tithing or giving above-and-beyond, each member of the Sherwood family is personally responsible to obey, give, and sacrifice. As David, in the Bible, says: "I will not give to God that which costs me nothing." Family Friendly Gaming 12 Talk to me NOW Q. What missions does Sherwood Church support with movie funds? A. Through the North American Mission Board, Sherwood has helped three start-up churches in the US: two in Baltimore (one urban, one suburban), one in San Francisco (near the financial district). Through the International Mission Board, Sherwood supports missions worldwide. At home, Sherwood funds local outreaches such as The Lord's Pantry (food pantry), a crisis pregnancy program, and a drug-and-alcohol treatment center. Giving may change, of course, as needs and opportunities change. Q. How did Sherwood Church arrive at how it would allocate Sherwood Pictures' revenue? A. Well before FIREPROOF was a DVD, a team of former deacon chairmen began praying with Pastor Catt to help the church project to the year 2020. Their prayers: how do we continue to reach the world from Albany, Georgia--and not just through movies? In what other ministries should we invest in and participate? What impact might we make? All decision making related to money is prayerful and deliberate. Q. The operative word is prayer? A. A visiting pastor said of the Sherwood Church prayer tower: I've preached across the world and this country, and this is the only church that proclaims at its front door: We are committed to prayer. We are! Prayer buoys our unity, vision, purpose, missions, and giving. We'd rather be known as a people of prayer than the folks who made the movies. Besides monthly finance meetings, Executive Pastor Jim McBride meets weekly to pray with members of the finance committee--covering church members' giving, illnesses, lost jobs (many examples of answered prayer!) the church budget . . . and good stewardship. Every week, 200 men pray for Pastor Michael Catt's Sunday sermon. In building the sports park, church members walked and prayed over every single acre. At the base of the large cross central to the park, church leaders buried a capsule of prayer cards from the last five years. Family Friendly Gaming 1 SPORTS Family Friendly Gaming 1 FEATURE Game:London2012 Company:Sega Available:June2012 System:PS3/Xbox360 Rating:`RP'-RatingPending Family Friendly Gaming 1 SportsFeaturecontinued Game:London2012 Available:June2012 Family Friendly Gaming 1 SportsFeaturecontinued Company:Sega System:PS3/Xbox360 Family Friendly Gaming Rating:`RP'-RatingPending 1 Creative & Safe Fun for Tweens this Summer Zuzee is becoming the hot creative social network and photo book design site for girls, as tweens from over 72 countries are logging on to create and share their stories with friends. Girls are liking the Facebook meets Shutterfly experience, and moms love that Zuzee inspires creativity and that the site is designed with safety in mind. With spring in full gear and summer just around the corner, Zuzee has a great new line-up of book and card design templates to inspire both the creative and social side of tweens all season long. We are excited to introduce new Zuzee design themes for Mother's Day, Birthdays, Sleepovers, and a School Yearbook so girls can celebrate all the big events and holidays in their lives. Girls are spending hours in designer mode as they personalize Zuzee scapbook-style templates with their own photos and creative flair, but they also are enjoying the social side of Zuzee which enables them to take interactive quizzes, and exchange egifts and comments with friends so they can relive fun memories with each other. With all these features, Zuzee offers a great way to stay connected over the summer break. In addition, Zuzee just received the The National Parenting Center's, Seal of Approval 2012, which is especially meaningful as the reviews come directly from kid and parent testers. Offering a safe place for creative expression for tweens has always been at the core of Zuzee, so it's exciting to see the National Parenting Center recognize this focus. Here's a bit of what they had to say, "Every single activity and comment made by your child and her friends can be viewed by you and you get alerts to new activity via email. All these safety measure gave parents a sense of safety and security that they really appreciated." Head on over to www.zuzee.com as well and create an account and experience it for yourself. AtariRevealsSemi-finalistsofPongIndieDeveloperChallenge Atarirevealedthe20indiedevelopersadvancingpastthefirstroundofthePong�IndieDeveloperChallenge, becomingsemi-finalistsinthepursuitoftheultimatechancetoreleaseaniOStitleunderthePongbrand.The 20semi-finalists,chosenfromatotalof87submissions,willnowworktodeliveragamebuildandcompeteto becomecontestfinalists,earningAtari'spublishingsupport,upfrontcashprizesandapositiononAtari'sDeveloperSpotlight.Toviewthequalifyingsemi-finalists,pleasevisithttp://atari.com/pongdeveloperchallenge/. Inthenextround,semi-finalistswillusetheirinitialgamedesigntoprepareandsubmitaplayable buildonorbeforeJune5,2012.Basedontimewiththegamebuilds,thejudgingpanelwillconsultandselect upto10finaliststoreceivethree-yearrevenue-sharepublishingagreementsandcashprizesbasedontheirfinal Family Friendly Gaming 1 ranking:firstplacewillreceive$50,000,secondplacewillearn$37,500,thirdplacewillnet$15,000,andup tosevenadditionalrunner-upswilltakehome$5,000each.Additionally,finalistswillbefeaturedonAtari's DeveloperSpotlight,anonlineportalwithinformationonthedevelopersandtheircontestefforts. UpcomingdatestonoteforthePongIndieDeveloperChallenge: �June5:Semi-FinalistsDemoandVideoSubmission �June19:FinalistsAnnouncement �July6:CompletedMobileAppSubmission �August2:WinnerAnnouncement Forfulldetailsregardingthecontest,includingrulesandprizes,pleasevisit:www.atari.com/pongdeveloperchallenge. FERTANG is Combining Chess and Checkers Fertang, which fuses the popular games of chess and checkers, but with a twist, released beginning May 1, 2012, via the App Store and iTunes for iPhones, iPads, iPods, Google Play for the Android, Amazon.com for Kindle Fire and on BarnesandNoble.com for the Nook Color for $1.99 per download on all devices except for Android's, which is running a promotion for only .99 per download for a limited time. Fertang's innovative blending of the games of chess and checkers, is said to be as easy to learn and simple to play as checkers, but can be as strategically challenging as the game of chess. The game pieces of Fertang (square, triangle and circle) are shaped to indicate the direction that the piece can travel. If you have a square piece it can only move in a square direction, if you have a triangle it can only move diagonally and if you have a circle it can move in any direction. With game play, each piece can move only one square until an opponent's piece is captured. If a single piece of an opponent's is captured, a player would then move their piece up to two squares at a time in the direction governed by its shape. If a players' two-piece is then captured by their opponent with a single