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The VOICE of the FAMILY in GAMING TM Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 and 2, Townsmen VR, and more this is- sue. Does your family need some Just Dance 2021 exercise? ISSUE #161 December 2020 December CONTENTS 2020 161 Links: Home Page Section Page(s) Editor’s Desk 4 Female Side 5 Comics 7 Sound Off 8 - 10 Look Back 12 Quiz 13 Devotional 14 In The News 16 - 23 We Would Play That! 24 Reviews 25 - 37 Sports 38 - 41 Developing Games 42 - 67 Now Playing 68 - 83 Last Minute Tidbits 84 - 106 “Family Friendly Gaming” is trademarked. Contents of Family Friendly Gaming is the copyright of Paul Bury, and Yolanda Bury with the exception of trademarks and related indicia (example Digital Praise); which are prop- erty of their individual owners. Use of anything in Family Friendly Gaming that Paul and Yolanda Bury claims copyright to is a violation of federal copyright law. Contact the editor at the business address of: Family Friendly Gaming 7910 Autumn Creek Drive Cordova, TN 38018 [email protected] Trademark Notice Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft all have trademarks on their respective machines, and games. The current seal of approval, and boy/girl pics were drawn by Elijah Hughes thanks to a wonderful donation from Tim Emmerich. Peter and Noah are inspiration to their parents. Family Friendly Gaming Page 2 Page 3 Family Friendly Gaming Editor’s Desk FEMALE SIDE creativity of others in those regards. sees it as baby steps. Anything getting done Had a Good Day One day at a time is movement in the right direction. He has As I write this right before Halloween I real- taught me that comprehending our perspec- I was comparing the concepts in a couple of songs. The I am still recovering from a surgery as I write this. I am ize I am having a good day. I have plenty of tive is one of the most important things we first one was Life is Good by Stellar Kart and the second getting better little by little. In other words taking it one chores to do. I have a lot that needs to be can. We are thankful for what we got done or one was Bad Day by Daniel Powter. At first glance these day at a time. Our puppy is getting better at potty training done. For some reason I continue to have unhappy that more was not done. Which side two songs have the exact opposite reactions to life. One of each and every single day. We have taken that training one hope and happiness for the future. I enjoy life of this debate do you find yourself on? Do them is focusing on a bad day, and the other is focusing on day at a time as well. There have been good days and there and we have seen some awesome explosions you take life one day a time? Do you obsess a good day. At deeper meditation it dawned on me that Life have been bad days. We keep working on improving it one of growth here at Family Friendly Gaming. about what is coming in the near future? is Good is even deeper. We can have a good day or a bad day at a time. There have been all kinds of challenges dur- We have been helping the video game indus- Maybe things you obsess over never ever day and ultimately what is important is where we spend ing the Chinese flu COVID-19. We take it one day a time. try since 2005. I am thankful for each and happen. That can be really bad in my opin- eternal life. Heaven will be better than the best day here for There have been all kinds of blessings in our life this year. every one of ya’ll. Know that you are loved ion. I prefer to take life one day at a time. I the most blessed person on the planet. Whether the day We take those one day at a time as well. There has been and cared about. Life is definitely good, but recommend Family Friendly Gaming Uni- is good or bad we can always focus on how great life with all kinds of political mailings, and more. I will be so glad eternal life is better. verse does as well. God will be. That is of course assuming you have accepted when those are done with. the free gift of salvation from Jesus Christ. God bless, God bless, There are numerous challenges and projects that take nu- Paul Bury Yolanda Bury For some reason as we get closer to Christmas I get happier merous days to complete. Splitting out the tasks one day a and happier. I don’t really care about what I receive. I love time helps make these projects more manageable. On top giving and seeing the joy in the eyes of others. I love spend- of that it feels good to get progress each and every single ing time with family. I love focusing on the birth of Jesus day. Some days I get more progress on challenges and proj- Christ. I love helping others when I have the resources ects than others days. That is okay because each day has and opportunity. I love getting to do some extra stream- challenges of their own. This is another great reason to take ing and working on different projects as time permits. I life one day at a time. There is always something that needs love brainstorming with others on cool things we can do to be done each and every single day. There are so many in the upcoming year. I love taking time to find things to differences between what needs to be done that life stays be thankful for. It will be different this year with a puppy interesting. I never know what any one day will bring. I just around. Hopefully she learns to behave around food. appreciate what comes from one day to the next. I find it interesting there are so many people talking about I found that if you obsess about what is coming in upcom- how they can’t wait for 2020 to end. There is nothing that ing days then you will wind up stressing out and missing says everything will be resolved, better, and fixed January 1, out on sleep. It is good to plan for things coming. Say you 2021. In fact swapping one year to the next is just a day and are going on a vacation then it is smart to pack a day or has little to do with what is going on. After all it will still be two ahead of time to make sure you have everything. Say winter. I expect issues we have faced in 2020 will continue you are making a presentation of a product in the upcom- on in 2021 and possibly have lasting effects on our society ing month. Practicing and preparing is perfect. Constantly and culture. Will masks become common place all of the thinking about it and what might go wrong is not going time? After all they are used frequently in Asian countries. to help you. Trust me on this reality. I have been there and I also saw a funny meme about how COVID-19 is some- done that. I even have the T-shirt. It really is about balance thing made in China that has lasted a long time. The refer- in your life and approach to challenges. ence there is a lot of made in China products break easily and often. Some people might be offended by that joke. I My hubby is really good at taking things one day a time. found it humorously personally. I do have a sense of humor He gets as much done as he can each and every single day. and have laughed at quite a few clever memes. I admire the He does not stress about not getting something done. He Family Friendly Gaming Page 4 Page 5 Family Friendly Gaming Lesson-based EDUCATION & FUN Mission SOCIAL MEDIA Statement TIDBITS Family Friendly Gaming (FFG) was cre- ated 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 bal- anced approach to all news, previews, reviews, interviews, features, and other Colossians: 9781935915010 | 1 Peter: 9780976054870 | 2 Peter: 9780976054887 | Phillipians: 9781935915010 | James: 9780976054863 articles found within. The secular video 1 Timothy: 9780976054825 | 2 Timothy: 9780976054894 | Interactive Parables: 9780976054801 | Interactive Parables Spanish: 9780976054818 game media reports mainly on the most morally bankrupt games and call those games good. The major secular media Interactive Bible Series for Windows by GraceWorks Interactive reports on the bad side of video games mainly. Most other Christian media outlets claim video games turn the player into a zombie, or they completely wor- ship video games. Family Friendly Gam- ing reports the good, and bad side effects alog features 1 to video games. It is the belief of the s cat 500 Thi + owners that readers are smart enough to vailable Homesch come to their conclusions without those 0 a ool 00 titl in the media handing opinions to them. DVD-ROMs contain PowerPoint Bible stories, 3 - 5 on 9 es each disk. The PowerPoints contain stunning lifelike of . Those of us at Family Friendly Gaming still graphics. Not cartoons, but computer generated photorealistic imagery. Their purpose is to provide a believe by giving you the facts, you can great backdrop while the teacher articulates the story, decide for yourself.