I enjoyed playing it at first but admit it was just to say I did play it. Im playing BOTW and in my recent times Switch is all Im playing. BOTW is the best game of this gen and one of my top 5 all time now. It simply is incredible emergent gameplay. I love it. Discovering new and varied methods in combat seems endlessly enjoyable. Shooting things that Bokoblins grab to throw at you is hilarious, shooting balloons to watch them fall to their doom from air rafts is as well. The game has an unending amount of gameplay freedom it appears.

Ive also been playing MUA3 on switch and my only problem is a comic nerd-old man one: hollywood marvel is dissolving 6th ave, NYC or, Marvel Comics-Marvel. The first 2 MUA games were tied to comic lore and continuity. Nick Fury was the grizzled old Howling Commando if the comics. In MUA3 he is suddenly the Sam Jackson, Ultimates continuity (that is dead) Fury. To some it may seem a race thing and I dont give a turd. Its about the original marvel characters and how the Hollywood rendition will eventually take over. And this 40 year comic collector thinks that blows. If you went original Fury in 1&2 (which were out after the MCEU movies) then stick with that for 3. But $$$ talks. Shame is all.

I was on the 3 mile track at Ft Sill when my phone interrupted a song to notify me of a new email. I opened it totally expecting junk, a bill confirmation or friend from NYC.

The toned out it was Jesselin. A woman I dated and lived with from 1999 -2001. Like many broken up couples we still slept together after. I knew she was seeing someone new and my infidelity was the catalyst for this wonderful woman to break it off.

Return to 2013 on the track and we reconnect. Wonderful trip down memory lane including phone sex and confessions of a loveless marriage but tons of money on her part. At one point I get a text, “can I send you something?”

Sure, I reply.

A pic in her wedding dress with her wiping the eyes of a toddler is what I see. I’m ashamed to admit I reacted selfishly. All I saw was a woman I loved in a wedding dress that didn’t marry me. She apologized. Nuff said.

I had an issue with my heart in June and was hospitalized for two days. The “heart attack” years lol, im 45. Since I have been taking stock. For two weeks this interaction has been steadily on my mind. The last 2 nights I’ve struggled to sleep, dreaming about failing a boy that may not be my son. But the thing that keeps echoing in my mind is her asking me, “ can I send you something?” Why? She had 3 children by then. Why this one picture?

I am embarrassed to say I looked at her Facebook (we are friends) and the oldest son is the tallest ( I am 6’3”) and her husband is 5’10”. Two of her kids really look like her so I’m torn. I don’t see him in this young man but his height of 6’2” at 18 and her cryptic ness 5 years ago is eating away at me.

At 0:45 Saturday June 17, 2017 my mother passed away at the age of 73. It has been a rough couple of months watching her deteriorate. She was diagnosed at the age of 19 with Multiple Sclerosis, an auto immune disease which sees the immune system attack the mylin coating around the nerves of the body. Statistically speaking someone with moderate MS dies by 66. Mom as usual was someone that astounded people.

She was an admitted very shy girl and young woman when her older brother introduced her to my father upon coming home from Army service. They married and had 4 chidren, me being the youngest. When I was a year old the split up and we were on welfare growing up in the Bronx, NYC.. My older sister was born mentally retarded and with cerebral palsy. Mom always says it was this that forced her to break out of her shell and fight for any help, be it from my father or public assistance, that she needed. And fight she did. A very outspoken believer in social welfare, she always maintained it should only be a help up, never full time support and she made good on this by getting as many jobs as she could to get us off welfare before I entered the first grade. We never went back on.

She eventually lost the use of her legs and became wheelchair bound in her 50s. She was declared disabled by the US government and collected disability until she died. She instilled in me a desire to fight for others less fortunate than me, a willingness to question everything because human beings especially those afraid to lose their power lie. She taught me to tell the truth even if leads me to my death, and I am sorry for when I haven't been strong enough to do so, mom. She taught me most of all no matter how shitty a hand seems when dealt, laugh. Just fucking laugh. As mom told one of her friends when this woman was shocked to hear my mom say ****, "you try raising three boys in the Bronx, NYC without saying the word **** sometimes". I cant laugh tonight because I've been turned into the young kid that got my mom to play Summer Games on the Commodore 64 with him, and who loved hearing his mom laugh while I visited for a weekend and played Fable 1&2 with her. Problem is tonight I know mom is gone. I love you mom. I'll miss you always. With Love, Dan.

Amazing how life shows you how little video games can really mean. I have a PS4 Pro and have been scrambling to find a place to live as well as help my uncle pack up for the move to Florida. It has consumed my time to the point of not opening the console, hooking it up or playing it. Then today happened.

A driveway separates the houses here. My neighbor's are nice retirement age people and they have two sons. 32 year old Sean, and 28 year old Brendon. Both are my friends. I woke up to the screams of Sean's mom at roughly 6:45 AM, threw on shorts and ran across the driveway. In their house as I ran through the door she pleaded "Please Dan Help him!" repeatedly. I raced upstairs and his father was crying on his knees, in front of Sean on the love seat in the attic made bedroom. I knew instantly it was way too late. His head was blue, he was hunched over and when I attempted to sit him back the cold temperature of his body and stiffness of rigor mortis were the all too familiar confirmation I got. Sean was dead long before quarter to seven in the morning.

He isn't the first friend or family member I have lost to drugs but as always I hope he will be the last. A good guy, good NY sports fan and good friend. So long, Sean. R.I.P.

People suffer. It's actually a tenet of Buddhism.

