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Hey guys take a minute to read this article about my 10 year old newphew. He is fighting cancer and has been his whole life. This time around it will be the most difficult he has had to deal with. Please take the time to at least read the article and understand what the poor kid has had to go through so far in his young life. Please donate if you can, if not I understand. You can donate on the site or you can donate through PayPal on my website right here.  Either way at minimum share this link so we can reach as many people as we can, thank you for your help and support, my family really appreciates it.

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Joel Ruble

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My 10 year old nephew Tony Lee is fighting brain cancer. I started a GoFundMe page to raise money to help with medical bills. If you could please read the article and help spread the word I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your support.

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So, 2017 is quickly coming to an end.  With that in mind, it’s time to start debating on what will take Game of the Year this year.

The Game Awards 2017 is scheduled to take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 7, 2017, and will be live-streamed across 16 different broadcast platforms.  Geoff Keighley will continue to host, and will include performances by The Game Awards Orchestra, a mixed group of music performers and composers to highlight music from the nominated games.  Keighley said the show has drawn interest from some movie studios, and the show will include promotional materals from their upcoming films.

Three award categories, eSports player, eSports team, and most-anticipated game categories, will be voted by viewers in the weeks ahead of the show through online polling. The previous “Best Mobile/Handheld Game” will split off a separate “Best Mobile Game” award, reflecting the differences in how handheld and mobile games are developed, and a new award for “Best Ongoing Game” will be offered for games that continue to provide new content as a games-as-a-service model.

What are your picks?  I got either The Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Switch or Horizon: Zero Dawn on PS4 taking it this year.

Let the debate begin!

Destiny 2 is by far ten times better than the original. Let me give everyone a little information about the updates about the new and very improved Destiny 2, below are the new updates I have noticed so far.

• Public events are located on you map, no need to look online or use that phone app.
• When you want to play a strike your able to join matchmaking versus having to have 2 other people with you.
• Each class you have to earn and fight through a mission to obtain the last two abilities for you character.
• After you reach level 20 you start earning XP toward Bright Engrams that give you different items.
• I found out later in the game that every Bright Engram you earn, when you open it up, it is based off of your power level when you open it.
• A tip for everyone starting out, save your Bright Engrams until you really need to open them.
• Every Engram earned from doing normal quest, public events, drops from enemies and any milestone will drop around the same if not a little better than you Power Level of when you earned it.
• Milestones are really important to pay attention to as well. When you are looking at the map of the planets, hold L2 and it will show you a list of Milestone’s. Completing those will give you a Powerful Engram which has very good gear. I just recently opened a Powerful Engram and received an Exotic Chest piece for my Warlock.
• Exotic Engrams are awesome to get. Every enemy you fight, chest you open has a chance of dropping an Exotic Engram. When you open a Legendary Engram you also have a chance to receive an Exotic as well. You can only wear one Exotic weapon and once Exotic piece of armor.
• The Nightfall’s are all timed, that being said you have to earn 30 seconds by completing the specific challenge per Nightfall.

I just wanted to let everyone know some of the details of the game, everyone may already know this, however just wanted to help anyone out I could. Play the game, grind out challenges and try all three characters. The game is fun, fast paced and well worth the money and time you put into it.

Happy Gaming

When pre-ordered were available for the PS VR, I was one of the first to click the button.  I couldn’t wait… well, that’s not true, I’ve been waiting since the mid-80s for a real virtual reality experience.  I am a fan of all genres of gaming… as long as the content is good and worthwhile, I’ll drop the dollars.  VR brings several new genres to the market all at once.

Here’s what I’ve experienced thus far:

• Overhead control of a world (think Black & White or Dungeon Keeper)
• Third person view behind the back action adventure
• First person view action adventure
• First person Billiards
• First person ring toss, rock wall climbing, bow and arrow
• First person campfire chats
• First person space flight
• Driving Games
• First person shooter
• Horror games
• Horror games
• and more Horror games
• Superhot

PSVR does a few things very well automatically.  It brings you into a world or environment with an enormous field of view.  This instantly heightens the fear factor for any horror game… for example, off to your left behind a box is a monster.  You can hear it with your 3d stereoscopic earbuds, but it wont move until you look in that direction.  The jump scares are off the charts.  Playing pool is something else.  At times I actually lean as if to support myself with the table, only to realize it isn’t there.  While this does break the immersion, it also adds to the mind-boggling complexity for all these new genres.  Each one listed above has been done before… (maybe not the campfire chats – I’m not sure), but in VR, they are new and exciting.

Overhead control gives you the god power to move objects from one side of a map to the other.  You can rotate the world with your godlike hands to get a better peak. Third person action adventure allows for you to be immersed as if you’re part of the action – seeing the whole world around you and allowing you to anticipate whats next without boundaries.

I suck at driving and flying games… but now with VR I can hold my own.  What’s different? The realism. I know how to drive, so now the cutting of a corner or the checking of my rear view mirror happens naturally.  I can feel when I am going too fast and know to break on time as opposed to when it’s way too late.  I am no world beater, but at least I can play games I’ve never enjoyed before with this new adaptation.

The next thing I’ll chat about here is First Person Shooters.  I’ve looked at my play history since the launch of the PS4.  My FPS play time is as much as all other genres combined.  50% of the time I play games, it’s a FPS.  COD, Battlefield, Battlefront.  I’ve been loyal to those three, until now.  Sony introduced a new weapon/controller in the AIM VR gun.  It’s amazing. It’s one of those things you can’t really understand until you’ve tried it.  The precision is impeccable, fast, fluid, natural.  The catch?  Only dual handed weapons can really be used here… so those who love to run around with 2 pistols can take a hike. That fad is a thing of the past.  When you feel the power of the AIM controller, you’ll accept the loss of dual weapons.  The AIM controller comes with a layout that just feels right. Unlike the move controllers, it has a L and R joystick for locomotion and movement.  All your standard controls are there in the right spot.  Developers are catching on too… some are going back and bringing AIM support in, while others are considering it for their future titles.  The game this controller was built for though, Farpoint, is otherworldly.  I wish that it had full FPS multiplayer support and am still crossing my fingers that it becomes a reality one day.  I’ve never been more immersed than when playing Farpoint with the AIM controller.

Lastly, Superhot.  I can’t quite give this a genre.  Long story short – time moves when you move.  You die (often) and come back to life, to replay the scenarios a different way and make it through.  It a true VR looking polygon world with red bad guys.  Still images of this game do no justice.  You must play this to understand it.  It’s incredible.  It is games like this that will sell VR.  Games like Werewolves Within where you sit around a campfire and try to lie to your group as to who you are under your skin.  The ability to use your arms and head movement to convey emotion or frustration… it’s better than any dance emote I’ve seen.

Later this year we have a heavy hitter. Skyrim VR.  This could be the straw that breaks the camels back and turns VR into a standard in most Playstation user’s catalog of games… and I can’t wait. I’ll be there, first in line (digitally….I download all my games now).

If your like myself you can remember back in 2007 when the PS3 came out and one of the greatest Call of Duty games was created, Modern Warfare. The game has now been released by itself, Call of Duty Modern Warfare Re-mastered will go down as one of the best shooters of all time. Get yourself a copy, look me up, meandnotyou (PSN) and we will have a great time.