Sadly 2015 was probably the least amount of games I played in a long time. With two moves and just less games that appealed to me personally I just didn't put in the hours on my consoles like I have in the past couple of years. That's not to say I've at all fallen out of love with gaming or that I've grown bored of it. The games of 2015 were spectacular, in fact it might have been one of the best years in recent history. Sadly though the majority of those amazing games were in genres that I don't love. 

At times it's really hard for me to believe my good fortune. I grew up drooling over E3. As a huge fan of video games E3 is known as a video games fan week long Christmas. It's the show where all the big developers and publishers come out and show off what games that have coming the upcoming holiday season and beyond. I've been fortunate enough to get invited to go the E3 press conferences for the past four years or so. This year we decided to go a little bigger for E3 and actually stay down in Los Angeles for the event. 

Each year the video game industry hits a major lull during the summer months to ramp up into the holiday season. This year might be the weakest holiday lineup I've seen in years with many getting delayed to early 2015. But there are still a number of games I'm excited for between now and the end of the year, and here they are. 

After a great Sunday in Los Angeles I woke up bright and early on Monday (June 10th) to head down to Los Angeles to attend the four big press conferences (Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Sony). I got out of the house at around 6AM and headed to Starbucks. When I got my Grande Carmel Macchiato I just felt this wave of exhaustion and dread of the long drive ahead. I made a last minute decision (not something I normally do) and ended up making a u-turn and heading back home to experience E3 from home for the first time in three years. 

One week following the release of the Playstation 4, comes the Xbox One. As a huge fan of video games (I own a video game website for reference) this sort of experience is the pinnacle of my obsession. Consider that a console life cycle historically averages 7-10 years and you can begin to understand the magnitude of a release. So when I heard the Xbox One and Playstation 4 would be releasing a week apart it just sounded too good to be true. 

In February 2013 Sony announced the Playstation 4. From that point to this past Friday (November 15th) I've been giddy excited for the console to finally arrive. This past Friday UPS delivered my Playstation 4 via Amazon and I couldn't be happier.