Forums > Contributor Zone > Ben's Review of the Week: June 27th to July 3rd

Good news for you, Ben! Starcraft will run on ANYTHING. Seriously. I first played the game on an old PC back in 1998. I recently installed it on an even older PC (1995) and, to my great surprise, it worked. I'm now running it on a 7 year old MAC.

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

Thanks for undertaking this massive ROTW, Ben. Congrats to all who were mentioned.

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Wow. Guess I'm next. Nice work. It's interesting to hear a sort of 4th judge's take on some TT reviews.

My principal said, 'Emo, Emo, Emo.'
I said 'I'm the one in the middle, you lousy drunk!'
-- Emo Phillips

You had a huge workload this week, Ben, so thanks a lot for stepping up and for giving me the win! I'm pretty flattered to have won during such a competitive week. As you said, we had an unexpectedly large influx of reviews and there were no weak entries among them. I kind of wrote that review as per True's request, but I sort of had this attitude like, "There is no way I'm not submitting anything this week!"

Congrats to everyone else who subbed. Again, really exceptional turnout.

You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

Hey Suskie, I noticed your win from me isn't featured. Was it decided it wasn't a valid week?

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

you must have liked The Chasm.

'grats Suskie.

Oh no, it's a Goomba!

Are you talking about Alpha Protocol, Zipp? It's featured -- it just doesn't show up in the sidebar because it was a freelance review. Click on the plus sign next to Feature User Reviews and you'll see it.

You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

One the one hand, I'm incredibly pleased I managed second place out of ALL THOSE REVIEWS, but on the other... Pretty much the best review I ever wrote and will never come close to topping... still couldn't beat Suskie?

Thanks for undertaking that massive task. There were a lot of good reviews that week, I remember reading a bunch. Has Honestgamers ever had a stronger week for content?

I can avoid death by not having a life.

Yeah, thanks a lot for doing this, Ben. It was a huge undertaking and I'm not sure many would have so willingly and enthusiastically done so. You did a great job here and desserve every bit of praise and credit for it.

As for the actual picks, I'm quite happy with third, especially considering just how many reviews were posted that week. Makes me feel that I'm justified in feeling good about that review and that whatever happened in TT with it can suck it. (no offense to anyone involved reading this). I really don't know why I let that stuff work me up so much sometimes, but there you go. In some ways, though, maybe it's a good thing because I'm actually starting to have confidence in myself (though having that automatically means I have to be wary of getting arrogant.., which may have also shown itself already.)

Congrats to Suskie, Jerec and everyone else who contributed this week.

[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will