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AGE OF EMPIRES II

Age: Teen

Category: Strategy/RTS (Real Time Strategy) Publisher: Microsoft

This game strongly exercises a person's intellect. It takes a great deal of planning and strategy to win this game, whether through conquest or other means (such as treaties). Not everyone will be your ally, so you must originate alternative plans as well. This game can be recommended for those that like a sturdy challenge. Age of Empires II gets an 87% (B)for its intellectually challenging matches, teaching of resource management, and all around fun. (AL Menconi Ministries)

FIFA 2002 World Cup Age: Everyone

Category: Sport

Publisher: Electronic Arts

More human realism and diversity in player faces, Improved facial animation, More joints in player skeletons, Supporting player audio in Out Of Play Scripts, Next Generation of Gameplay, Defenders mark better, especially in their own half, Goalies are now more challenging and play smarter, Volumes of new animation in kicks, sprints, shots, crosses, saves, etc., Smoother transition and blending between animations, Precise contact points in player-ball collision, Natural movement in turns and speed variance. Visually impacting, cinematic "In the game" experience.

Age: Mature Category: -

Publisher: Sierra On-Line

The game is a tornado of violence and adrenal fast-paced action that absorbs the player into its fantasy world. Most well designed point-and-shoot games are capable of immersing you into their reality and Half-Life succeeds. When you are playing such a game, it is hard to acknowledge the world around you. The fantasy world makes you so powerful; it is more fun than the real world. A problem with this type of brutal and self-serving world is it’s hard to withdraw yourself from it. Half-life gets a score of 55% (F+) due to the excessive blood and violence.

(AL Menconi Ministries)

Counter-Strike is the ultimate multiplayer gaming experience, combining all the elements of the Half-Life online universe with new single and multiplayer content. At the heart of this package is Counter-Strike, the number one played online action game built as an add-on for Half-Life

(MegaGames)

MEDAL OF HONOR

Age: Teen

Category: 3D shooter Publisher: Electronic Arts

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is a fairly realistic depiction of events that occurred in WWII, which gives teens and adults somewhat of an idea of the sacrifices that American soldiers gave in order that we might have the liberty, justice, and freedom that we have today. Even though the killings are justified in time of war, it still is very intense and not appropriate for children. Because of this Medal of Honor: Allied Assault gets a 68% (D+) for a large amount of violence.

(AL Menconi Ministries)

NEED FOR SPEED

Age: Everyone Category: Racing

Publisher: Electronic Arts

The goal in Hot Pursuit mode is to avoid cops, road blocks, and spike belts. If you get pulled over for speeding, you get a warning on the first offense. The second offense sends you packing for jail time with Big Gay Al. (All Reviews)

With its enhanced 3-D sound and graphics, and improved cars and tracks (you can now drive as cops and at night), this version leaves all other driving games in the dust. You can play it

Tournament (Sam Mead).

RETURN TO CASTLE WONFENSTEIN

Age: Mature

Category: 3D – shooter action Publisher: Activision

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is another one of those games with an overabundance of violence, and crude behavior. This game is well designed, has excellent graphics, sound, gameplay, etc. But because of the excessive blood and gore, and very blatant occult items and characters, Return to Castle Wolfenstein gets a 39 (F-)

(AL Menconi Ministries)

RED ALERT

Age: Teen

Category: Strategy

Publisher: Westwood Studios

Red Alert is a great game. There aren't an overwhelming number of mouse and keyboard commands to remember so you can jump in and get playing right away without a frustrating learning curve. This game is an interesting mental exercise in speculative history and war strategy. The violence is minimized while the strategy is the focus. The between level cinematics show the Soviet side led by Stalin as morally bankrupt and backstabbing. This is a fairly accurate portrayal of the truth. This is not a game for the very young, such as preteens, since it focuses on war and destruction. It earns a score of 77% (C) for young adults.

(AL Menconi Ministries)

SIMS Age: Teen

Category: Domestic Strategy

Publisher: Maxis: A division of Electronic Arts

While The Sims does encourage more creativity than most games, it also appeals to the base nature of man. This game shows the player that it is difficult to run a happy household and it proves that if man were able to control his fellow man, this world would really be much worse off. This game teaches the player about life, but here are some concerns we have about what The Sims teaches. It is easy for this game to degenerate for many into a quest for materialism, hedonism, and debauchery. Like many games, the Sims is addictive in that it takes dozens or hundreds of hours to play well. This Trojan Horse packs a lot more deceit

Menconi Ministries)

WARCRAFT

Age: Teen

Category: Strategy

Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment

"Warcraft" is a military strategy game that forces you to think about what you are doing instead of just slashing anything that moves. While playing, you have to decide whether to allocate gold and resources to building more structures and upgrading equipment or training more soldiers. Unfortunately, the positive aspects of the game are outweighed by the use of occult magic by both sides, the brutality of killing the defenseless peasants, and the occult imagery. "Warcraft" receives a 61% (D-) due to its occultic focus and preoccupation with slaughtering the other side.

(AL Menconi Ministries)

REFERENCES FOR GAMES

AL Menconi Ministries : http://www.almenconi.com/topics/games/reviews.html Entertainment Software Rating Board: http://www.esrb.org/

Megagames: www.megagames.com All Reviews : www.all-reviews.com