February 9, 2007 Archive

Gaming

• Flash Games: Swords And Sandals, Rails Of War, CDX, Balance

  Four games, including two multi-level demos, a non-profit mystery, and a simple, but not easy, game of Balance.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Phillip Winn — on Feb 09, 2007

• Xbox 360 Review: NCAA March Madness 07

  Apparently, "EA" stands for "Extended Agony" when referring to their basketball titles.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Feb 09, 2007

• Game du Jour Deals: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

  Game du Jour Deals is a new BC Gaming feature. Who doesn't want games on the cheap?

  Review in Gaming — by Ken Edwards — on Feb 09, 2007

Sports

• Cowboys Hire Wade Phillips For Some Reason

  Home, home on the range... where Jerry Jones hires his golfing buddies all day.

  Opinion in Sports — by Geeves — on Feb 09, 2007

• Road To the Roses 2007: And They’re Off…

  It’s official! The road to the roses has begun.

  News in Sports — by T. Michael Testi — on Feb 09, 2007

Video

• Movie Review: Heading South

  Intelligent and stimulating art house fare.

  Review in Video — by Daniel J. Stasiewski — on Feb 09, 2007

• Movie Review: Children of Men

  If you have one hour and forty-nine minutes free, shift your eyelids to open mode and prepare to be thoroughly engaged.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Feb 09, 2007

• PBS Primetime Programming for The Week of 2/11

  PBS programming for Valentine's Week. Yup, this is just the thing to get your sweetheart in the mood.

  News in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Feb 09, 2007

• TV Review: Little Mosque on the Prairie

  Tepid, inoffensive, and yet a step in the right direction, Little Mosque on the Prairie is also original and even funny...at times.

  Opinion in Video — by Alessandro Nicolo — on Feb 09, 2007

• TV Review: Survivor 14: Fiji - Season Premiere

  Confusion and deadly sea snakes, what more could we want? Survivor: Fiji gets off to a fine start.

  Review in Video — by Jackie — on Feb 09, 2007

• Movie Review: Babel

  I don't understand why it received an Oscar nomination, let alone seven.

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Feb 09, 2007

• MeeVee Interview with Lost Star Daniel Dae Kim

  As Jin, Daniel is more than simply a plane crash survivor on a mysterious island. He's also become a symbol for change in network television.

  Interview in Video — by TV with MeeVee — on Feb 09, 2007

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Hannibal Rising, Norbit

  Blood and comedy, a beautiful combination.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 09, 2007

• Movie Review: City Hunter

  If Acme made kung fu films, it might look something like this.

  Review in Video — by T. Rigney — on Feb 09, 2007

• Season Three of Beyond the Break Ordered By The N

  New Beyond the Break episodes are being recorded. What can we expect?

  News in Video — by Maddy Pumilia — on Feb 09, 2007

Sci/Tech

• The Perils of a Digital Life

  Users of Second Life have had to deal with such numerous nuisances lately. Perhaps digital life is not all that it's cracked up to be.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by George Dvorsky — on Feb 09, 2007

• Blogger Tags and the Mysteries of Search Engine Traffic

  If you pull lots of search traffic you can sail off for six months and still have rip roaring stats when you get back.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Berlin — on Feb 09, 2007

Culture

• Theater Review: Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet at Geffen Playhouse, L.A.

  Jon Tenney, Alicia Silverstone and Greg Germann remind L.A. theatergoers why Mamet is worthwhile and Hollywood worrisome.

  Review in Culture — by Cristofer Gross — on Feb 09, 2007

• Q: Just How Terrible Was Ivan the Terrible?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Culture — by Mental_Floss — on Feb 09, 2007

• Eating Healthy on Business Trips

  Eating healthy on the road may not be as convenient as filling your stomach with fats and sweets, but that doesn’t mean it’s entirely inconvenient.

  Opinion in Culture — by J Jordan — on Feb 09, 2007

• Anna Nicole Smith: Media Overkill and Sudden Death

  Did Anna Nicole Smith die of extreme dieting or over-exposure?

  Opinion in Culture — by Heloise — on Feb 09, 2007

• Making the Most of Business Trip Hotel Stays

  Business trips might not be fun, but with a little effort they might not be so bad after all.

  Opinion in Culture — by J Jordan — on Feb 09, 2007

• BC Magazine Editors' Picks: January 29 through February 4

  The best of the week past, groundhog edition.

  News in Culture — by Lisa McKay — on Feb 09, 2007

• Anna Nicole Smith Passes Away

  The former reality TV star dies in a hotel room at age 39.

  News in Culture — by Toni Schwartz — on Feb 09, 2007

Music

• Music Review: Harry Connick, Jr. - Chanson du Vieux Carré

  The album succeeds in weaving a voodoo spell that will have jazz fans grooving zombie-like under its myriad charms.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Feb 09, 2007

• The Friday Morning Listen: Sex Mob - Sexotica

  If James Blunt wins I will throw up in my mouth.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Feb 09, 2007

• Rush Ready to Unleash New Album

  This makes 18 for Rush - here are the details that look pretty solid so far.

  News in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Feb 09, 2007

• Music Review: Jill Cunniff- City Beach

  Cunniff beckons the listener with a colorful sensuality and intense harmonies adding vitality to the entire album.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Feb 09, 2007

• Music Review: Michelle Malone - Sugarfoot

  Tough, indie southern gal goes darker, grittier with whiskey-soaked road house affair. For blues fans and road house rockers alike.

  Review in Music — by Peter Chakerian — on Feb 09, 2007

• New Album Releases, 2-6-2007: Rickie Lee Jones, Fall Out Boy, Patty Griffin

  Rickie Lee Jones makes a Christian sermon - Velvet Underground style!

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Feb 09, 2007

Tastes

• Wine During Prohibition

  During Prohibition, wine was treated a little differently than other types of alcohol.

  News in Tastes — by Jenn Jordan — on Feb 09, 2007

• Wine and The Roman Empire

  The Roman Empire made it possible to drink wine when in Rome, and everywhere else.

  News in Tastes — by Jenn Jordan — on Feb 09, 2007

• Climbing the Liquor Ladder: Going from Beer to Wine

  Beer and wine are on different sides of the alcohol spectrum.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Jenn Jordan — on Feb 09, 2007

Books

• Book Review: The Innkeeper's Tales by John L Herman Jr.

  I used my version of The Canterbury Tales for a door stop, but this I like...

  Review in Books — by Brandon Daviet — on Feb 09, 2007

• Interview with J. Courtney Sullivan, Author of Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man (Part 1)

  "Valentine's Day definitely causes us to take stock of our romantic status."

  Interview in Books — by Scott Butki — on Feb 09, 2007

• A Month In Comics: League or Society it's Still Justice in America

  Kung Fu fighting and Vampires biting are just some of the treats this month.

  News in Books — by Ian Woolstencroft — on Feb 09, 2007

Politics

• Bill Richardson is NOT Hillary

  No Democratic presidential candidate is better qualified than New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, but is that enough?

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Feb 09, 2007

• Republicans Hype Another Pelosi Non-Scandal

  Conservatives' conspiracy-theory habits from the Clinton days continue to resurface, driven in large part by the Washington Times.

  Opinion in Politics — by Sean Aqui — on Feb 09, 2007