E3 2016 Came and Went

I only actually watched the briefings on Monday, which was Microsoft, Ubisoft, the PC Gaming Show, and Sony. The PC Gaming Show was not that great in my opinion, because it felt to me at times like it was supposed to be something really hype-ie, but was more of a talk show, and that place in the middle it occupied was not ideal. Ubisoft was interesting to watch, but seriously, it would have been nice if we saw, clearly Just Dance 2017 up on the screen at the beginning. If you watched it, you know what I mean.
Sony... I am confused when I see headlines of different people praising Sony as having the best conference. It was not good, at all. It was practically all trailers, so everything could have just been put up on YouTube. The live orchestra was neat, but what it was playing did not seem to tie into anything of the presentation. Some of the stuff that was shown was not particularly impressive or well done either. A VR trailer for Final Fantasy XV where the first half of it is just the normal gameplay, and then we get a VR reveal within it. If this were the first trailer of the VR content, and we did not know the VR stuff was coming, it would have been good, but that was not the case at all. Seriously, there was no real, press conference type substance to the Sony press conference.
Microsoft, however, that felt like a press conference. There were trailers, yes, but also live gameplay, that was not just someone on the corner of the stage playing, announcements in video, and announcements from the stage. You could not have just put the content up on YouTube and have it be the same, because part of the content, the substance was live. The bulk of Sony was trailers, or gameplay that was not obviously gameplay ie. it could have easily been pre-recorded and no one would have cared.

How I Choose to Remember Today

Whenever a significant event occurs, especially a tragedy such as what happened in the early hours of today, there are many images that can and will be used to capture it. The one I choose for today is not of any of the horror that occurred, but the love and caring that occurred after it. The lines of people stretching out from the blood banks around Orlando and the second call, not for more blood donations, but for support for those still waiting, in the Florida heat, for hours, to give blood.
We cannot and should not forget the carnage and the tragedy, but we should not neglect, instead we should celebrate those who did not retreat into safe homes, but went forward to help. That is part of our strength and terrorism and murder will not overcome it.

He Will Be Missed

There are a number of things that I could talk about, but the most important one is very easy to see.
While it is a great loss to the world that Muhammad Ali has died, the rewards we all received from his life are far greater. He will be missed that we could not have more of his time, but as much as we want that extra moment, we should all and will all cherish what time we had.