jedi knighties in tighty whities

For the last five days I did nothing but play the star wars role playing game "knights of the old republic." Every once in a long while I succumb to the the temptation to stop everything and throw myself, body and soul, into an rpg. Seriously, in the morning I would start the coffee, turn on the xbox, and sit down to endless hours of zany jedi adventure. I finally finished last night. Jen, as I'm sure you can imagine, showed visible signs of relief.

The game was entertaining in more ways than I could have imagined.

Among the many side-quests, there's one that involves returning a run-away droid to its distressed female owner. The droid, you learn, was programmed by her deceased husband to provide all of the "functions" that the husband provided when he was alive. When you return the droid, she eagerly responds "I just can't wait to get you home!" She then chases the droid, who runs like C3PO, off the screen. I thought this might be crossing some kind of line. But then another character exceeded all of my expectations of video game decency when he quipped, "That droid's sure going to service its master tonight!"

Another aspect to the game that amused me immensely was the clothing-optional feature. Like most such games, you can change your characters' apparel, dressing them in robes, body armor, or even plainclothes. But you can also set their outer-wear status to "none." Doing so doesn't just mean that they're defenseless. Oh no, it's far better than that. Instead, they traipse around the star wars universe in their underwear! Even in the cinematic sequences, in which some of the most momentous events occur, they appear scantily clad. For example: during the awards ceremony, one of my characters accepted her medal of recognition for saving the galaxy in her bra and panties. It was like somebody's nightmare.

What's even stranger to me is the fact that the men in the game all wear very stylish bodystockings that kind of resemble 1950s bathing suits. While the ladies' underwear isn't even matching!

Now that my party of underwear models has made the galaxy safe, I feel comfortable allowing things to go back to normal.