piece, then that piece may move up to three squares in a single move and so on. The objective of the game is for a player to make three towers of at least five pieces before their opponent. As an added twist, once a piece reaches at least five pieces high, it remains on the same square on the board and you have to play around it. The Fertang board includes four "super tactical" squares. A player is allowed to move their own piece occupying a tactical square by any number of squares across the board, as long as it moves in its shape's appointed direction. For more rules on game play visit: http://andersongames.com Anderson Games was founded by Stephen Anderson. Anderson's passion for games began at South Family Friendly Gaming 1 IntheNewscontinued Wigston High School in Leicester, England around 1964, where he joined the chess club. For Anderson, this seemed like a great opportunity to learn the game and master something that no one else in the Anderson dynasty had managed. Unfortunately, Anderson found that chess club wasn't his strongest suit, and he says, "I found that I had a higher than average aptitude than anyone else in the chess club, for losing, no matter how long I played, studied the game or watched others play. For some reason, I was never able to `see' what my opponent was doing, and if I thought about what I was going to do with my Knight or Bishop in two or three brilliant moves time, my opponent had taken the piece before I was able to execute. It was almost as though they knew exactly what moves I was planning to make before I even thought of them myself." As stubborn as Anderson thought he was, he says that he finally realized that he would never understand the finer points of "castling" and "en-passant". While chess club wasn't in the cards for him, Anderson recalls his own successes in the game of Draughts, the English version of checkers. "Quite the opposite to my chess experience, I do not ever remember losing a game, but of course knowing that I was a perpetual winner, there were few people that I could persuade to play and not only that, after a while you realize that it really is a boring game." Through his experiences with chess and checkers, Stephen Anderson began a quest to find a board game that was as easy to learn and play as the game of Draughts, but with the potential for some tactical play like chess. Over time the perfect marriage of the two games evolved and the game of Fertang was invented. After the May 1, 2012 launch of the Fertang mobile game app, Anderson Games plans to release a network interactive version by the end of the year. Fertang, the physical board game, is also in production. In addition, Anderson Games plans to release in the coming months another game app of their puzzle called The Anderson Diamond, a tangram shaped like a diamond with 12 pieces and over 300 different solutions. New Smart Phone App Notifies Texting & Speeding While Driving App4Drivers is a revolutionary $4.99 App available for Android and iPhones that helps improve driving behavior by tracking texting, excessive turns, excessive speeds, quick accelerations or sudden braking. App4Drivers can document answered texts or phone calls during a drive. The program will even alarm and notify the user, or a car owner, or fleet manager, some distance away, if that happens while the App is active. App4Drivers creates a trip report and a map showing where driving performance exceeds desired set levels for speed, braking, turning, and for cell phone use. The map can be automatically transmitted to any desired location. The Distracted Driving feature maps any answered texts or phone calls. Good driving habits are documented and get better scores. App4Drivers utilizes state-of-the art machine to machine (M2M) tracking locator technology to help drivers improve their driving performance and provide maximum assurance to the people who care about them. Family Friendly Gaming 20 IntheNewscontinued This handy program downloads and installs quickly and uses complex mathematical algorithms. The advantage of the internal GPS locator systems and accelerometer, combined with the incredible speed of the 3G network, provides the instant real-time analysis of motion. The phone then documents whenever and wherever the smart phone carrying person (driver or passenger), exceeds whatever speed or acceleration set points have been programmed. The App4Drivers program has touch screen driven menus that document Acceleration, Braking, Cornering and Speed. Once desired set points are entered, the program records the speed and calculates the g forces experienced by the driver. Phone application device owners can choose to protect all driving and vehicle information with a password. This will limit access when adding or editing a vehicle type or setting, as well as prevents data from being deleted. Text, E-Mail and E-Alert Notifications allows whoever with access to the app to be informed of driving behavior on all covered vehicles, provided the app is active during their drive. Text messages can be sent whenever a vehicle crosses its G force parameters. E-Mail notifications are sent only after a recorded trip and provides all the data gathered for that trip. E Alert notifications are sent when a vehicle crosses the G force boundaries, alerting vehicle owners of any dangerous driving being performed in their vehicle. And, one can change which measurement system (English or Metric) to use with their app; providing a better understanding of driver statistics across borders. When a violation occurs, the program will automatically send either a text message or an email message identifying the vehicle being used, the time the program started and stopped, the set point exceeded, the time of the infraction, and the duration that the set point was exceeded. App4Drivers also provides users with the added capability of receiving a detailed trip report via Email that displays a map with drop pins indicating location of the vehicle when application was initiated and shutdown, a list of the set points, summary of violations and peak speed reached if speed set point were exceeded, the ID of the vehicle driven and a detailed list of any violations for that trip. To encourage users to stay compliant, both versions also provide color visual and audio sound alarms when a driver comes within 95 percent of any set point limit (e.g., 55 MPH) identified by a user. The program which was developed and patented by Chet Karella of Dangerous Decisions LLC and Henry Decook of Adapto BV, can be tailored to allow drivers to specify driving parameters to multiple vehicles. Babel running now available on the App Store After the success of Babel Rising, BulkyPix and Mando Productions strike again with their new co-production, Babel Running, now available on the App Store. This time the roles are reversed: in Babel Rising you endorsed the role of God and your goal was to prevent the workers from successfully building the Tower of Babel; in Babel Running you are now playing as a worker and suffer God's wrath! Therefore your goal is to collect the more stones you can to build the