The Professional Gamer - November 7, 2014

Hello everyone! I'm back from Calgary and really happy to have more than 10 hours of daylight again.  On the other hand, I was enjoying the coffee and treats at Tim Horton's.  Regardless, I spent a good amount of time away from home this week, so I couldn't spend much time playing Hyrule Warriors.  Instead, I spent some time reading and playing Bravely Default.  Read on to learn more about the rest of my geeky week.

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Overwatch Annouced

For the first time in 17 years Blizzard announced their first actual new franchise, Overwatch. A game set 60 years in the future and 30 years after a robot uprising. When the robot uprising over whelmed individual government armies they formed the world wide peacekeeping force, Overwatch. Here is the trailer to set the stage.

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Hearthstone Expansion: Goblins vs Gnomes

Hearthstone Expansion: Goblins vs Gnomes

Do you like card games? Do you like World of Warcraft? Then chances are you have played Hearthstone. Then there is great news for you! Blizzard announced at Blizzcon today they first actual expansion to the popular virtual card game, Goblins vs Gnomes. Looks like we will get all sorts of mechanical contraptions to add to our decks. There are cards such as the the Unstable Portal, Dr. Boom, and Explosive Sheep.

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Majora's Mask coming to 3DS (Finally)!

Ever since The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released for the 3DS people have been clamoring for another Zelda game from the N64. Well our pleas have been heard and answered at last! In spring of 2015 we will see The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask re-released for the 3DS and 2DS. All I can say to this is, WOOT!

The Professional Gamer - October 31, 2014

Hello and Happy Halloween!  I hope everyone had a great night with an appropriate amount of treats(whatever you deem that to be) and not too many tricks.  I spent the week leading up to the holiday enjoying some relatively recent anime and video games.  I'm also preparing for my first business trip, which has been a bit stressful, mostly in terms of ensuring that all of my projects are wrapped up before I leave.  However, I still managed to spend some time in fun pursuits.

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Destiny - Review

Destiny - Review

Destiny, it is a word that carries a lot of weight. It is used mostly when someone believes that a fate is inevitable and usually important. It was Luke's destiny to become a Jedi. It was Billy <something> destiny to wield the power of Shazam. And it was Bungie's destiny to come out with a new sci-fi shooter. But not all destinies are good ones. Is Destiny worthy of the name it represents?

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The Professional Gamer - October 17, 2014

I spent almost all of my free time this week with the new shiny game.  And then, I found one of my guilty pleasures on Netflix.  That was most of my week, but to those paying attention to cultural happenings in our world of geekiness, there has been rather a large to do regarding video games.  I've been reluctant to put out my thoughts on the subject, since many other better writers and thinkers have already done so much, but this has come to a head in such a way that most of the reading time was spent on blogs and news sites rather than pleasure reading.  Please click through to read the rest of the article.

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