My Time at BlizzCon 2016

This past weekend was exciting for many gamers around the world. Over twenty-five thousand gamers from all fifty states and over sixty countries flew, drove, and/or Uber’d their way to the Anaheim Convention Center, as they have for the past ten conventions. This event is known around the world as BlizzCon. Of those twenty-five thousand attendees, I was one of them. 

How Political Memes Helped Kill Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality has been buzzing around for the past few years, thanks to the Oculus Rift pushing the idea of modern VR technology into light. I believe around 2013 or 2012 was the time frame in which it took off with early production models of the Oculus Rift for developers and enthusiasts with money to spare (usually for their YouTube crowd). Oculus has definitely been headlining this push for years, but more recently, Oculus has been in the headlines for a movement that has divided and politicized gaming.

Who am I, and why am I here? How does this all relate to Video Games?

While I have maintained a blog previously for a class, this one is a bit more free-reigned and not restricted in its theme. This is a video game blog that will detailed me; Cody Castona (you may have noticed that name in the URL of this page). Let’s talk about what the point of all of this will be.