The best part: Even though Jar-Jar is a character that helps you through the game, you can kill him, and he screams when you shoot him.
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It has been a full week, and promises to be a full weekend as well.

It all began Wednesday, when I finally saw the movie "Kinsey." I thought it was good, and didn't use the sexual aspect of Kinsey's work in an exploitive way -- too much. It asked a lot of good questions, which remained with me days later.

Also that night, I played a gaming system game for the first time. Normally, I find things like Xbox and Playstation to be vortexes of life-sucking, but the Lego Star Wars for Xbox was too cute. The best part: Even though Jar-Jar is a character that helps you through the game, you can kill him, and he screams when you shoot him.

And, today I can finally say something about the new Harry Potter movie. I saw it last weekend, but there was a gag rule on the press to keep reviews from appearing until opening day. It was OK -- but it wasn't great. I know they had to leave some things out, but there is no Percy, no house elves, no villa and the fact that Snape has a Dark Mark and the role of Naginni the snake are downplayed. If you haven't read the book, you are going to be confused at times. Plus, it's got a PG-13 rating for a reason, folks! Please don't take your little little ones. It's even darker than the third movie.

Finally, last night I saw the Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Conseco. I will be writing a full review about it for the Nov. 23 issue in Sound, but something I will not include in the review is the IMMENSE HOTNESS of the bass player Dave Z. I mean, we are taking LICK-A-LICIOUS. I could get really graphic and still not convey the hottness of this man. Wow. After just thinking about him, I need to go smoke.