I think it is safe to say Nintendo's first foray into the augmented reality scene is a success. Pokémon GO game out one week ago in the United States and it has been an instant hit flooding all social media with what has been caught, where what has been found, and more. So why is this game so addicting? The answer is the same it has always been, Gotta Catch Them All!
Read MoreHi 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!
Today Blizzard took the Overwatch servers live. Ok, they took Overwatch live at 12:00 AM GMT on 05/24/2016, but that was like 40 minutes ago here in Denver. And while I have not had a chance to actually step in the game, I did want to point out something interesting that I found on Eurogamer. Apparently in different parts of the world giant Overwatch action figures have appeared.
In Hollywood, CA twitter user RuzGofDi snapped photos of the Tracer box, Mamytwink found Genji in Paris,and @osevno snapped one of Pharah in Bexco, Busan.
Read MoreThis has been another week with a lot of commitments at work. But, I've managed to spend a fair amount of time with virtual jobs this week as well. I've spent a lot of time this past week playing Fantasy Life. At this point, I'm trying get myself to master rank in all of the professions. At this point, I've got about 4 professions to that rank, and should be able to get the rest in a few more weeks.
I've also been flying around a bit more in my Cobra MkIII in Elite: Dangerous, and am now within about 3 million credits of my goal. I'm excited to be getting to a new ship, mostly just for the novelty of it. I'm also looking to start doing a big trade loop through inhabited space, rather than doing a single circular loop. I won't have the armaments of my current ship, but will be able to haul a huge amount of trade goods instead.
Finally, I've found some time to start fleshing out my homebrew D&D campaign. We've had a long break from playing, but I am anticipating some playing time in the future. And now, I have to plan some adventures for our Traveler game.
Have a great week and game on!
So some how the release of Star Fox Zero snuck up on me and the game comes out in 2 days. How could I let this happen! How could I pay so little attention! Or maybe it was Nintendo's general "we are going to say nothing until it is literally almost out" thing. I am going to go with the second one since today they released an animated trailer that shows what I think is the first level of the game and hints at the plot.
Read MoreEA and Respawn have announced that they are going to announce Titanfall 2 on June 12th. And for this Announcement they have released the following trailer.
Right now we don't now much about the game, just that it is happening and it will be out for Xbox One, PC and PS4.
Fingers crossed that this time we get an actual single-player campaign. I really enjoyed the multi-player, but would get bored quickly. I also don't care as much for only multiplayer games. There is a reason I don't have Battlefront or why I have not played Call of Duty or Battlefield.
The intrepid Lara Croft survived her adventure on Yamatai Island, returning a much different woman than she left. Now that she is back she has decided to solve the last mystery her father was working on, the mystery that claimed Lord Croft’s life. But is Lara up for the adventure that her Dad left uncompleted? Or will she be meeting him sooner than she expects?
Read MoreI feel like I just keep having very busy weeks, but I'm still managing to have a little fun on the side, I've watched a little TV and played some video games. Read on to find out what I've been doing.
First, I've watched a few more episodes of Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash. The series has been slow going for a few reasons. The violence is rather brutal and the character relationships are nuanced and requires a high degree of attention. I'm glad that after some of the initial pain in the series, that things are going better for the main characters. I'm constantly worried that everything is going to go downhill again at some point soon.
Some of you may be aware that Nintendo released their new social network platform Miitomo this past week. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it. It feels like Nintendo has combined the typical social platform with a game. Also, lots of questions. Kinda like doing speed dating or a network event.
Speaking of Nintendo, I finally went back and finished my playthrough of Ocarina of Time on my 3DS. I'd left myself at a point where I could basically have explored Ganon's tower and finished the game. I don't recall what the circumstance that led me to leaving my save file in such a state. I'm just glad that I managed to finish it now,
Lastly, I've been playing a little more Elite: Dangerous. I feel like I've got my ship fairly well equipped., since I was able to take down 2 NPC's without any aid. Which is considerably better than I've had previously. And, I'm about halfway to earning my next goal ship. Yay!
Nintendo has been having fun with the 20th anniversary of Pokémon. They have given away cards with a free level 100 Mew for the 3DS games. They have had the first Pokémon moviee on the official Pokémon site streaming. And now, during the recent Nintendo Pokémon Direct they have announced the next game in this massive series, Pokémon Moon and Pokémon Sun.
If this is not good enough for you, Nintendo is also releasing the original Pokémon games, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow (Ok, that one is original-ish). These games are now available in the Nintendo eShop for the 3DS. A new feature in these digital versions will be access to the Pokémon Bank. These means you can go and catch the original 150, and then transfer them to Pokémon Sun or Pokémon Moon. Sounds like a completionist dream to me.
Star Wars, a good chunk of us love. And even those of you that don't have to admit you would love to have a lightsaber, assuming you don't cut off your own in limbs in the first 5 minutes of owning it. Well the folks at Google know that. And a as a result have created a new(ish) Chrome Experiment called "Lightsaber Escape".
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