Everything you wanted Papo & Yo shows Kids will have fun with to know about the Wii U how far one will Kinect Sesame Street - inside this issue! go for friendship TV! Family Friendly The VOICE of the FAMILY in Gaming GAMING TM Issue #61 Display until September 11, 2012 Page 14 Contents Issue Number 61 August 2012 www.familyfriendlygaming.com 5 Editor’s Desk Onward - FFG Progress Report 6 Female Side Time to talk about Greed 7 Working Man Gamer The ESRB’s shifting standard 8 - 11 Sound Off Page 14 Sports Forza Horizon Readers opportunity to tell Family Friendly Gam- ing what they think, and why. 12 Top Ten What are the best Xbox 360 games for families? 14 - 17 Sports Pedal to the Metal in Forza Horizon! 18 - 25 In the News Designing Games With Students Who Learn Differently, Is It ‘Dependence Day’ for Today’s Children?, Nyko Announces Gaming Controllers for Tegra-Based Tablets, RescueSim used for incident response training, 30-Hour Videogame Marathon Nets Nearly $93,000 for charity, The Ernie Kovacs Collection Volume 2, Standard Publishing announces changes for Christian Standard magazine, and more. Page 20 News Nyko Controllers 26 State of Gaming Business is picking up. Important Legal Disclaimer: “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 property 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: c/o Paul Bury 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 Ememrich. Popcap Games News Page 23 Family Friendly Gaming Contents 27 - 39 Reviews Dragonvale, inFamous 2, Portal 2, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, Elektra, NCIS Season Six, SGU Stargate Universe The Complete Final Season, Golden Axe, Sonic Spinball, Lego Pirates of the Caribbean The Video Game, and Reel Fishing Paradise 3D are reviewed this issue. 40 - 61 Developing Games Wii U, Ragnarok Tactics, The Cave, Harley Pasternak’s Hollywood Workout, Nights Into Dreams, Pokemon Black 2, Pokemon White 2, Phantasy Star Online 2, and Sound Shapes are featured. Developing GamesWii U Page 41 62 - 73 Recent Releases Order Up, Gnome Town, Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, Pro Cycling Manager 2012, Candle Route, and Knights of the Round Cable are featured this issue. 74 Devotional Five Loaves and Two Fishes 75 Affecting the Masses Video Game Violence. 76 - 87 Last Minute Updates Papo & Yo, Karaoke Joysound, Ice Age Continental Drift Arctic Games, Unmechanical, Kinect Sesame Street TV, NBA Live 13, and more are featured this issue. Editorial in Chief: Paul Bury S Art Editor: Yolanda Bury Inspiration: Peter Bury T Inspiration: Noah Bury Sports: Frank Bury Recent ReleasesPro Cycling Manager 2012 Page 70 Hunting: Kimp Boykin A Game Journalist: Mark Game Journalist: Alan Lane Game Journalist: Roger F Game Journalist: Nathaniel Dziomba Game Journalist: Luke Game Journalist: Shirley Game Journalist: Sam F Page 84Last Minute Updates Kinect Sesame Street TV Working Man Gamer: ??? Family Friendly Gaming Editor’s Desk Onward products. This counts the We continue to meet so online reviews only. The last many wonderful people. We There is not a day that goes by six to nine e-magazine reviews get to interact at shows like that I am not thankful for all have not been moved online. E3, through email, phone calls, the blessings God has be- So our review count is a little even letter correspondence. stowed upon us. I am amazed bit higher than the three thou- This is includes the thousands at how many products are pro- sand. June 2012 had over four of friends and contacts we have cessed here at Family Friendly hundred thousand hit counts at the companies, PR firms, Gaming. This is reviews, pre- on the website. We passed the readers, supporters and more. views, news, videos, images, three hundred review mark for There are two big and more. The videos section this year early in July. Fam- projects we are hoping to get has exploded this year. I hope ily Friendly Gaming has been to this year. One will be the ya’ll have been enjoying it, the recognized by Raptr.com. They software upgrade for the e- Youtube channel, Facebook now have a section devoted to magazine, and the second is a page, Twitter, and Raptr. Family Friendly Gaming. Raptr secret. Oh and there is a third As promised we have has been an amazing blessing one we are looking at - upgrad- some changes to this issue. The to Family Friendly Gaming. ing at least one of our comput- In The News section swaps They are an amazing commu- ers. We hope to open it back things up. Looking at it will nity that responds positively to up to reviewing more Personal make the changes apparent. the Family Friendly Gaming Computer games in the future. We are now documenting what viewpoint. There are people There are a few hidden projects section pages fall under. That who may not always agree, but being worked on as we speak. roll out started in the last issue. they respond in a respectful, So expect exciting things. Post of the Month is a new polite, and civil manner. section, as is the TOP TEN. As I am sure you are God bless you, and yours, Thanks to Christ Centered aware it costs money for Paul Bury Game Reviews for the Post of Family Friendly Gaming to the Month. We continue to put function. We have a few dif- more text into the picture page ferent revenue streams. The sections. What do ya’ll think of continued poor economy has the wonderful front cover this impacted us. We are exploring issue? different revenue streams for Some cool stats for a variety of projects. One of ya’ll. Family Friendly Gaming those is donations. We are giv- has reached over 2.5 million ing our readers the opportunity unique IP addresses. That to donate to Family Friendly means over 2.5 million loca- Gaming. That way we can con- tions have come to Family tinue to improve aspects of this Friendly Gaming. That can ministry. We have a real heart mean a household, a library, for this ministry, and a heart to a hot spot, a place of em- make things even better. ployment, etc. We have now I am so thankful for reviewed over three thousand each and every one of ya’ll. Family Friendly Gaming Female Side Greed their own books so they politicians are crooked.” can make even more money. ? Demand better. Call out the Yet they won’t plug the little I know I am not the first greedy. I am calling them out guy when he/she calls in. person to come to this realiza- right here and right now. What Won’t plug books that are out- tion. I know I am not the first will you do to call attention to side their good ole boys club. woman in the media to com- those worshipping at the altar PBS takes tax dollars to make ment on this topic. I know I of greed? their television shows, and then am not the first American to I still believe in free takes the profit when they sell identify this problem. Life is markets. We must demand those same shows on DVD. not about being first. Life is charity of those who have been I get tired of funding other about living a life that is pleas- blessed. The blessed need to people’s greed. The President ing to God. The Holy Spirit give opportunities to the little of the United States flies all laid something down upon my guy. Give them a plug once in around on our dime to fund- heart that I must write about. awhile. raisers so he can mess our lives The topic is greed. There is over with even worse laws. All too much greed going on in God bless your family, he has done for America is try the world. It would be easy to Yolanda Bury and make it into a third world pick targets in America. Before country. I do, let me make one impor- Family Friendly Gam- tant point - greed is a problem ing had been a long time sup- all around the world. People porter of Amazon.com. We all over the planet are being are withdrawing that support oppressed by those who care over their unethical business about their own gain. They do practices, intimidation poli- not care about people. Some cies, and false accusations. A put on a good face, but lets be new project has started to real - they care about them- remove Amazon associates selves. boxes from our website. This This disease has even project will take months, but infested churches. Prosperity we are no longer comfort- teachers are a fine example. able with having Amazon as a Corporations are run by peo- partner. Their misdeeds over ple. The people at the top of recent months has reached a many of these corporations are boiling point. We have given greedy. Companies that are them opportunity after op- making millions of dollars are portunity to correct their bad laying off workers. All so the behavior.