The Reality of Video Game Testing and a Musical Tribute to Pike Place Market

Dave Beck
07/19/2007

Your dream job could be a nightmare. Today, we burn out our thumbs on the gritty reality of video game testing. We also learn about a major painter's most ambitious work to date, and we hear a musical tribute to a little village in the big city – the Pike Place Market.



At 2:07 p.m. – Pike Place Musical
Pike Place Market is is a village in a city. From the honey hucksters to the busking banjoists, the people of the market run on love, hard work, and a good dose of kookiness. Playwright Donna Rae Davidson drew on 15 years of working in the market for her new musical The North Arcade. Today, Donna Rae tells us how her extended Market family inspired her to share their stories, and we'll hear a musical number celebrating the market's handmade crafts.


Related Event:
'The North Arcade' starts Thursday, July 19th, 2007.

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The North Arcade: The Market Musical

At 2:20 p.m. – The Gritty Reality of Video Game Testing
Your dream job could be a nightmare. Playing video games full–time may sound tantalizing. But, local journalist Karla Starr discovered the grueling reality when she tried the trade herself. Today, Karla tells us why endless hours of XBOX action isn't all fun and games.

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Testing Video Games Can't Possibly Be Harder Than an Afternoon With Xbox, Right?

At 2:30 p.m. – Is There a Problem Officer? (Archive from 5/4/07)
Police officers are people, too. Remembering that the next time you get pulled over may make the difference between a warning and a fine. Steve Pomper is a Northwest police officer and writer who takes readers behind the mirrored sunglasses with his book, Is there a Problem Officer?. In an archive from May 4th, 2007, he talks us through talking your way out of a ticket.

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'Is There a Problem Officer?'

At 2:45 p.m. – Gary Faigin
Anselm Kiefer is a German artist long familiar to Seattle audiences, from a Seattle Art Musuem show featuring his work in 1999, to a major painting in the new SAM contemporary galleries. Our art critic Gary Faigin has just returned from visiting Kiefer's largest and most ambitious show to date at the Grand Palais in Paris, and he joins us with his observations.