Tower. And the task won't be easy! God is indeed ready to resort to any means necessary to stop you in your work: pikes, stones-throw, huge rocks, snake release...and if that's not enough God himself will join the party. Consequently, not only will you have to watch out for classical obstacles but also for the various cataclysms which will be thrown at you: lightning, tsunami or burning meteors rain, anything is good when it comes to stopping the evolution of the construction. Family Friendly Gaming 21 IntheNewscontinued SurpriseHitOCTOBER BABYTops$5Millionat theBoxOffice OCTOBERBABYsurprisedthefilm industrywithaNo.8debutoppositeTHE HUNGERGAMES,sparkedcontroversy innationalmedia,andcontinuestostrike achordwithaudiences.Themicro-budget hitfilmdistributedbySamuelGoldwyn FilmsandProvidentFilmsfromfirsttimefeaturedirectorstheErwinBrothers--topped $5 million at the box office this week with its humorous, dramatic, romantic story of a young woman who uncovers the truth about her past and finds love and forgiveness as well. "OCTOBER BABY entertains audiences while delivering a positive message about the value of every life," said Ben Howard, senior vice president of Provident Films. "It's great to see Jon and Andy Erwin's commitment to making an honest film affirmed by audiences." The Erwins, brothers, producers and directors of OCTOBER BABY, have long been known for awardwinning music videos for top contemporary Christian artists. They break into feature films with OCTOBER BABY. The film surprised many right out of the gate with its strong showing at the box office. And as word aboutOCTOBERBABYspread,distributorsincreasedthemodest390theaterswherethefilmopened.Inmany communities,grassrootsgroupsboughtenoughticketstoguaranteelocalshowings. StarringJohnSchneider(Smallville,DukesofHazzard),JasmineGuy(ADifferentWorld),andnewcomersRachelHendrixandJasonBurkey,OCTOBERBABYtellsthestoryof19-year-oldHannah,whohits theroadwithhercollegefriendstofindanswersandlocateherbirthmother. Audiencesgavethefilma90percentpositiveratingontheRottenTomatoesmoviereviewwebsite.For thepivotalroleofHannah,HendrixearnedtheSpecialAchievementAwardforActingattheRedRockFilm Festival. OCTOBERBABYisaproductionofTheErwinBrothersandAmericanFamilyStudios.Provident FilmsisknownforitsassociationwithsuchhitfaithmoviesasCOURAGEOUSandFIREPROOF,andSamuel GoldwynFilmsisthedistributorofhitfaithfilmsincludingFIREPROOF,AMAZINGGRACEandFACING THEGIANTS. Family Friendly Gaming 22 IntheNewscontinued WormsRevolutionClasses Announced Team17areproudtoannouncethatthe forthcomingreleaseofWormsRevolutionwillfeatureaclasssystemforthefirst time.Thisadditionintroducesfourdifferent classes,Soldier,Scout,ScientistandHeavy, intothegame.Playerswilleventuallybe abletounlockatotalof16worms(4ofeach class)tochoosefromtogointotheirteams, whichmakesitpossibleforaplayertotake any combination of classes into the game. Players will be able to use a team of all four of the same class if they prefer, or mix and match classes to get the best results. About the Classes: The Soldier The Soldier is like the standard worm from the previous WormsTM games, and is the most well rounded worm in the game. The Soldier is good at attacking and getting around the landscape, though he is not specialised in any particular area. The Scout The Scout is a more agile class, moving faster than the other classes and jumping higher and further, but this is balanced against his weak attack power. His small size presents him as a slightly smaller target, particularly against ranged attacks, and his light weight means he can fall further without taking damage. However this also means that he's more susceptible to Melee attacks from the other classes or large explosions as the Scout gets blasted further than the other worms. The Heavy This worm is the largest and most powerful worm in the game, but he's severely limited when it comes to getting around the landscape and he also makes for the biggest target, meaning he's easier to hit than the other worms. The Heavy's size and lack of agility means he's simply unable to reach the parts of the landscape that the other classes would take for granted without having to resort to a utility, but even then his extra bulk makes him sluggish on the Ninja Rope and Jetpack. However, the Heavy's extra bulk can work to his advantage as it means he won't travel as far, compared to the other classes, when hit, meaning he has a better chance of staying on the landscape. The Scientist The Scientist plays a support role. His physical attributes make him both weaker and slower than the standard Soldier worm, but for every turn that the Scientist takes he raises the health of the entire team. The Scientist is able to build stronger items, such as Sentry Guns and Electromagnets. Worms Revolution is scheduled for a Q3 2012 release and will appear on PC and consoles. Family Friendly Gaming 2 IntheNewscontinued New Book Offers Help For Parents of "Generation Me" Over-Involved Parents, Under-Prepared Kids: One Mom Takes Action Cleaning House--A Mom's 12-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement debuts in stores nationwide and online Tuesday, May 8, from author Kay Wills Wyma and WaterBrook Press, a division of Random House. SYNOPSIS Raising five kids in the "self-esteem generation," Kay Wyma caught a disturbing trend in her home: as the workload of a big family increased with growing children, it seemed she was bearing the load . . . and her kids weren't learning vital skills needed to successfully leave the nest. And so began her 12-month experiment to build real self-esteem based on building their competence and confidence. The Cleaning House experiment taught the Wyma kids practical skills for home life (doing laundry!), and vital skills for all of life (the value of work, working well with others). A perfect success? Of course not, but a journey you'll want to take with the Wymas, full of Kay's trademark wit and wisdom. As Kay says, "Here's to seeing what can happen when we tell our kids, `I believe in you, and I'm going to prove it by putting you to work.'" Research and reporting point to the trends of parental over-involvement and kids' under-preparedness. A few examples. Almost 83 percent of adults say young people feel more entitled than in years past. 31 percent of parents send potential employers resumes on behalf of their children. The Wall Street Journal said, "Contemporary children have very little experience with the kinds of tasks that they'll have to perform as grown-ups." COURAGEOUS Changes Police Officers' Lives Worldwide Stories abound of the life-changing effects of the hit film COURAGEOUS since its top four theatrical opening last fall and No. 1 DVD debut in January. COURAGEOUS weaves the stories of four law enforcement officers coming to grips with the need for godly fathering in their homes and resolving to provide it. Across the United States and internationally, COURAGEOUS is striking a chord with those actually wearing the badge: In the Philippines, 1,000 officers dedicated their lives to Christ following a screening of COURAGEOUS that drew 4,000 people. In Ecuador, 300 