cerberus3dog

1. Cyberpunk 2077
2. Last of Us Part 2
3. Spider-Man
4. Sekiro
5. Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Favorite conference to watch was Microsoft. Sony's presentation was super weird. That Cyberpunk trailer was my highlight. I've watched that thing half a dozen times now and there is so many details packed in there.

I don't buy it. Ryckert is doing a bit. He knows the verb pirate means to steal. Therefore, he has made the connection sometime in his life that pirates in the past used to steal. Checkmate.

I think the look is really fresh.

I think I just realized we saw less of Anthem this E3 during their press conference than we did last year. Last year, we had that whole 10 minute gameplay demo. Here we got a handful of short looped snippets of gameplay. I really would have liked to see more, now that I'm thinking about it.

That's a good mentality to have for Anthem I think. Nobody has hit it out of the park with the faux MMO loot shooter subgenre yet, maybe Anthem will.

Comparable to past EA conferences so... bad. That's my snarky comment.

Bourdain helped me get into cooking, he taught me the joy of the process. He showed respect for minimum wage line cooks and he never looked down on them. I loved that about him. He opened me up to foreign food, their people, and their culture in a way that has broadened my perspective of my place in the world.

It's odd that the celebrity deaths I have felt most affected by have been by suicide with Robin Williams and now Anthony Bourdain. Profoundly sad individuals that have produced positive change in their audience. Though, Ryan Davis will still be the most sorrowful I've felt after learning about the death of a stranger. RIP Anthony Bourdain. I learned good things from you.

I agree with other posters that said if you believe therapy will work, its chances are better that it will. Kinda like hypnosis in that regard.

I've only done in person therapy sessions, but here's my take on those. I understand that there is no way around therapy being a business but "the business side" of it has affected how I view the industry. During the times I've been in a session, when my hour is almost up, and the therapy worker says, "We're out of time for today", I become jaded and cynical of the whole practice. I start thinking to myself, "I'm opening up with all my problems and you're now cutting me off?" I'm reminded that they are only here for me as long as I am their customer. I'm not trying to blame them. My relationship with the therapy worker is a professional one, we aren't friends, he has his own life to live and I don't expect them to put in extra time outside of their work life to worry about me. Never the less, I don't know if I'll ever get overcome my view of the business side of the industry because it makes it seem, in some way, hollow.

Therapy didn't worsen my problems however. The worst it's been for me is when I kept those self-destructive thoughts bottled up inside and not willing to talk to anyone about it. If that sounds familiar, you should try to change that. If therapy, or just telling someone else about your issues, allows you to open up, it might be worth it.

The things that has actually helped me in the end is talking with family and focusing on self-improvement. My parents didn't charge me for their attention. Their wish for me to get better is undeniably genuine and not tied to any monetary issue. Opening up to them about my life was important. I also went to the gym, I cooked meals/eating healthier, I read more, I limited time spent on social media, and I tried to learn new things to become a more well-rounded person. Most of the change came from myself in the end, which is what I think the "mission statement" of therapy wants to help you eventually realize. If therapy does help you realize that your problems require your own effort to address them, I think it's worth it.

ACG said Vampyr is more than the some of its parts. He remarked that the story is fantastic with political intrigue and cool character stories about living as a vampire in Victorian London. The combat and gameplay sections seems to be where the lack of polish and AA production shows itself which goes in line with Dontnod's previous works. Everything about the game's setting speaks to me. Since I enjoyed Remember Me and Life is Strange a great deal, I will be picking up this game eventually.