Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! It was a little different being in Georgia for the holiday. It was my first time spending the holiday down here. I made it a little bit more like home by making my grandmother’s own recipe for sweet potatopie and a broccoli and cheese dish my aunt makes. They were both a big hit and I’m happy about that. Some relatives didn’t like the marshmallows on top of the sweet potato pie but that’s ok. It goes. It goes very well.

My step-sister and I nearly duked it out but I’m sure she’d just blame it all on her raging hormones from being pregnant. Easy excuse, right?

We ended up watching Into the Wild at the suggestion of my brother-in-law. I warned everyone that it was a long and sad movie that’s not really meant for the holiday’s but no one wanted to watch Hancock. Oh well. I had a lot of wine and champagne so it’s all gravy (oooo, nice pun!).

On saturday I ran to Best Buy and bought Saints Row 2. I had forgotten that the game was out and read a bunch of reviews the night before. I’ve only played the original Saints Row for a small amount of time after borrowing it from a friend last year. It’s no GTA (of which I am a huge fan) and you definitely feel that when playing. Saints Row 2 apparently has a lot of improvements but it could have used a lot more work. In some missions I get really frustrated from the bugs that exist. My reason for liking Saints Row 2 is because it’s far from being GTA IV. GTA IV is an amazing feat of design for a video game. It’s aim to be as realastic as possible was an important milestone in gaming but also quite annoying. I haven’t played the game for a few months now because when I play a game like that, I don’t want to be bothered. Especially not by in game characters calling me to go bowling. No. I don’t want to go to bowling, go on a date with Michelle or go for a drink. Stop calling me. Saints Row 2 succeeds in keeping true to the style we all know and love. Pure chaos and fun. I want to run over people and shoot at gangs and own all the stores and make tons of money. I want to build an army to take over the city. The last thing I need is a relationship to interrupt all that. The Saints Row franchise is known sortof as a knockoff and bastard cousin but that’s okay. In Saints Row 2, the game knows this. It’s over the top with its storyline, missions and world. I love it though. It fills the void that GTA IV left inside me.