police officers publicly proclaimed "The Resolution," as in the scene from the film in which officers do the same. In Panama, 700 police officers drove four hours to see the film. Family Friendly Gaming 2 IntheNewscontinued In Baton Rouge, La., the chief of police offered to personally cover the cost for any of the city's 630 officers wanting to see COURAGEOUS. In San Angelo, Texas, Downtown San Angelo Inc. will offer a free showing of COURAGEOUS on May 18, in honor of Police Week. The screening is part of the city's slate of Downtown Movie Nights, with films showing throughout the summer. First Baptist Church in Orlando, Fla., bought 2,000 copies of the COURAGEOUS DVD with a commitment to give one to each law enforcement officer in the city. "We wanted a way to personally show every officer and their family that we love and appreciate what they give to us," said Dr. David Uth, First Baptist Orlando pastor. "Giving them a fun and entertaining movie with a message will encourage and inspire them to always be COURAGEOUS." Asfurtherconfirmationofthefilm'simpact,thebook,TheResolutionforMen,fromB&HPublishing Group,outliningprincipalsforgodlyfathering,remainsaNewYorkTimesbestsellerafteritsSept.1,2011 publication. AvailablenowonDVD,COURAGEOUStellsthestoryoffourmen,onecalling:Toserveandprotect. Aslawenforcementofficers,theyareconfidentandfocused,standinguptotheworstthestreetshavetooffer. Yetattheendoftheday,theyfaceachallengethatnoneofthemaretrulypreparedtotackle:fatherhood.When tragedystrikeshome,thesemenareleftwrestlingwiththeirhopes,fears,faithandfathering.Cananewfound urgencyhelpthesedadsdrawclosertoGod..andtotheirchildren?Protectingthestreetsissecondnature. RaisingtheirchildreninaGod-honoringway?That'scourageous.COURAGEOUSpremieredSept.30,2011, atNo.4attheboxoffice,remaininginthetop10forfourweeks.TheCOURAGEOUSDVDlaunchedJan.17 astheNo.1DVDinthecountryandhassoldmorethanonemillioncopies. Family Friendly Gaming 2 State Of Gaming SUPER Bowl Time Itisthattimeofyearofagain. TheSuperBowlofVideo Gamesishereagain.E32012 hasallkindsofpotential.We arelookingforwardtoinformationontheWiiU,plentyof Nintendo3DSgames,andPS Vitagames.Theremayeven benewsontheXbox720,and Playstation4.WillMicrosoft finallyreleaseahandheld? DoesApplehaveanythingnew uptheirsleeves? Whichcompanieswill havewonderfulfamilyfriendly gamesforus?Whatsurprises canweexpect?Someinformationhasleakedout.Website readershavebeenenjoyingnews onE32012gamesforsomeweeks now.Haveyoumissedthem?Then checkouttheheaderofthewebsite.ThatlittleE32012image/link bringsyoutoapagewithalltheE3 2012updates,newsstories,videos, andimages. FamilyFriendlyGaming willbeatE32012inforce.We willbetwiceasstrong,twiceas large,andLordwillingbringall thefamilyfriendlycoverageas quicklyaspossible.Weknowthere willbelonghours,andtonsofinformationtosiftthrough.Evenifit takesusweekswewillgetthrough everythingandbringalloftheappropriateinformation. FamilyFriendlyGamingis hopingfornewinformationon AnimalCrossing3D,newChristiangames,NewSuperMario Bros2,LittleBiGPlanetKarting, SesameStreetElmosMusical Monsterpiece,MaddenNFL13, Sonic4Episode2,andanynew Mamatitles.Lordwillingallof thosegameswillbeadequately represented.Weareveryeager toseesomenewChristianbased videogames.TheBibleGame wasgreat,andsowasLarryBoy andtheBadApple.Thetimehas comefortheindustrytobring somenewChristianvideogames totheindustry.Pleaseprayfor ustohavediscerningheartsand mindswhileattheshow.Itisa gruelingshow. Proverbs 15:1-3 1Agentleanswerturnsawaywrath, butaharshwordstirsupanger. 2Thetongueofthewiseadornsknowledge, butthemouthofthefoolgushesfolly. 3TheeyesoftheLordareeverywhere, keepingwatchonthewickedandthegood. Family Friendly Gaming 2 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). Everyone 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. Reviewers 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. Wereviewvideogamesonfiveseparatecriteria:graphics,sound,replay/extras,gameplay, and family friendly factor. Reviewscalecanbefoundhere-http://www.familyfriendlygaming.com/ Game%20Review%20Template.html. The editor in chief coordinates reviews to have as much cohesion as possible. We are very open about the way we review video games. 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Then please email us at:firstname.lastname@example.com. NintendoDS BattleofGiantsDragons RadiantHistoria 60 67 ScorePage 29 28 iPodTouch/iPhone AeroVacation MarvelvsCapcom2 72 55 Score Page 38 39 Wii Ben10GalacticRacing MarioParty2 66 80 Score Page 33 35 Xbox360 Ben10GalacticRacing FinalFantasyXIII 66 71 Score Page 33 37 Playstation3 Ben10GalacticRacing FinalFantasyXIII 66 71 Score Page 33 37 DVD NCISSeasonFour SanctuarySeason1 55 53 Score Page 34 36 Nintendo64 MarioParty2 80 ScorePage 35 Genesis AlteredBeast 65 ScorePage 35 PSVita AsphaltInjection ScorePage 71 30 Family Friendly Gaming 2 Radiant Historia SCORE: 67 It was a very long road to getting a review of Radiant Historia in Family Friendly Gaming. We had decent levels of coverage of Radiant Historia before it was released. We were looking forward to reviewing it. But a copy never arrived - which is extremely rare for us. Having millions of readers normally puts you on the front line. But no worries because I put it on our video game purchase list. When advertising dollars reached a good level I looked for Radiant Historia. But it had been discontinued. Things changed this year as Atlus decided to do a second run of the game. Which makes sense when a game sells out. Went to Amazon to get it and they were out again. I took the money around to local gaming stores until I finally found a cartridge only. By the way, how do you lose the game case people? I thought I knew what to expect from Radiant Historia. This is the most convoluted, slow and lengthy story I have ever played. We time travel between multiple time lines. Learn a skill in one to be used in the other one. If you play Radiant Historia start to finish you will be fine. Put the game down for awhile and you will have trouble remembering what needs to be done and where you met certain people. In Radiant Historia its not what town, but also what timeline and at what event you meet certain people. Hardcore gamers will eat up the depth in Radiant Historia. The grainy graphics were a bit of a turn-off for me. There is violence and some enticement to lust issues in this Nintendo DS game. The fight grid is interesting with three rows to it. Enemies can be pushed into the same squares and then both can be attacked at the same time. One character knocks them over or back and the other characters can attack both in that turn. When will the role playing genre mature past bad language? I am an adult and I don't want it. The music in Radiant Historia is memorable and does a lot to help this game in terms of scoring. I found myself enjoying it while I was playing this hand held video game. Expect to spend 40-60 hours on the story in Radiant Historia. This game is long, and very slow. I got a headache on more than one occurrence trying to figure out what timeline I was in and what needed to be done. Radiant Historia will turn off many gamers who are not