Hello and welcome again to Beatdown. Game news is a'poppin this week as we see news of the debates, Hitman canceled (?), of Sims and Sitcoms, and some fresh Babylon 5 news (in case there are any geeks out there). Plus the fate of MNF's relationship with Beatdown revealed. Read on, and please hit ‘refresh' repeatedly, both of you.

Game Quote of the Week: “And our fury will be such that bards will run their quills dry! Yes, ink will be scarce where ever we go!”
~Minsc, Baldur's Gate II

I reported earlier in the summer that Governor George W. Bush Jr. had chosen Max from MDK2 (a 6-legged and well-armed robot dog) as his running mate. Turns out I was erroneous in that reporting. Bush actually picked former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney to be his future VP. Cheney is known as a hard conservative and has a wife named Lynne Cheney who may really be Tipper Gore or Joe Leiberman in disguise. She is very anti-violent media, you see. In fact, she can recite Eminem's “Kill You” word for word! I can only repeat the “Hi, My Name Is” part (what?) and I'm pretty (who?) good with that cute “chicka-chicka” thing he does…

Senator Joe Leiberman was reportedly “visibly” relieved to hear he wouldn't be debating a six-armed uzi-packing cyberdog at the debates last week.

Anyway, consider this a full retraction for the earlier stories and I'm glad to set the record straight about just who Bush's running mate will be. I goofed folks, big time. Boy do I feel like an a$$hole. Big time!