November 17, 2006 Archive

Gaming

• Friday Flash: Find It!, The Missile Game, Sheep Dash, Commander Keen

  A blast from the past rounds it out, with some 3-D flying, some quick-reaction testing, and brain tricks to demonstrate just how poorly you spot changes.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Phillip Winn — on Nov 17, 2006

• Nintendo DS Review: Lego Star Wars II

  A completely different game than the ones you've played through on the home consoles.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Nov 17, 2006

• PS2 Review: The Sims 2 - Pets

  The latest installment in the Sims Universe! This game features the ability to own cats and dogs.

  Review in Gaming — by Zaldor — on Nov 17, 2006

Culture

• Theater Review: Whipping It Up at The Bush, West London

  This is politics as Machiavellian ping-pong played for laughs.

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Nov 17, 2006

• Masters of Horror: Ray Keim of Haunted Dimensions

  As part of our Masters of Horror series, this week we interview Ray Keim of Haunted Dimensions.

  Interview in Culture — by hauntedreport — on Nov 17, 2006

• Teen Pregnancy: A Father's Story

  My daughter was sixteen and pregnant. With love and support, she made her choice, and our lives are richer for it.

  Opinion in Culture — by Donnie Marler — on Nov 17, 2006

• The Trouble with Happiness: Understanding the Difference between Joy and Pleasure

  Americans are spending unprecedented amounts of money in their pursuit of happiness, but seem less satisfied than ever. Is lasting happiness really possible?

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Nov 17, 2006

• Slow Drivers Bug Me!

  If those who drive slow and follow too close are offended, guess what? I don’t give a rip.

  Opinion in Culture — by SJ Reidhead — on Nov 17, 2006

• Q: Did Chastity Belts Really Exist?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Culture — by Mental_Floss — on Nov 17, 2006

• Stanley "Tookie" Williams: One Year Later

  Thoughts on the Crips' founder, executed December 13, 2005.

  Opinion in Culture — by Robert Lashley — on Nov 17, 2006

• Q: What Was the Greatest College Prank of All-time?

  The mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Culture — by Mental_Floss — on Nov 17, 2006

• Day By Day for November 17, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for November 17, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Nov 17, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: Bobby

  Emilio Estevez puts forth his best effort to deliver one of the year's biggest surprises.

  Review in Video — by Neil Miller — on Nov 17, 2006

• Reality TV Casting Call: Plastic Surgery/Home Improvement Series

  News in Video — by TV with MeeVee — on Nov 17, 2006

• MeeVee Interview with The Office's Brian Baumgartner

  Interview in Video — by TV with MeeVee — on Nov 17, 2006

• DVD Review: Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law - Vol. 2

  Every time you're like, "This is weeeeeeeird!", take a drink.

  Review in Video — by Modern Pea Pod — on Nov 17, 2006

• TV Review: NCIS - "Once A Hero"

  NCIS continues to be the crime scene investigation show that does not take itself too seriously and has more fun than any of its competition.

  Review in Video — by C. Michael Bailey — on Nov 17, 2006

• Web Video Series Review: Meaning Of Life.TV

  Robert Wright's work on this site and series is truly impressive

  Review in Video — by Gagan — on Nov 17, 2006

• Movie Review: Casino Royale (2006) - James Bond Reborn

  We see glimpses of the old Bond, and quite a few beginnings of the later one.

  Review in Video — by Aaman Lamba — on Nov 17, 2006

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Casino Royale, Happy Feet, Let's go to Prison

  This week James Bond takes on tap-dancing penguins.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 17, 2006

• Movie Review: Casino Royale

  Is Daniel Craig the best Bond ever? No, but he's much better the expected.

  Review in Video — by Ian Woolstencroft — on Nov 17, 2006

• DVD Review: Little Britain: The Complete Third Series

  They have miraculously managed to bridge the gap between political incorrectness, crude humor, and transvestites.

  Review in Video — by Tan The Man — on Nov 17, 2006

• DVD Review: King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition (2005)

  A movie too long gains additional weight with more action. It's also one of the best DVDs ever made.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Nov 17, 2006

• Blogcritics Goodie Bag: Casino Royale, Janet Jackson, Camilo Villegas on AT&T Home Turf, and Accepted game

  Digital media music and video downloads and streams.

  News in Video — by Anna Creech — on Nov 17, 2006

• TV Review: Survivor 13: Cook Islands - Episode 9

  Time (to go away) saved in a bottle and a great umu. Maybe you had to be there.

  Review in Video — by Jackie — on Nov 17, 2006

• DVD Review: BBC Atlas of the Natural World - Western Hemisphere and Antarctica

  An 18-hour examination of the beauty of two continents.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Nov 17, 2006

• Movie Review: Lights in the Dusk

  A report from the Pusan Film Festival

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Nov 17, 2006

Music

• Music Review - A Duncan Sheik Anthology: Brighter/Later

  A compilation sure to awe any Sheik aficionado.

