The Professional Gamer - July 12, 2016

Hi readers!  I hope all of our American followers had a great Independence Day!  I sure did, even got a personal record for the 4 km race that I've been doing for several years.

Later in the week, I finished watching the first season of Gravity Falls.  I won't really post any spoilers, since I'm sure there are lots of people watching for the first time.  If you are watching for the first time, remember: trust no one!  The first season has been so much fun, and I've already started into the second season.  I've got a feeling I'll be finishing the series really soon.

I've made a lot of progress through The Lord of the Rings this week as well.  Gandalf has fallen in Khazad-dum and the Fellowship has journeyed into Lothlorien.  I think I've got less than a week to move on to the next volume.

In other news, I am a bike owner again.  Its been a long time since I had a bicycle and I'm excited to start using it for transport on the weekends.  Now, I need to get some accessories so that I can be safe and carry groceries and such as well.

Lastly, Pokemon Go has been released in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. so far.  I feel like I've had not a lot of time to play, but have still managed to rack up 6 km of walking and have reached level 6.  It's been fun to explore the real world, sometimes with friends, in search of magical creatures.  The server issues have been frustrating, but I'm sure that will all get solved soon.  In summary, its a lot more fun than Ingress, the previous game released by Niantec; and I recommend that you try it out if you think you would like an excuse to explore your neighborhood on foot and get to know some of the people who live near you.

That's all I have for this week.  I'll update you all later on how the Pokemon hunting goes.  Have a great week, and game on!

E3 in Images

So over the past few days I took a few photos while touring the E3 Floor. And here are the results!

E3 From the Floor - Watch Dogs 2

Watch Dogs was a highly anticipated game that let a lot of people down. Given that I am happy that Ubisoft has decided to move forward and create Watch Dogs 2. In it they have expanded who you can hack (everyone) and what you can hack (everything). In the demo they played for us they showed a group hack setting off all the phones in an area. He also showed that he can take control of any car either taking over steering or just serving then out of his way. It looked real useful and made the character powerful, or at least felt that way.

Once they showed off some free roaming the demo moved into a mission. Here the main character used a drone to scout the area in order to setup a plan of attack. This included hacking cameras to get an internal view and locate the objective. Once located our main character hacked a crane to get into the location and stealthily moved to the objective by taking out guards and locking doors to prevent reinforcements. Once close enough a tool called the jumper (a two wheeled remote car that can jump) to actually hack into a network and download incriminating data. Once in he started the download the guards became aware of his presence. Using a close combat tool similar to a rock in a string and hacking tools the main character fended of guards until the download completed and he escaped. All in all it looked fun. I hope that when it is released it stays fun.

E3 2016 - Ubisoft Press Conference Impression

And with Ubisoft I finally complete all the press conferences. Will I like Watch Dogs 2? Are they going to announce anything that has not already been leaked? Will it be a circus? Possibly, but that does not matter, all that truly matters in the games. Also, happy 30th birthday Ubisoft!

• Just Dance 2017
  • It wouldn't be Ubisoft without big dance scene to show up Just Dance
  • Just Dance will be on ALL platforms in 2017
• Ghost Recon: Wildlands
  • Fight the good fight against a drug lord that turned the cocoa leaf trade into cocaine
  • Open world with solo or 4 player co-op
  • The amount of options you have for mission completion looks neat
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole
  • The town of South Park is in danger, and the Coon is the one who can save the city/state/world
  • You are again, the new kid and the South Park kids are having a civil war
  • Also, you are once again a douche bag
  • I am very much looking forward to this game, I loved Stick of Truth
  • Out on December 6th, 2016
• Tom Clancy's: The Division
  • Underground Expansion
    • Each mission is different to promote replay-ability
    • Out June 28 on XBox / PC and August for PS4
  • Also for the 30th Birthday they are giving outfits once Underground comes out if you are a member of Ubisoft's thing
  • There is also this Survival thing (secomd Expansion
  • I honestly have not played Division, but it all looks neat
• Eagle Flight VR
  • Intuitive VR title with Oculus
  • You fly as an eagle and in this case it is a capture the rabbit
  • Could be fun, but I know it will make me motion sick.
• Star Trek: Bridge Crew
  • A Star Trek VR game placing you on the bridge of a Federation ship.
  • Yeah, I am geeking out about this!
  • Available on all major VR platforms.
• For Honor
  • Medieval Battle
    • Knight, Samurai, or Viking
  • Trust could bring peace to 1,000 years of war, but Apolian's black legion only wishes for conflict, and will keep it going.
  • Combat is very strategic to attack / block in a way to oppose your enemy.
  • Available Valentines Day 2017
• Grow Up
  • Not sure how to describe it, but it looks like simple fun.
• Trials of the Blood Dragon
  • Strange game, eccentric. but looks fun
  • Track game with tons of different level types.
• Assassin's Creed
  • Did you guys know there was a movie coming out?
  • I really hope this movie is good.
  • Seriously, video game movies don't have good reputations.
  • Out 12/21/2016
• Watch_Dogs 2
  • Welcome to San Francisco
  • Everything can be hacked, and everyone can be profiled
  • Root out corruption and take back the power to people.
  • Out in November
• Steep
  • New extreme sport game
    • Free skiing, flight suits, and paragliding

E3 From the Show Floor - Scavenger (PSVR)

A large focus of E3 this year is VR, and Sony is pushing it big time. I had my first VR experience with a game that is part of VR Worlds, Scavenger. The game was actually a bunch of fun. In the demo you were in a mech running around the outside of a ship that is pretty destroyed. To get around you can jump along pieces or hull. Once inside you have to make your way through the ship while shooting hundreds of tiny bugs and a few large bugs that shoot acid type stuff. You looked to aim which actually felt really natural. All in all if I do get Playstation VR this game will be on that list. Just need to watch out for motion sickness.