used to an intense role playing game. We play some not so nice CIA kind of characters in a medieval kind of world. Secrets, murder, other seedy behaviors are performed in the line of duty. - Paul Publisher: Atlus System: Nintendo DS Rating: `E10+' - Everyone 10+ {Fantasy Violence, Language, Use of Alcohol} Family Friendly Gaming Graphics: 60% Sounds: 66% Replay/Extras: 81% Gameplay: 67% Family Friendly Factor: 59% 2 Ba le of Giants Dragons SCORE: 60 Some ideas sound good on paper, and just do not deliver in the video game. Battle of Giants Dragons is a great example. Take a mythical world of dragons who left our world because they were being hunted. They have their own tribes, and powers. Players get to become a dragon. They battle other dragons. One would think that concept would grab the attention of gamers. But it has not. Which is probably why I found Battle of Giants Dragons in the bargain bin. I checked and saw no one had review it yet for Family Friendly Gaming. So I dove in hoping for the best. Have you ever been able to tell a game is bad in the first five minutes? But I am a reviewer so I can't just run it back to the store. I had to drudge through the game. Now that you know this, do any of you still want to become video game reviewers? It is not all sparkling cider and roses. The dragons are lacking all kinds of details. They look really bad, especially in the faces. We can change colors and various other aspects of our dragons. That is nice of Ubisoft. Although customizing my own dragon is not high on my list. A game that plays well is higher. We whack the other dragons with a variety of attacks in Battle of Giants Dragons. The worst thing about the battles in Battle of Giants Dragons is the quicker player gets to go through all the various attack screens. The more aggressive you are, the more Battle of Giants Dragons will reward you. Once I got through the tutorial (which keeps coming back with every new skill) I had little need for blocking attacks. Why not? Because I could attack, and then attack again, and attack again. That pattern repeated until I defeated the other dragon. The sounds and voice noises in Battle of Giants Dragons are odd. They sound really strange. I do not know what the target was, but it came out creepy. The best way I can describe it is a mix between guttural and gross. The controls in Battle of Giants Dragons are all touch screen, and extremely simple. We swipe forward for an attack, and swipe back for a defense. If the attack hits (which is most of the time), then we build up strength or use a low powered attack. Then we get another chance to attack or defend. The main lesson in Battle of Giants Dragons is to get them before they get you. And keep getting them until they can no longer defend themselves. Mercy is not respected in Battle of Giants Dragons. The battles are boring, and the lessons produce selfishness. - Mark Publisher: Ubisoft System: Nintendo DS Rating: `E10+' - Everyone 10+ {Mild Fantasy Violence} Family Friendly Gaming Graphics: 65% Sounds: 58% Replay/Extras: 60% Gameplay: 56% Family Friendly Factor: 60% 2 Asphalt Injection SCORE: 71 Never judge a book by its cover goes both ways. Man some cars look great on the outside, but once you get under the hood you discover problems. Asphalt Injection fits this masterfully. I started to play Asphalt Injection and it looked great. It played great too. I was ready to bestow another great one for Ubisoft on the PS Vita. But unlike so many surface only media outlets, we like to get to the meat of a product. And the meat is where we found some problems. The visual effects, and the cars look great in Asphalt Injection. There is no denying that. There are races in Asphalt Injection that encourage the player to bash and crash into the other cars. This is a problem of course, but Asphalt Injection takes it a step further. It slows down the action and accentuates the violence. The screen has to cut over after we watch the gruesome carnage. This broke up the races, and slowed down the entire experience. I found it to be extremely distracting and totally pointless. The music in Asphalt Injection enhances the game, and helps it keep the higher energy going. I am not fond of how Asphalt Injection is encouraging me to get other racers or insulting me when someone passes me. Getting passed is part of racing, and unfortunately a major part of Asphalt Injection if you do not play it the way it wants to be played. No matter the race in Asphalt Injection there is one way to play it. We build up the boost, and then use the boost. Do this as often as you can and you have a shot at winning. Don't use the boost and you have no chance of ever winning any race - including the first one. The boost visual effect is great, but there is absolutely no strategy to Asphalt Injection whatsoever. We unlock cars after being certain levels so even that is locked down. The forty-five licensed vehicles in Asphalt Injection are cool. And it is nice to have that level of unlockable content. For the price I paid, I feel like I overpaid. So you may want to pay attention to how much you pay for Asphalt Injection. It can be a big disappointment. The one solace I have is that Ridge Racer on the PS Vita is slightly worse. I am not a fan of games that accentuate and focus on the violence. I understand there may be some violence in racing, but to glorify it sends the wrong message. The variety of races in Asphalt Injection is good and keeps things fresh and interesting. The game play kills that though. - Paul Publisher: Ubisoft System: PS Vita Rating: `E10+' - Everyone 10+ {Mild Violence, Tobacco Reference} Family Friendly Gaming Graphics: 68% Sounds: 76% Replay/Extras: 82% Gameplay: 67% Family Friendly Factor: 64% 0 Family Friendly Gaming 1 Now Available On Blu-rayTM, DVD & Digital Family Friendly Gaming � 2012 Disney 2 Ben 10 Galactic Racing SCORE: 66 Everybody and their brother has come up with some idea for a kart racing title. D3 Publisher tried their hands recently with Ben 10 Galactic Racing. I spent my own money on this home console video game. This version is on the Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 I purchased the first one. Ben and all these different alien forms race one another in what is one of the most frustrating kart racing titles I have ever played. Why is Ben 10 Galactic Racing so frustrating? The lack of a learning curve. I lost the first race circuit over and over and over and over and - you get the idea. How I ranked was a complete roll of the dice. I could not dominate in any of the race no matter how flawlessly I ran. That leads to frustration. I am not impressed with the graphics in Ben 10 Galactic Racing. This is one ugly looking game. The color schemes, race tracks and backgrounds are the breeding grounds of migraines. Like other kart racing franchises we launch weapons at the fellow racers. The computer uses this perfectly when I got in first place. And then I found myself in last trying to scrap back to the front. Annoyance number two. The music is upbeat and exciting in Ben 10 Galactic Racing. I enjoyed listening to it. The sound