  Review in Music — by Joanne Schenker — on Nov 17, 2006

• Music Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live At The Fillmore East March 6 & 7, 1970 (Neil Young Archives - Performance Series)

  Neil Young's Archives have landed, and if Live At Fillmore East 1970 is any indication, this is going to be one hell of a series.

  Review in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Nov 17, 2006

• Dinner With Clint Eastwood - Music By Frankie Laine

  Clint Eastwood's new movie, Flags Of Our Fathers, is getting a lot of attention lately...

  Opinion in Music — by Big Geez — on Nov 17, 2006

• Blues Bash Music Review: Corey Harris - "Basehead"

  Corey Harris' "Basehead" is a laid-back denunciation of hard drugs from the front porch of a Mississippi Delta home.

  Review in Music — by Pico — on Nov 17, 2006

• The Friday Morning Listen - Yellowjackets - Blue Hats

  No amount of carping, cajoling, and pouting is going to turn a Boney James fan into a Coltrane convert.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Nov 17, 2006

• From The Vault - Songs That Make My World Go Round

  The author discovers a great not-so-new book which inspires her to ponder what it takes to be a great song.

  Opinion in Music — by Kati Irons — on Nov 17, 2006

• Indie Music Reviews for the Attention Deficient: Pajo

  Pajo is post-rock-campfire song-rowboat music.

  Review in Music — by Jayson Harsin — on Nov 17, 2006

• Music Review: Indie Round-Up for Nov. 16 2006 - Copeland, Wolfkin, Jason Vigil

  On first listen it seems self-conscious, as if the band had deliberately set out to make an Important Record.

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Nov 17, 2006

• Uncle Seth Podcast #21: Second Life and New Guitarists

  Toronto indie band Uncle Seth return to Blogcritics, and talk about their foray into gigging Second Life.

  Opinion in Music — by Jay Moonah — on Nov 17, 2006

• Relient K Announce New Album Details

  Relient K reveal all about their fifth album.

  News in Music — by James Hutchinson — on Nov 17, 2006

Politics

• Champaign County Circuit Clerk Publishes Name and Address of Rape Victims on Website

  Publishing rape victims names on the web discourages women (and men) from coming forward to report these despicable crimes.

  News in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Nov 17, 2006

• UCLA Student Picks a Fight with Police and Loses

  UCLA student picks a fight and gets Tased. Hilarity does not ensue.

  News in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Nov 17, 2006

• When, Not If, For American Withdrawal From Iraq

  It was naïve to think all the problems would be solved by the overthrow of Hussein.

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Nov 17, 2006

• Congratulations President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s Raped Women Are Safe Now

  By amending the dreaded Hudood laws Pakistani dictator bring dignity to his country’s rape victims.

  News in Politics — by Mayank Austen Soofi — on Nov 17, 2006

• Bush in Vietnam

  Contested memories of the Vietnam War complicate Iraq policy debate as Bush visits former enemy.

  News in Politics — by Film and Politics Review — on Nov 17, 2006

• Turkey and the European Union, Part II: A European Voice

  The European Union needs a better democratic structure when it comes to making big decisions - especially regarding Turkey.

  Opinion in Politics — by Melita Teale — on Nov 17, 2006

• Milton Friedman, 1912-2006

  After 94 years lighting the path to freedom and prosperity for our nation, the greatest economist of the 20th century has left us.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Nov 17, 2006

Books

• An Interview with Author James Buchanan

  Why erotic gay romances? "Blunt answer: I like guys."

  Interview in Books — by Ambrose Musiyiwa — on Nov 17, 2006

• Interview: Interrogating a Woman Who Claims to be Reading War and Peace

  Throwing questions at a book-lover who says she is actually reading Leo Tolstoy's greatest and thickest classic.

  Interview in Books — by Mayank Austen Soofi — on Nov 17, 2006

• Book Review: Rogue Angel: The Spider Stone by Alex Archer

  Here's hoping that Annja and her world continue to grow in breadth and depth, while holding on to the page-turning action that hooked us.

  Review in Books — by Catie James — on Nov 17, 2006

• A Conversation with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

  One college class would make the difference between becoming a writer and pursuing another career.

  Interview in Books — by Daddypundit — on Nov 17, 2006

• Book Review: The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney

  Another chilling adventure with the spook and his young ward!

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Nov 17, 2006

• Book Review: Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts

  A thrilling start to The Circle Trilogy, this is the kind of book you hate to put down but love to pick back up.

  Review in Books — by Katie Trattner — on Nov 17, 2006

Sports

• One Man's Heisman Poll: Sixth Edition

  Ray Rice and Darren McFadden were monsters last week, but the Big Three remains intact.

  Opinion in Sports — by Adam Hoff — on Nov 17, 2006