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Last night’s Family Guy episode was absolutely hysterical.  They did a complete parody of the 1st Star Wars film(yea I know, 4/6).  I don’t think I stopped laughing during the entire show.  Apparently this was done previously on Robot Chicken, which was even mentioned in the FG episode.  I never did see what Robot Chicken did with Star Wars, but I may have to check that out.  The two shows are similar and yet so very different.  I think this episode may have revived some of the Family Guy fans that were starting to die out(including myself).

 Also last night was the last home game for the Cardinals this season.  ESPN made a major mistake by choosing to broadcast a game that means absolutely nothing for their final game of the season.  Izzy gave us flashbacks to his 2006 form by giving up a go ahead homer in the 9th.  Well, that only made for more dramatics.  The man that used to dominate the Cardinals, Brad Lidge, came in to close the game for the Astros.  I will never forget what Pujols did to Lidge in the 2005 NLCS.  I don’t think Katie ever will either.  She attempted to go to sleep early that night, but it was all for naught when she was awakened by my hysteria.  Ever since then, the Cardinals have completely owned Lidge.  Well, last night was one of the best moments this year for the Cardinals.  Pujols came up to the plate with the same situation as he did in Game 5 of the 2005 NLCS, Cards down 2 with 2 runners on in the 9th inning.  Pujols hit a rocket that missed a home run by about 2 feet.   It drove in a run and put the tying run at third.  Then, after all he has dealt with, Ankiel gets a game winning triple off of Lidge to close out the season at home.  Poor Lidge didn’t even record an out.  Despite their rough season, I am still proud to be a Cardinal fan.

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I’ve been spending some time lately playing a newly released game, Bioshock. This is definitely one of the best shooter-style games I have ever played. You get thrown into this under water world, Rapture, that was created for people to get away from the controls of government and other regulatory bodies. Once the people discover the genetic power of “Adam”, they begin to mutate and destroy the city. Adam is gathered from corpses around Rapture by the “little sisters”. In order to survive in the game, you must find these little sisters. In order to get near them, you have to kill off their big daddy(see above), which is far from an easy task.

Once you finally take out the big daddy, you have to make a decision with the little sister. You can harvest her or save her. If you harvest, you receive more Adam from her than if you save. But, if you save her, you are promised to be rewarded in the end. I have played through just a couple of levels and I have been harvesting them so far. Yes, it sounds a bit cruel, but I wanted my Adam! I have really enjoyed the game play and immersion. Just ask Katie, she scared me a bit when she walked up behind me last night and simply put her hand on my shoulder.