Forums > Contributor Zone > Review of the Week January 17 - 23: Yes, I dragged my feet on two reviews

Fashionably late again? This time I blame my job because I now have to study for another certification. As part of my hospital's renewed efforts to bolster qualifications in my department, they're requiring me to become CIS (Certified Instrument Specialist) in addition to a CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician--I've already got this one). So far, the material I've been reading has been no-brainer junk. I already know a lot about hospital instrumentation, so the first few chapters of the textbook have only spelled out what's obvious to me. Still, it's been neat reading up on some of doctors who invented/innovated the things I sterilize daily, like Mayo, Metzenbaun, Castroviejo, Kocher, Pean, and Bookwalter.

*looks at site*

Really? There were only two reviews this week? Dang, I could've hammered this out at almost any time.

Anyway...

OD - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ***Review of the Week***
The history lesson at the beginning is a nice touch. Everything from there flows naturally and gives readers brief tastes of what to expect from this title without spoiling all of it secrets. One thing that this review touched on that I've had difficulty expressing: even relatively middling chapters in great franchises are still better than average. I say Super Mario Sunshine isn't a great Mario game, but it's still decent and miles ahead of most 3D platformers, for instance.


EmP - Airstrife ***Second Place***
As always, I enjoyed this review. You take a shmup that, to me, somehow sounds both interesting and dull. As always, your word choice is on point and your jokes land as they should. The best point you make crops up in almost any non-RPG that tries to tack on RPG elements: grinding not only leads to chore-like repetition, but kills the challenge factor in a genre where challenge factor is a main attraction.

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