I have to tell you all something. I had the strangest experience yesterday with my good friend, who also happens to be our youth minister at the church. He rocks. He and I were at the evil giant known to the sheepish masses as Best Buy. I have mentioned Best Buy here before, and yes, I go there. Why? Because this town has an awful selection of music or media. It sucks. Anyway, we were there looking for assorted music that had been rambling in my mind...particularly from the country bands Alabama and Montgomery Gentry (I know, I know...shut up...I am still in the closet about my country music jonesing). I found a greatest hits CD from Alabama, and began to peruse for others. I noticed my friend over in the X-Box games, so I went over and gawked at what he had chosen so far. He chose the new EA college football game and dig this...I about fell over...the Bible Game (FOR X-BOX!)! I urged him not to buy such a thing, but he was convinced someone might enjoy it. I even tried to have him exchange that game for something a bit more educational and intelligent like, "Black," or even "Doom 3." But, he wasn't having any of it. We paid for our ill gotten booty, and went back to funhouse we call church. I had to make a hospital run, and then get ready for a wedding rehearsal. Got done with that, called my friend up, and invited he and his wife over to our house for a spur of the moment pizza bash. Called the evil giant known as Pizza Hut, and waited. Checked Ebay for assorted bits and pieces of junk. Went to the Hut, got pizza, and drove home. OK, here comes the funny part. My bud mentions to me that he brought over this Bible game and that he had been playing it since he got home from work. Now, I am all for playing a good X-Box game (first person shooter mostly), and so I thought alright. So, there we were, all four of us playing this Bible game. It has this weird game show on it, where you answer Old Testament trivia questions, and challenge games using Old Testament stories (lions chase you and fall into holes, eliminating the Tower Of Babel, running through the Red Sea, etc). It is quite cheesy, yet, I found myself enjoying it, and I was the one who even requested a second go around playing the whole thing again. Now, would I buy this game? Probably not, but it was alright. Two highlights of the questioning in the game. One question was "Who was the group who passed through the Red Sea?" Three of us chose the Israelites, and my friend chose the Americans (he pressed the wrong button on his controller). I did the same thing, when the question was "What is the first word written in the Bible?" The correct answer is "In." Well, I chose "The," which as someone who is trained in all this, hung his head in shame (I REALLY did press the wrong button on the stupid controller!). Definitely a first for me...to play a Bible game on X-Box. Too bad the Bible game doesn't have that first person shooter edge to it...think about it...as Samson, you could wipe out the entire Philistine army after they cut off your hair, and pull out your fully automatic 50 caliber anti-tank rifle, and start blasting. Take care of the pagans right then and there. Why not? It would make for a great version of the Bible. KJV...look out. The MWV (modern weaponery version) is coming! More later...