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t’s been quite a busy week for the old jimmer.  Here’s a quick summary of the weeks highlights;

Things kicked off with an interview with Elliot Hanson, a modder who is recreating New York City brick for brick in SimCity 4.  A few days later I posted my second entry in my new weekly column In The Year 2000 — this week it was all about the trojan horse that is Xbox Live.  After that I began my week long series Last Minute Shopping Ideas over at SmartCanucks which as kept me pretty busy.  The week wasn’t all about editorial content, though.  I found myself breaking not one, but two stories on our dear old interweb.  I was the first blogger to bring the broken nature of Military Madness to light, and after speaking with my PR pal over at Telltale Games I was the first to bring info of possible Mac and Live Arcade version of the new Sam and Max games to the masses.  I also had time to throw a couple of reviews into the mix -Assault Heroess on Xbox Live Arcade and the new Sam and Max game for the PC, Situation Comedy.  Reviewing Assault Heroes was no big deal, but Situation Comedy marked apretty big milestone for me.  It’s the first game that I’ve reviewed before its release.  Snazzy, huh?  I’ve never had to sit on a review until an embargo was lifted, but I’ve got to admit, it’s a pretty nice feeling.

So yeah, all in all, a pretty good week.  :) 

Here’s the complete rundown;

• 12/20 – Rejected Wii Games
• 12/20 – Last Minute Shopping Ideas – 5 Days to Go!
• 12/20 – A BBPS Exclusive – Sam and Mac?
• 12/20 – Sam and Max: Situation Comedy, Reviewed
• 12/19 – Google Zeitgeist – The Years Top Searches
• 12/19 – Last Minute Shopping Ideas – 6 Days to Go!
• 12/19 – 360 Anuncio esta Muy Loco!
• 12/19 – Military Madness – Broken?
• 12/18 – Last Minute Shopping Ideas – 7 Days to Go!
• 12/18 – Hate iTunes? Want an iPod Anyways? Try Dopisp!
• 12/18 – …but is it worth getting on t Virtual Console?
• 12/18 – In The Year 2000: Direct Downloads will be the death of us all
• 12/17 – Revenge of the 1991’s; Assault Heroes Reviewed
• 12/15 – Stay Warm, Save Money
• 12/15 – Speaking Simlish in NYC – An Interview with Elliot Hanson
• 12/14 – Mercury Melting Down to Wii’s in Spring 2007
• 12/14 – Military Madness coming ot Virtual Console on Monday

Oh – and I read the best post the other day about being a better blogger, so I thought I should share..