GAMING
From Gaming Editor Ken Edwards:
PS2 Review: Tourist Trophy by Mark Buckingham
Think of Tourist Trophy as another Gran Turismo, just with two less wheels. It has Polyphony's usual high production values, but still doesn't have online play.
Mac Game Review: Burning Monkey Solitaire by Erin McMaster
You haven't played solitaire on a Mac until you have played it with a slew of monkeys running around the screen. If the monkeys don't tickle your fancy, maybe the 26 flavors of solitaire will.
PSP Review: Mega Man - Maverick Hunter X by Matt Paprocki
Who knew Capcom had it in themselves to put out yet another Mega Man remake, and not botch it up! Maverick Hunter X and Powered Up, both for the PSP, are proof that 20-year-old games can successfully be re-released on Sony's shiny handheld.
SCI/TECH
From Sci/Tech Editor Lisa McKay:
In MySpace Makes Room For The Office Staff, Eric Berlin examines a curious fold in space-time where fictional characters in a popular television show create their own MySpace profiles. Sometimes truth is stranger than...truth.
Picked by last week's chosen authors:
From Mary K. Williams:
Customer Service: A View From the Other Side of the Counter by Jim Wynne tells us what checkout clerks in grocery stores must put up with. Jim's annoyance with the store management's lack of concern for either employees or customers strikes a chord.
Also worthy was Kevin Augustine's post, What You Really Say At Work - An Interpretation, a satirical piece that made me laugh, even though it has been quite a few years since I was in an office environment. It'd be interesting to see what the unsaid thoughts of the checkout clerks might be.
Article comments
1 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
Thank you, and congrats to the other pickees.
2 - Jackie
Thank you, but it's NBC's fault I had to double up on The Apprentice last week. Two episodes in one night and none this week. Thankfully I have a new Amazing Race ep tonight! Congrats to all the picks and thanks, Joan!
3 - Mat Brewster
Thanks for the bid. Where do I pick up my golden blogger statue?
4 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Thank you, Dave. You picked up on the big point I purposely did not mention in the article.
5 - Glen Boyd
Thanks for the pick you guys.
So, I've got a question...
I've been to some of the other writer's personal blogs who've been named Editors Picks in the past (this is the second time for me) and I noticed some of them have a little button thingie that says "Blogcritics Editors Pick" and it shows the date/week they we're picked.
Is there some code you guys send out for that, or exactly how does that work (again, assuming it's something they got from BC at all).
If this does exist, please send me the code or let me know how to get it so I can proudly display it on my blog.
Again Thanx! Definitely an honor...
Glen
6 - Mat Brewster
Glen, I believe Temple Stark used to create little buttons and included them with the Editor's Picks. He has since left Blog Critics for real life job type tyings. I don't believe anyone has picked up the slack and kept up the buttons.
Although Richard Marcus mentioned he has done some custom ones on the yahoo group thing...
7 - chantal stone
Thank-you, Natalie!
8 - Glen Boyd
Thanks Mat for clearing that up...
So in other words the "buttons" I've seen are not an official "BC" thing. If anyone out there (be it Richard or whoever) is still making them and want to send the code, I'd be happy to display it. But since it doesn't appear to be an official BC thing I probably won't bother to go looking for it.
But again, the pick is an honor.
And I believe I forgot to thank DJ Radiohead specifically (who as he said, isn't even a Neil Young Fan) for picking my story.
So thank ya Mr DJ...uhh, thankya very much...
Glen
9 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
Where are my manners?: Natalie--thank you specifically. And I swear this was my last 27,000 word review--it was supposed to be 600 words, and it kinda got away from me.
10 - Mary K. Williams
Glen -As far as I know, those buttons were as official as you could get at the time (the ones Temple made)
11 - Diane Kristine
Thanks Joan! I asked for the interview before finding out the show wasn't going to get its final episode aired any time soon, so it wasn't quite the article I meant to do. He did know when he agreed to it, though, which was pretty sporting of him.