bytes in Ben 10 Galactic Racing are another story. They get old quick, and extremely repetitive. The announcers are pretty dull, which fits with the graphics. Which is not a good thing. It is a bad thing. Some of the sound bytes in Ben 10 Galactic Racing are snide remarks. Ben 10 Galactic Racing obsesses over the number twelve. There are twelve race tracks and twelve racers. Yeah that is on the light side. But the game is frustrating you may never get past the first few races. Which is little reason to replay Ben 10 Galactic Racing. The controls in Ben 10 Galactic Racing are loose, and there are some odd turns in this game. I found all kinds of places to fall of the race track on every single race track. Another bad thing for Ben 10 Galactic Racing. Look at Mario Kart games to learn how to provide a proper learning curve and how players can't die in the first few races. Ben 10 Galactic Racing teaches us to use whatever we can to stop those who are achieving more than us. Liberals will love Ben 10 Galactic Racing since they encourage that in the political spectrum. I also learned to do whatever possible to get to the finish line first. I do not approve of the lessons in Ben 10 Galactic Racing. - Sam Publisher: D3 Publisher System: Wii/PS3/Xbox 360 Rating: `E' for Everyone {Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence} Family Friendly Gaming Graphics: 60% Sounds: 78% Replay/Extras: 70% Gameplay: 55% Family Friendly Factor: 68% NCIS Season Four SCORE: 55 I am surprised it has been so many months since I reviewed Season Three of NCIS. Time has come to get a review of NCIS Season Four into Family Friendly Gaming. This adults only show continues many of the same trends. At the same time NCIS Season Four is a resetting of the team. Gibbs is in Mexico retired from the crime solving game. But he gets drawn back into it when friends need his help. Tony did a wonderful job as team leader, and is even offered his own team. NCIS Season Four sees Tony grow up in some regards. He works on a monogamous relationship - which is new for him. But I suspect something is wrong there - which has to do with the season finale. The blood, gore, enticement to lust, and disgusting images continue in NCIS Season Four. Images in NCIS Season Four can scare children. So please use restraint in who you let see NCIS Season Four. There is also some violence on these DVDs. There is less of an emphasis on terrorists in NCIS Season Four. There is an obsession over an arms dealer and how these various government organizations fight one another. Another aspect of NCIS Season Four that makes it adults only is the horrible language. I wish they would clean that up. It is nothing I want to hear. I served in the military and no one talked that way. I remember one soldier letting something verbally slip and they were punished - severely. So Hollywood is being inaccurate yet again. But does that surprise us? They get people of faith wrong, they get those with a relationship with Jesus Christ wrong, They get conservatives and small government people wrong. They get country people and families wrong. Their track record is one of major, constant, and continu- ous failure. There are some rah rah team kind of bonus features in NCIS Season Four. I only found one episode in all of NCIS Season Four that I wanted to watch a second time. Which is pretty sad for this show. The humor in that one show was tightly written, and that is something I identify with. There are few surprises in NCIS Season Four. The whole re-introduction of Gibbs is fascinating, but ultimately made no sense. He left for a reason, and that is ignored. So he should still have underlying issues with what is going on at NCIS and in the government. But that is not addressed. Online video games, families, creationism, and sex within a marriage is attacked in NCIS Season Four. I am constantly shocked at how NCIS Season Four tries to show deviant sexual behavior as normal. I guess they figure they call tell their lie long enough, and loud enough to brainwash the entire culture into their extreme and radical views. Too bad their views cause all kinds of damage. Yet they are not ever responsible. - Paul Publisher: Paramount System: DVD Rating: `NR' for Not Rated Family Friendly Gaming Graphics: 43% Sounds: 55% Replay/Extras: 79% Gameplay: 60% Family Friendly Factor: 40% Mario Party 2 SCORE: 80 Altered Beast SCORE: 65 I remember when Nintendo 64 games were top of the line. I remember when their graphics impressed me. But there has been a lot of water to flow under that bridge. For one of the retro game reviews this month I decided to play and review Mario Party 2 on the Nintendo 64. I downloaded it to a Wii for this review. I noticed some interesting aspects of the graphics in Mario Party 2. There are parts that look good to this day, and there are parts that show the age of the game, and the technology it was built on. Few younger gamers will be impressed with the images in Mario Party 2. The characters in Mario Party 2 start off by arguing whose name should be used to describe their land/world. That is until Bowser attacks. Then they band together to defeat him in a party game. With so many games in the Mario Party series it is neat to go back and see one of the earlier games. Mario Party 2 has a decent balance in terms of the players and the mini games. I did find it to be extremely frustrating. A high percentage of the time I was one move away from getting the star. I had enough coins, and just needed to roll the dice. Something would always come up before my turn to take away all my coins. This is frustrating beyond belief. On top of that problem, Mario Party 2 lasts forever. And that was with a twenty only turn game. Mario Party 2 allows players even longer games. There are a few boards, and plenty of mini games. I hated having to sit through watching the computer controlled characters play the single player mini games. The cool part about Mario Party 2 is families can enjoy it together. Up to family members. Classic controllers are needed to play it on the Wii. One classic controller per player. Playing Mario Party 2 is like taking a look back in history. It is interesting to me - to see how we gamers have changed over the years. Mario Party 2 was considered a really good game on the Nintendo 64. Yet the franchise has improved drastically over the years. Playing Mario Party 2 showed me some of the ways the series has gotten better over the years. I appreciate Nintendo investing so many resources into party games for families. - Paul One of the first Genesis games I ever played was Altered Beast. At that time in my life I listened to the lies of the world, and ate the game up. It is always important to honestly analyze the content of what we are drowning our brains in. I did not come to that truth until many years later. By the grace of God my eyes were opened and I saw the light. Altered Beast was one of the first games that I remember playing that gave us large characters. I am talking tall, and very muscular. The technology was being pushed. And at the same time the macabre and morbid. There