First off, happy New Year to all you EMB readers and editors. I hope 2005 is as game packed as 2004 proved to be.

I spent the holidays at my parents new house in Texas (which, according to my Dad’s bumper sticker, is bigger than France) and while they had no game console to entertain me, they made up for it by having a movie screening room with digital projector. Once I unwrapped my new copy of Half-Life 2 my mission became clear: get it on the projector and play on the big screen. While the gaming experience was unmatched, the computer/projector couple was incompatible with the camera I took pictures with, so all I have is this:

Warning: head crabs in post are larger than they appear

This is the other thing I did in the movie room:

Somebody got posterized.

And before I get any clever remarks, yes, I know Michigan lost the game. Leave an old man to his dreams of the glory days.