While far from perfect, Bethesda’s Fallout 3 was easily one of the best games of the last few years. It was expansive and interesting and dangerous and flat-out fun. But it was also violent and full of extreme gore—not a game I’d recommend for everyone.…
Transformers: War for Cybertron (Rated T) Editor’s Note: We’re trying something new here on youthmindev.wpengine.com: video game reviews! We’ll talk about the good and bad of the game, but also give you an idea of whether this would be something you could play with some teenagers from your group.…
Editor’s Note: A few years ago Jonathan Acuff launched a little Web site called StuffChristiansLike.net as a way to riff on the peculiar ways Christians think, talk, and act. Now, fueled by 730,000 online readers in 209 countries, Acuff has published a book titled Stuff Christians Like (Zondervan) as a “field guide to all things Christian.”…
Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)… Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish To go back to a place much simpler than this.…
Miley’s new music video, Can’t Be Tamed, was released this past Tuesday, May 4th. The press has described it as “sexy,” “dark” and “seductive.” I would just describe it as textbook selling out. Britney did it. Aguilera did it. Beyoncé and Lady Gaga are still doing it.…
In recent years we’ve been treated to remakes of nearly all the classic monsters — Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Mummy–and now it’s the Wolfman’s turn. Unfortunately, it’s a mixed bag–a film that’s not quite sure what it wants to be. The film starts well.…
Pray for Haiti and give till it hurts, but let this horrible tragedy remind you that there are spiritual earthquakes happening everyday in the lives of your friends who don’t know Jesus. Calamity… Do you know this word? The dictionary defines it as: “An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster” (www.dictionary.com)…
It’s official… Robert Downey Jr. is more than Iron Man. He’s actor man and mega kudos to him for bringing back one of the coolest characters in all of literary history: Sherlock Holmes. If you didn’t know, the tales of this incredible detective’s adventures have been around for over 120 years.…
Rated PG I remember, when I was a kid, being endlessly addicted to watching Nickelodeon. I loved it. Everything from Sharon, Lois, and Bram’s Elephant Show and David the Gnome to Double Dare and GUTS (I’m not sure why that one was always in all caps).…
(Rated R) There are lots of people (guys mostly) who are able to memorize and recite an endless amount of statistics about multiple sports, teams, and players. They can tell you the years that certain teams won championships, who scored when during certain games, and what records each of those players set.…