are plenty of disgusting and repugnant images in Altered Beast. The core of this Genesis game is violence. We are raised from the dead by what looks to be someone out of the Greek Mythology religion. As we power up we become more muscular. We have to fight off beasts, and corpses carrying their heads, as well as flying things. I say things because they look like demons to me. It is fascinating to go back to a game like Altered Beast and realize how bad the sound effects really were. They may have had more channels that prior generations, but they are really bad compared to today's standards. They also revolve around the violent nature of Altered Beast. The repetition in Altered Beast is mind numbing. Something is inching towards us on the screen, lets go kill it. Repeat that thousands of times and you have played Altered Beast. Digital murder (of even the undead) stopped appealing to me when I grew up. There are few reasons to replay Altered Beast. To be blunt there are few reasons to ever start playing it. This Genesis game is a part of the history of the industry. The best use of Altered Beast in my opinion is as an example of what not to create in the future. The ESRB was extremely kind to Altered Beast by giving it an Everyone 10 years and older rating. I can see this game as a `T' for Teen easily. I can also see an argument for Altered Beast being rated `M' for Mature. If you retro game, and are considering Altered Beast, let me strongly encourage you to pass on this massively violent home console video game. - Paul Publisher: Nintendo System: N64/Wii Rating: `E' - Everyone {Mild Violence} Family Friendly Gaming Graphics: 80% Sounds: 85% Replay/Extras: 90% Gameplay: 65% Family Friendly Factor: 80% Graphics: 53% Publisher: Sega Sounds: 77% System: Genesis Replay/Extras: 70% Rating: `NR' - Everyone Gameplay: 69% 10+ {Fantasy Violence} Family Friendly Factor: 57% Sanctuary Season 1 SCORE: 53 There are so many wonderful people who spent countless hours contributing to Family Friendly Gaming. I decided it was time for me to take on a television show and review it. Amanda Tapping plays Dr. Helen Magnus. She is a scientist who studies and protects abnormals. What is an abnormal? Pretty much anything we do not currently know about. So things of myth, legend and rumor. Sanctuary Season 1 has an unique take on vampires for instance. I know that Stargate may have been a more well known pick, but Sanctuary is newer. And it helps broaden my horizons. Dr Will Zimmerman is recruited since he has an eye for what happens on a crime scene. And the cops of today ridicule him. The abnormals understand and love him. Yes I am being facetious. Sanctuary Season 1 is dark and dank in its presentation. I am surprised at how few characters there are in this television series. Of course a season is only thirteen episodes so its rather short. Sanctuary Season 1 contains blood, gore, death, and enticement to lust. Its like the creators of Sanctuary Season 1 decided to list all of the bad things, and purposely include them. I can understand being freaked out by monsters, but the bad language is not really needed in Sanctuary Season 1. Its like the kids trying to be cool by blackening their lungs. They do it because they think that is what they need to do to be cool. The music does what it can to freak out the viewer. The best way to describe Sanctuary Season 1 is a horror film where the evil things are valued and protected. A reversal on reality. The church is attacked in Sanctuary Season 1, especially in relation to the history of vampires. Sanctuary Season 1 promotes the religious belief of evolution. Monsters are given the same value as people. In some aspects of Sanctuary Season 1 monsters are shown as more valuable than people. The show ends with Ashley (Dr Magnus' daughter) being kidnapped by the Cabal. They are a ruthless organization determined to rule the world and start a war with abnormals. Kind of like Cobra in GI Joe. Sanctuary Season 1 includes a few bonus features that viewers will check out. Especially after burning through the measly thirteen episodes. There is audio commentary, webisodes, making of featurettes, bloopers, behind the scenes photo gallery, and a sneak peak of season two. I can see little reason to re-watch any of the episodes in Sanctuary Season 1. Honestly there is little reason to watch it in the first place. Just pass please. - Luke Publisher: Syfy System: DVD Rating: `NR' - Not Rated Family Friendly Gaming Graphics: 50% Sounds: 62% Replay/Extras: 58% Gameplay: 60% Family Friendly Factor: 33% Final Fantasy XIII SCORE: 71 I started to play Final Fantasy XIII in preparation of the launch of Final Fantasy XIII-2. Put it down to review the sequel, and am now finally ready to review Final Fantasy XIII. This Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 video game is a work of art and modern technology. This game rivals many of the motion pictures put out by Hollywood. And has some of the same trappings. We get to know deep and complex characters. They each have their own motives, interests, and goals. We hop around from group to group learning a little as we go. Final Fantasy XIII slowly reveals itself to us. The graphics in Final Fantasy XIII are astounding. The art work, animation, and level of realism is inspiring. This also works against Final Fantasy XIII in terms of enticement to lust, violence, blood, and destruction. We see the enemies before we fight them so we can try to avoid them, but that was usually a failing proposition. The music in Final Fantasy XIII is at the level of a symphony. The voice actors exhibit a variety of emotions with their tonal inflections. Here again an opportunity for greatness was lost. Final Fantasy XIII has bad language way too often. This detracts and distracts from otherwise wonderful sounds. Expect to spend numerous hours plotting through Final Fantasy XIII. This game can be beaten quickly or easily. Square Enix does have the characters automatically heal between each battle. This leads players to be less engaged in their characters in between battles. Unless they are leveling up skills. The leveling up system in Final Fantasy XIII is pretty neat. We earn points that are applied to a 3D grid. At certain crystals we earn new skills. This can be additional hit points, or a new magic spell. The Paradigm Shift system of fighting takes some getting used to. We can shift in a battle on the fly. This is how we heal characters, or go all out in a major attack. Characters can be assigned different roles in these so there is some depth. Capturing the summon creatures in Final Fantasy XIII is insanely difficult. We have to find the right thing to do in two minutes or the doom spell kills us. The camera can be a pain in Final Fantasy XIII, and the main lesson is the government is wrong. Final Fantasy games have a habit of going after what is perceived as a bad government. The rebels are always fighting like in Central America. - RPG Master Publisher: Square Enix System: PS3/Xbox 360 Rating: `E' - Teen {Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence} Family Friendly Gaming