Family Friendly Gaming Hall of Fame
Since 1998 those of involved
with Family Friendly Gaming have been promoting good
games for families. We have been involved in the
industry for decades. We are constantly honoring
good games for families. The Holy Bible has been the
set in stone standards we have applied to the
definitions we use. Covering these games in a wide
variety of forms has been the order of the day for
these games. We wanted to do something additional,
and special for some of the best of the best. Yes we
have a rarely given seal of approval.
What about something else though? Some companies and
some franchises deserve a lifetime achievement
award. Which is usually given when that lifetime is
over with. In video games a franchise can come back.
Companies can come back. So after much prayer,
fasting, and earnestly seeking God's will we have an
exciting announcement. Welcome to the Family
Friendly Gaming Hall of Fame. Here are the in year
of our Lord 2015 inductees. Each inductee will be
sent a plaque to commemorate their status of as a
Family Friendly Gaming Hall of Famer.
Kinect - Microsoft Games
Nintendo started off the exercising gaming
revolution with the Wii and motion controls.
Microsoft could have just leap-frogged over the
technology just barely like Sony did. Microsoft went
another direction with the Kinect controls. This
scanning your entire skeleton puts the gamer
complete in the video game. Full body controls make
dancing and exercise video games light years better
than anything with motion controls. Kinect is also
light years beyond any controller only video game.
Gamers are no longer seen as fat, lazy, slobs who
just sit on the couch thanks to Kinect. Instead they
are seen as caring, considerate members of society
who acknowledge the reality that exercise is good
for all of us.
MLB The Show - Sony San Diego Studio
There has been one baseball video game franchise
that has dominated for years. It is the MLB The Show
franchise. Not only do the MLB The Show games look
really good on the Sony video game home consoles,
they play amazingly as well. As an added bonus MLB
The Show looks, and plays great on the hand held
Sony devices as well. If there is any reason to own
one of those hand held devices - MLB The Show is it.
This franchise feels like baseball. This franchise
sounds like baseball stadiums. Sony San Diego Studio
does one thing really well - baseball simulation
video games. They have done it so well that they
have earned their place in the Family Friendly
Gaming Hall of Fame.
Kinectimals - Frontier Developments
Kinectimals is one of the few video games to ever
receive a perfect one hundred score from Family
Friendly Gaming. The sequel (Kinectimals now with
bears) missed that perfect mark by one point. Kids
love to play with Kinectimals video games. It is so
much fun to interact with your own digital cat or
bear in the Kinectimals video games. Family members
are up on their feet while they interact with their
digital pets. Which means exercise is received while
having a really good time. Kinectimals spawned all
kinds of different clones. Other companies realized
what Frontier Developments and Microsoft Game
Studios had on their hands - a Family Friendly
Gaming Hall of Famer.
Yolanda Bury - Family Friendly Gaming
Yolanda Bury’s contributions to Family Friendly
Gaming over the decades is uncountable. She has
worked on art direction, proofing, playing games,
writing columns, contributing at brain storming
sessions and more. She has boldly stood up for good
women role models, and a Biblical understanding of
where men and women sit in relationships. She
routinely takes her problems to God, and then her
husband. Her ideas, concepts, and wisdom over the
years has helped steer the giant ship known as
Family Friendly Gaming. The Female Side of Gaming
exists today because of her hard work. Yolanda Bury
has shown herself to be as much a pioneer as Family
Friendly Gaming has. She has earned her place in the
Family Friendly Gaming Hall of Fame ten times over.
Tetris - Alexey Pajitnov
There are a couple of video games that almost every
single human being on planet Earth knows about.
Tetris is one of those video games. Tetris has
become a cultural icon, and has been presented on
many video game systems in a variety of formats.
Tetris has launched revolutions, and systems. Alexey
Pajitnov is the originator of Tetris, so he is being
acknowledged here with Tetris. Puzzle games exist in
video games because of Tetris. The distinctive music
in Tetris will get stuck in your head. Just like the
desire to beat just one more level. Get one more
line matched up with those blocks. Tetris has
dropped its way into the Family Friendly Gaming Hall
of Fame.
The Bible Game - Mass Media
Crave Entertainment knew Mass Media was creating a
product that the fanatical zealot closed minded
extremely left wing gaming media would not
appreciate. Bigotry against Christians is nothing
new. Thanks to The Bible Game on the Playstation 2,
Xbox, and Gameboy Advance the video game industry
was able to see it. Not only did Mass Media make an
amazing video game that families all over the world
could enjoy they also made a video game that stands
the test of time. The home console version is a
party game with all kinds of fun mini games. There
is also amazing Christian music and a few questions
here and there. The hand held version of this little
game is a quest more epic than any Zelda video game.
The Bible Game stood up to the bullies and showed
that Christian video games, concepts and ideas are
still relevant and important in this day and age.
The Bible Game earns its place in the Family
Friendly Gaming Hall of Fame.
Adventures of Lolo - Hal Laboratory
One of the best franchises of all time was released
on the 8-bit NES. The Adventures of Lolo had three
games on that home console. They were Adventures of
Lolo, Adventures of Lolo 2, and Adventures of Lolo
3. Retro gamers still appreciate the depth of these
three puzzle video games that required the player to
be smart, efficient, and quick. Few modern video
game franchises have been able to match what the
Adventures of Lolo games did. Hal Laboratory made
one of the most epic franchises back on the 8-bit
Nintendo Entertainment System. The Adventures of
Lolo earns its way with thoughtful contemplation
into the Family Friendly Gaming Hall of Fame.
Farming Simulator - Focus Home Interactive
It does not matter if you are talking about the
Personal Computer, hand helds, or home consoles. The
Farming Simulator franchise has conquered all of
them. Sure the Family Friendly Gaming coverage has
helped spike their sales. It is a mutual respect
because the Farming Simulator video games are so
much fun. Plus they help remind us of all the hard
work farmers go through to bring food to our tables.
Planting, and harvesting are essential sections of
life, and the Farming Simulator franchise keeps that
in the forefront of our minds. Out of all the
simulation video games out there on the market
Farming Simulator has distinguished itself as
honest, genuine, real, and important. Years ago
Focus Home Interactive planted their way into the
Family Friendly Gaming Hall of Fame. It is time for
them to harvest it.