I got home (back home to NYC) from service to the US Army in2014. I haven't been thrilled, nor disgusted by the administrations' choices. Honestly, I am so minuscule it never effected me. At all. This election has been the most embarrassing in my 44 years of life. This is the best we can, as a country come up with ? Two liars, but one that is admittedly a person with no idea that being president means you aren't "the CEO"?.

The system wars can be both funny and sad. There are posters in that forum who seem to take it really seriously. Like tormentos who quoted me saying to another poster "Uncharted 3 wasn't better than Tomb Raider 2013, imo". El tormo went on his tirade citing the metacritic score of Uncharted 3 being a higher number than TR as absolute factual proof that UC3 is a better game and I am wrong. There really are people who believe that winning an Oscar means that the winner was factually the best in that year. It blows my mind that some people cant grasp the notion that entertainment is subjective. Winning accolades or high sales means something to the creators or those that get to keep the profits but that doesn't mean that human beings cant like another movie, book, game more or they are living in denial of a fact.

But yes people, there really are people out there that don't understand this, just as there are people out there that vote Republican while being on food stamps and welfare themselves.

I just finished a play through of MGS 4. It was the first time since 2008 that I actually watched all the cut scenes again. First they are still excruciatingly long and over dramatic. There are way too many instances in them where characters are in uncomfortable silences. These are theatrical elements and do nothing to further the story. I still really enjoy MGS 4. The game play is fun, the subtle nuances that Kojima puts into MGS games really show his attention to detail. I have played it sneaking and running and gunning. I did miss one of the things I really like in Ground Zeroes in that I can get a shot off to take out the guard that spots me before a full alarm goes off many times. The bullshit of alarms ringing as soon as I am spotted always annoyed me.

There was a time on the forums where Splinter Cell and MGS were compared a bit. I love each for their own reasons. MGS has the crazy enemies, all thanks to nano machines evidently, the story is fun if convoluted and messy. Splinter Cell was like a great Bourne/Bond espionage series to me. No magic or super villains or mechs being taken down by a single soldier. Good stealth elements and gadgets and characters I grew to care about. And I loved all the SC games. I enjoyed the change up Conviction brought as it was getting tired to just skulk around in the shadows. It made sense to be more killer and action in regards to Sam being on a revenge mission. Blacklist was easily one of my favorite games of 2013. It did what MGS 4 did in giving the player a choice on going run and gun or stealth. I personally like options.

I enjoyed my MGS 4 play through and really like the changes in game play that Peace Walker began and Ground Zeroes has refined.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/204/450/990/boycott-japanese-products-for-dolphins-and-whales/

A friend of mine is a big animal rights activist and I support that. We recently had dinner and she explained this particular issue to me. So the Japanese govt is all for killing dolphins and whales, and selling dolphin meat, which is extremely high in mercury, to their citizens. Mercury is of course terrible for the human diet. And whales and to a lesser extant dolphins are protected by many countries because of dwindling numbers. They claim tradition as for these being in their diet. Well it was a tradition for wealthy land owners to have slaves at one time also. Time to get with the times, Japan. Joining this is tough for me because so many great gaming series and products come from japan. I said I will do my best to her, and would post a blog about it. It is sad that not only are they killing these mammals or selling the rare ones like two albino dolphins to sea world, but they are selling the unhealthy product to their own population. Besides mercury, there is still quite a bit of radiation in this bay, but that's cool to sell to your population I guess.

Recently with the release of Destiny, a few things about the score it received had me scratching my head. GS uses a 10 point scale. But it seems many gamers or fanboys or posters use a 4 point scale. See I agree with the word next to the number that GS uses in their 10 point scale. 7=good. 6=Fair. Not fucking bad, or terribad or all this bullshit people say on forums.

It seems 9=great, 8= ok, 7= average, 6= bad and there really is no reason to go any further down on the gamer's review scale. That isn't logical, critical thinking. That's fucking stupid imo. I personally gave Destiny a 7 to a 7.5. Its a good, fun game. I didn't review the ad campaign so I don't factor in the massive hype it received, I reviewed the game I played. Not advertisement executives work. And I liked it a little more than the GS reviewer. It isn't great, although great times can be had with it when I play with friends from the Army. For my opinion, Titanfall was a better time.

This ridiculous gamers scale had me laughing. And bringing up the hype or advertising budget has nothing to do with reviewing what you played. That is stuff to be reviewed by the CEOs of those ad agencies imo.

So now I live in Brooklyn NYC. First time for everything. Before this past Monday the most I had been in Brooklyn was going to Metal shows at Lamoures in Brooklyn. I grew up in the Bronx and there was always a slight rivalry with the other boroughs of NYC, not to mention a tweak on our NY accent.

I am eagerly awaiting the 10th of October because on the first I get my monthly GI Bill living stipend but after I get my student loan. And after paying some living expenses, I am buying my PS4. I have owned every PS and the fourth will be no different. So looking forward to Infamous SS. I know some people on SW say its just graphics but I am a big fan of these games. I admit Infamous 2 was not as good as the first but I still liked playing it, so here's hoping SS is fun. KZSF is one that I am worried about. Now the first KZ was mediocre at best imo, but KZ2 was my go to shooter in 2009 along with ODST. KZ3 was enjoyable but I preferred the control speed of KZ2. KZM on Vita is probably my favorite Vita game although I am getting Tearaway in Oct so that could change. All I have read and listened to about KZSF is how pretty but hollow it is. I hope its not hollow for me. Either way in Oct my latest gen of owning both Xbox and PS begins. I will also be picking up a WiiU because well, I'm old. This possibly is my last gen buying consoles. I have a good gaming PC now and I am finding less time to play games