Graphics: 64% Sounds: 65% Replay/Extras: 85% Gameplay: 80% Family Friendly Factor: 59% Aero Vacation SCORE: 72 Normally we love titles from Chillingo. Aero Vacation is one of their rare releases that I am not fond of. This is a free app on the iPhone/iPod Touch. How can they release an entire video game for free? Well this game will test you. Are you will to be patient and work your way slowly to the top? Or will you want results right away? If you want results right away you will have to pay for it. The cost comes in real world dollars. Things in Aero Vacation take time. However you can hurry it up by spending dollars. Certain items can also be purchased with them. I found myself with a wealth of certain resources and hardly any of others. Aero Vacation has a great color scheme that is alive with color. There are various decals and colors the player can chose. The artwork is neat, and generally family friendly. My biggest complaint is the busty helper. To be fair we can pick other characters to be assistants. The busting out woman is also the cover art character used. Passengers can perform a variety of entertainments based on what you have on your air ship. The music in Aero Vaca- tion fits the theme of this game. It is also alive, fun and fresh. The tutorial in Aero Vacation helps explain what tasks the player has available to them. Do not feel bad if you can not immediately complete quests. It does not take Aero Vacation long to give us quests we can not complete without buying more dollars. It can take forever but they can be achieved. Aero Vacation is one of those games that can be played for a few minutes and then must be left alone for hours. Don't worry your iPhone or iPod Touch will chime at you when the engineers complete tasks or when you arrive at certain destinations. Aero Vacation can be played for months a few minutes at a time. We can do a few things in Aero Vacation. We complete quests, requests, visit new cities, level up, purchase parts, and build a variety of rooms. These are all done through the touch screen. I ran into some issues with certain small buttons not recognizing my touch. I would have to touch it two or three times to get it to register. Aero Vacation contains a wide array of worldly entertainment. There are pubs, spas, bars, casinos and more. I do not mind building a library in a game like Aero Vacation, but a casino or pub are not to my liking. I did everything I could to avoid those kinds of places. Aero Vacation can teach some basic economics and how to utilize various resources. Its free so you try it without wasting anything but time. - Paul Publisher: Chillingo System: iPhone/iPod Touch Rating: `4+' - 4+ Family Friendly Gaming Graphics: 69% Sounds: 82% Replay/Extras: 80% Gameplay: 60% Family Friendly Factor: 68% Marvel vs Capcom 2 SCORE: 55 Family Friendly Gaming is one of the few media outlets that will look honestly at the fighting games. Too often bird feeder websites will say bashing each others faces in is family friendly. Well they normally forget to accurate describe what they are doing in fighting games. So why even bother with them? Someone has to set the records straight. The WMG decided Marvel vs Capcom 2 on the iPhone/iPod Touch was a good game to review. After all Apple says this app is appropriate for everyone nine years old and older. It is interesting that the lenient ESRB gave Marvel vs Capcom 2 a `T' for Teen rating. Meaning thirteen years and older. The visuals in Marvel vs Capcom 2 are shockingly impressively. This little screen and little machine can pump out some very good graphics and animation. But there is a caveat here. Marvel vs Capcom 2 shows numerous women as sexual objects to be lusted after. When is the video game industry going to grow up and start to treat women with respect? There is all this talk of how gamers are getting old and want progress in this area. Yet in 2012 we are still getting this garbage. If the blood, violence, and enticement to lust were not bad enough Marvel vs Capcom 2 also has audio that reinforces these themes. The violence can fill the screen with super powerful attacks. And the sound effects will reinforce that. At times it is distracting and difficult to see what is going on in this hand held game. This is not the only thing that causes confusion though. Marvel vs Capcom 2 has some of the worst controls this re- viewer has ever seen. There is an on screen joystick to the left and four buttons on the right. We can also swipe in certain areas. The biggest problem is we have more than half of the screen covered up by our hands. We can't see what is going on, which leads to frustration. Marvel vs Capcom 2 is one of those games scientifically proven to increase aggression. So why even mess with it? Do yourself a favor and pass on this mess. Marvel vs Capcom 2 promotes violence, and women as sexual objects. 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Bisteeya (Moroccan chicken and almond filo pie)
Crumbly filo pastry encases the spicy chicken and almond mixture in this traditional Moroccan pie.
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I first tried Bisteeya while visiting Morocco, and this version lived up to my memories! Better still, the entire family loved it - don't be put off by the unusual combination of chicken with cinnamon & icing sugar - it truly works!
This is a great pie. My local Woolworths only had 5 tiny thigh fillets left so I bought a BBQ chicken, shredded it, and added the lot to the pie filling after I had browned the thighs. The combination made a lovely deep pie and it worked so well I will always make it like this. I used homemade stock, added about a dessertspoon of Moroccan spice blend to the chilli, garlic and ginger and sautéed about half a bunch of kale along with the onions. I was worried that it would be dry, but it wasn't. Don't worry about the sugar either because it doesn't dominate the flavour in any way. My finished pie turned out perfectly and it looked just as good, if not better, than the one in the photo. The family loved it and my 'picky about meat' 15yo son ploughed his way through three pieces. A 'keeper' recipe for sure.
I made it log shaped (like rolling a spring roll) and it was amazing. Only served 4 people.
Very delicious. A great alternative to the pidgeon version they serve in Morocco. Loved it!
Really easy, looked impressive on the table and it was really tasty too but this dish would be hard pressed to feed 8 as a main. It fed 3 adults and 2 kids served with salad at our house. I'll cook it again and really enjoyed the sweet v savoury & soft v crunchy experience of the meal.
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So, what did y'all think about the premiere of Under The Dome?
I'm excited!
Was that Barbie placing a dead body in a grave? The newspaper woman's husband is cheating on her? Was he the person Barbie put in the grave?
I know the miniseries will not be exactly like the book but I am intrigued.
I'm gonna try to watch it again and see what I might have missed. (Dang! I haven't read Under the Dome in awhile.)
Thoughts, ideas or opinions?
Thank you!