A return to the racing game Split/Second

Split/Second is an arcade style racing game by the now closed developer Black Rock Studio and published by Disney Interactive Studios, for MS Windows, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360. What made this racing game unique was its fictional reality television show theme, and its "power play" feature, in which rigged explosions or booby traps could be triggered remotely by the player, or AI opponents. These two aspects really made for an intense racing game that is sure to increase your heart rate and make your palm sweat, which I loved to play.

Update on games from E3 2017 I was looking forward to

This last E3 there were several games that caught my interest, and now that six months have passed, I thought I'd share my thoughts on the games that have been released. I

Games that I played

I thought I'd start off with two of the games I bought and played.

Cuphead

What a very cool game. I've never played a boss rush type game, but really enjoyed it.

The visual style of the game is great. Where other games have used flash type animations, this game used hand drawn animation, and it really made the characters/bosses come alive. I wasn't the only one by the way that loved the art direction, as the game won Best Art Direction at this years Games Award show.

In addition to the wonderful look of the game, the mix of shooting, platforming, and figuring out how to beat those dastardly bosses was great. The game is hard, but for the most part if feels fair. Each boss fight has several phases with patterns that you have to learn. The tricky part of these boss fights is that the patterns for the phases switch up, so the fight always feels fresh and challenging.

Here's a playlist of Cuphead videos I recorded while playing:

Net Neutrality Explained and why it matters

UPDATE 2 - In a 3 to 2 vote, they killed Net Neutrality. But all is not lost! 

We can still get Congress to stop this—by passing a "Resolution of Disapproval" to overturn the FCC vote. Visit https://www.battleforthenet.com/breaktheinternet/ to see how you can help!

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet Service Providers and governments regulating most of the Internet must treat all data on the Internet the same, and must not discriminate or charge differently by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or method of communication. For instance, under these principles, internet service providers are unable to intentionally block, slow down or charge money for specific websites and online content.

Here is a video produced by the Wall Street Journal with their own explanation: