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I stayed up til 3am this morning watching Supernatural.  I love that show.  I know its not the best show on tv but the actors and writers put a lot of heart into it.  I don't get to watch a lot of tv, as I don't have much free time.  But Supernatural is one of the two shows I'll actually sit down and watch(the other being Black Sails).  I love the music, and the car, and everything about it really.  Did I mention the car?  If they would just get rid of Castiel, and put Crowley in his place.  I know I know everyone loves Castiel, I'm just not a fan.  I love Crowley's wit and he has really good chemistry with Sam and Dean.  I think it could work!  Maybe I should send the idea to the show's writers....

So it's been awhile since I've written a new post.  I took a break from gaming for awhile, except to play Witcher 3 off and on.  One of the best games I've played in a long time.  I'm really excited for the new expansion that's coming out next month.  And I just learned that it has a limited edition that comes with two gwent decks, so I'll be calling Gamestop first thing to see if I can pre-order.  I have a feeling its not available in the US, but I'll keep my fingers crossed!
     I've been trying to clean up my backlog to get back into gaming, I still have a few games I'd really like to finish up before jumping into anything new.  I'm working on Shadow of Mordor at the moment, I'd forgotten how much fun that game is.  Mowing down a crowd of orcs is insanely satisfying and a little addicting.  After that I just need to finish Mass Effect 3 and AC Rogue and I'll be good to go.  I'd like to jump into the Taken King at some point, but to be honest Destiny is too much of a time suck.  I don't have a lot of free time so I have to use it wisely!  And I wasn't that impressed with House of Wolves.  It was an improvement in a lot of ways, and POE was a blast, but they really need to do something about that grind.  People got other stuff to play!
     Also I did rent Elder Scrolls online, just to see if I was missing anything.  It was pretty bad.  I love the Elder Scrolls series, but I'll wait for the next installment to come out.  I kinda wish I had seen how the PVP worked, cause the combat...I just don't see how that works in PVP.  Maybe I'm spoiled by WOW or perhaps it gets better as you level up.  I don't know and I don't care enough to find out!
     Other than AC Syndicate there's not a whole lot of games I'm excited for this winter.  The new Metal Gear game looks awesome but I've never played any of them so I'm a little leery of diving into the series at this point.  No Man's Sky and Dishonored 2 are the games I'm really looking forward to right now, hopefully we'll actually get to play them next year.  What are you guys playing at the moment?  Anything good coming out this winter that you're excited for?

I've played Witcher 3 for about 25 hours now.  So far I'm pretty impressed with the game.  The graphics are gorgeous, the storyline and voice acting are top notch, and I'm addicted to gwent.  If the cards weren't $75 on ebay I'd get a set.  I've heard a lot of people complaining because the graphics aren't as good as promised.  I can't really comment on that, as I made sure not to watch or read anything that had to do with the game before it came out.  I've been burned before.  (Yes I'm looking at you Assassins Creed.)  In my opinion there's nothing to complain about.  I was caught in a storm yesterday, I wish I had taken a screenshot.  The colors of the sky were amazing, the trees were cracking and popping, I felt like I was in a real storm!  The combat does take some getting used to.  I'll admit I wish it was a little deeper, but it's a lot more responsive than Witcher 2.  So I'm good with that.  The only real complaint I have is the cutscenes do lag a tiny bit.  It is a huge game though, and lets face it the PS4 needs a little more power under the hood.  But other than that I'm enjoying the game immensely.  I still need to pick up Destiny at some point.  I'm eager to try out the prison of elders, but for now it'll have to wait.  Now if you'll excuse me, I have more gwent to play.

Ok so this has nothing to do with gaming, but I had to share.  I went to one of the local horse farms this morning, they hold tours twice a week.  Tours aren't really my thing, but I love horses so I sucked it up and went.  Very glad I did, gorgeous horse breed.  They're called gypsy vanners; the breed was bred and created by gypsies in England.  The guy that owned the farm was very informative about the history of the horse breed and gypsy culture.  It was a fun two hours!

As promised, I'm posting pictures of the Witcher 3 collectors edition.  Very awesome set, much higher quality than some of the sets I've seen.  The medallion is probably my favorite, it's already given me an idea for a halloween costume....anyway I'd like to get back to playing the game.  Hope you guys are enjoying it as much as I am!  I'll write more on the game once I've put a few more hours into it.

This is for any and all Game of Thrones fans out there.  Actually I should say A Song of ice and fire fans  :)  I got this book a little while ago.  The artwork is just incredible, so I had to share.  Definitely worth a buy if you're a diehard fan, it adds a lot to the backstory of the series.  Also Witcher 3 comes out tomorrow at midnight, as everyone knows.  If I can tear myself away from the game I'll put up my early impression of the game and post pictures of the collector's edition sometime tuesday morning.  The wait time is killing me!

                                                                        The Eyrie

                                                                              Aegon I

            Robert defeating Rhaegar on the Trident

                                                                         Ironborn longship

                                                                         Sunspear

                                                                           Dornishmen