Review: "Nancy Drew Ghost of Thornton Hall" - PC/MAC

Reviewed by Yolanda for FamilyFriendlyGaming

SCORE: 74/100

Nancy Drew Ghost of Thornton Hall is the latest Nancy Drew game from Her Interactive. This is mystery number twenty-eight if you are keeping count. Making this one of the longest running franchises in the entire industry. This time we investigate a kidnapping in a dysfunctional rich family.

Blink brings true stories and fiction to YA readers. The literature published by Blink is a positive reflection of what is inspiring and heartening while maintaining a tradition of imaginative and exciting storytelling that will bring readers to the edge of their seats, immerse them in a heartrending love story, or engross them in a story of a life well-lived. Readers will see themselves in all facets of Blink’s literature and will find new levels of entertainment that enrich and uplift.

Review: "Star Trek: Into Darkness"

Film And DVD Reviews by Phil Boatwright

CREDITS: Chris Pine (James T. Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Zoë Saldana, Alice Eve. Paramount. Sci-fi adventure. Written by Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof. Directed by J. J. Abrams 5/16/13

FILM SYNOPSIS: After the crew of the Enterprise finds an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.

Review: "Mario and Donkey Kong Minis on the Move" - Nintendo 3DS

Reviewed by Yolanda for FamilyFriendlyGaming

SCORE: 88/100

It has been some time since Family Friendly Gaming played a Mario and Donkey Kong Minis game. Many of us here missed the Lemmings kind of puzzle game play, the wind up characters, and the mind boggling puzzles. The franchise is back in Mario and Donkey Kong Minis on the Move on the Nintendo 3DS, and its a little different.

Kansas author Deborah Raney's latest novel released this week from Simon & Schuster's Christian imprint, Howard Books. The Face of the Earth is Raney's twenty-second published book. The contemporary novel set in the fictional town of Sylvia, Missouri, is the story of a man whose wife seemingly disappears from the face of the earth, and the decisions he must make as he searches for her.

A newly hatched spider weaves an intricate web without being taught. A recently emerged butterfly somehow knows to navigate a 2,500-mile migration route without a guide. God explains that He has endowed each creature with specific knowledge. Scripture, not evolution, explains animal instincts.

Proverbs 30:24-28; Jeremiah 8:7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.

 Job 39

Review: "Color Commando" - Nintendo DSi

Reviewed by Luke for FamilyFriendlyGaming

SCORE: 84/100

Color Commando is a cute little Nintendo DSi game (playable on the Nintendo 3DS too) where we navigate the main character to a treasure chest. Simple right? It would be if those blob characters were not in our way. One touch and we have to start the entire level over again.

Neptune’s rings have thick regions and thin regions. This unevenness means they cannot be billions of years old, since collisions of the ring objects would eventually make the rings very uniform.

Review: "Iron Man 3"

Review by Paeter Frandsen

After a phenomenal first movie, a less fantastic but still great second movie and being heavily featured in the amazing film experience that was The Avengers, it could have been anyone's guess how Iron Man would do in his third movie. Third movies in trilogies are notoriously bad or at least fall significantly short of the film before them. Blade: Trinity, Spider-man 3, X:Men 3, Batman Forever, and dare I say... The Dark Knight Rises. (Leave Superman 3 alone people. Apples and oranges to the first two movies, but still a great flick!)

The Fire is the debut solo worship album from Samuel Lane (St Albans Vineyard Church) and the first full-length CD to be released under Vineyard Records UK's new General Manager Jimmy Cooke.

Building on the success of Ultimate Collections from Matt Redman, Tim Hughes and Stuart Townsend comes Robin Mark - The Ultimate Collection.

Altars spent most of 2012 on the road in support of the debut full length "Conclusions". Their sophomore album "Something More", brings exactly that, both in music and in message. Musically the band has evolved and built on the hardcore foundation that they laid with "Conclusion" but now add more melody, and dynamic to the mix. In January of 2013, the band announced a free download of the title track of this album which created huge interest around the band the this new album.

Review: "SpeedX 3D Hyper Edition" - Nintendo 3DS

Reviewed by Paul for FamilyFriendlyGaming

SCORE: 90/100

It is so easy to get cynical in the video game industry. We have to deal with selfish people all the time. We have to deal with constant plugging, and promoting of average or less than average products. We have to deal with all these bad attitudes from a variety of sources. So it is nice to find a ray of shining light.

While sharing their testimonies is an essential component of the new project and live show, Whosoever South's infectious and inventive blend of what some call "country crunk" is the main catalyst for reeling in the masses. The blend is certainly unconventional, akin to street savvy influences like TobyMac and Lecrae colliding with something that might be found on the T Bone Burnett-produced O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack, complete with banjo, harmonica, guitar, trumpet, bass, piano, dobro and cello.