Kurahashi was laying on her bed just wearing her fluffy pink and white striped hoodie with a pair of black lounge pants with her laptop opened. She was scrolling through a video while kicking her legs back and forth in the air
"What are you looking at?" Nagisa asked making Kurahashi jump a bit
"Whoa Nagisa, who let you in here?" she asked surprised
"Your mum did as she was leaving, said you seemed bored" Nagisa said kissing her
"What if I was in my underwear?" she asked
"I would have said hello given you a kissed and waited outside until you were change" Nagisa said "So what's the situation
"Just E3, most of the conferences have ended and I'm just looking through them" Kurahashi said
"Find anything looking good so far?" Nagisa asked
"I've just skimmed the EA play one and I have to say the only good one is Jedi Fallen Order" Kurahashi said
"Just one?" Nagisa asked
"Well, we don't play sports games, the Sims 4 was bad and so I'm not sure why they are trying to revive with a new expansion now, Battlefield V was too politically charged and Apex Legends is one we also don't play since we don't do battle royale games" Kurahashi said
"So how good does Jedi: Fallen Order look?" Nagisa asked before Kurahashi cued it up and showed Nagisa, who just sat there enjoying the first looks of the lightsaber based combat and the force abilities, geeking out every now and then at what the player showed off. "No way that was awesome!"
"I know right?" Kurahashi said smiling adorably
"Anything else of note?" Nagisa asked
"Nope, just sports games, DLC, updates and what not, though I have to admit the Battlefield does look nice visually" Kurahashi said
"And they're releasing the Pacific Theatre of war, including Iwa Jima" Nagisa said
"So we be worried about that?" she asked
"Not sure, its looks pretty nice" Nagisa said
"What about going there one day?" Kurahashi asked
"How about Microsoft?" Nagisa said sitting next to her
"I forgot you were an Xboxer" Kurahashi said "Anyway sixty new games, a new studio, new controller and a hint at the next console, also new Halo next year"
"Wait WHAT!" Nagisa exclaimed
"Halo Infinite is a launch title" Kurahashi said "beside you have Gears 5, Forza Horzion 4's lego DLC"
"Lego DLC?" Nagisa asked confused
"Yeah" Kurahashi said showing Nagisa the trailer for it
"That is awesome, now if they could make it into a full game" Nagisa said making Kurahashi roll her eyes "What else?" he asked
"Games we won't be playing we've got Dying Light 2, State of Decay 2 DLC and this" Kurahashi said as the trailer play shocking Nagisa
"Are you kidding me, they managed to get Silent Hills back on track?" Nagisa asked before it was revealed as a different horror game "Blair Witch, that's different. Isn't it an old movie?"
"Yeah it is" Kurahashi said as the two looked at the other previews Microsoft had shown
"Wasn't expecting a flight simulator" Nagisa said
"Nor was I expecting From Frome software to team up with George R.R Martin, whoever he is" Kurahashi said
"That's the guy behind Game of Thrones" Nagisa said "But having Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk is pretty cool"
"Who is he again?" Kurahashi asked
"he's an actor from movies like Speed, Lake House, John Wick...The Matrix?" Nagisa said
"Oh that guy" Kurahashi said
"Anything else exciting?" Nagisa asked
"The west is finally getting Phantasy Star Online 2, and there is a new Tales of game coming" Kurahashi said "They showed off more Borderlands 3, Jedi Fallen Order, Game Pass, new tech"
"So what's the next one you watched?" Nagisa asked
"Bethesda software" she said making Nagisa look at her confused
"So what did they have?" Nagisa said
"A whole bunch of community stuff, even showing some community members that became Bethesda employees" Kurahashi said
"That's not too bad a way to start" Nagisa shrugged
"Game wise they started off with talking about Fallout 76" Kurahashi said showing the footage
"Okay, why make an MMORPGFPS a Battle Royale update?" Nagisa said confused
"I have no clue, next they showed off some Elder Scrolls stuff, like updates for their online game, their mobile game Blades coming to the Switch" Kuraha
"Which neither of us have" Nagisa remarked
"Should look into that" Kurahashi said "They are also updating their Mobile Card game Legends, new content for Rage 2 which released a couple of weeks ago"
"Anything new?" Nagisa asked
"A couple, a mobile adaptation of Commander Keen" Kurahashi shrugged
"Don't know that one" Nagisa said
"News on two new Wolfenstein games Cyberpilot and Youngblood, more news of Doom Eternal, which looks gory" Kurahashi said wincing
"How gory, are we talking blood spray, red lighting?" Nagisa said
"Red river levels" Kurahashi said "I don't think we should play it"
"Don't know if we can for now" Nagisa said
"Next up we have two new titles, Ghost wire Tokyo and Deathloop" Kurahashi said
"That's sound interesting, do you know anything about them?" Nagisa asked
"Sadly no, my connection decided to crap out there and I haven't gotten around to watching them" Kurahashi said
"Okay, so who's the next one you watched?" Nagisa asked
"Ubisoft" Kurahashi smiled.
"Ubisoft...seriously?" Nagisa asked
"Yep" she chirped
"Okay what did they serve up for our digital palates?" Nagisa asked as he cuddled up to her
"Digital Palates, man you are classy now aren't you, okay they started off with a musical set piece again this year" Kurahashi said
"Please not something involving a dancing panda like last year" Nagisa groaned making Kurahashi chuckle
"No, it was a symphony performing the music to Assassin's Creed while announcing a tour of it, it was nice"
"I didn't knwo you were into that sort of thing" Nagisa said
"It Assassin's Creed, sadly its not coming to Tokyo" Kurahashi said
"Shame we could have made it a very nice date night" Nagisa said making her blush
"And on the new game front we have Watch Dogs Legion, which allows you to recruit anyone into Dedsec, while being set in a futuristic police state London" Kurahashi said
"Wait how did that happen, Blume took over London" Nagisa said
"Not Blume Albion, anyway they showed off some more Ghost Recon Breakpoint which included adding in AI Team mates for solo mode" Kurahashi said
"That's good" Nagisa said "I'm looking forward to fighting the Punisher" he gleefully smirked
"They also announced a mobile game called Elite Squad, a new Rainbow 6 game called Rainbow 6 quarantine which is a PVE co-op game, more addons for the Division 2 and For Honor" Kurahashi said
"Do you ever think we should try these games out?" Nagisa shrugged
"Maybe" she said before leaning into Nagisa
"What else was there, anything about those annoying rabbids?" Nagisa asked with a hint of disgust in his tone
"No luckily nor anything about beyond good and evil 2, Skull and Bones, Trials or Far Cry most of it was centred around the Tom Clancy games" Kurahashi said showing Nagisa how many Tom Clancy games there were
"And still no Splinter Cell" Nagisa said
"They also announced a subscription service for PC and this Stadia thing, whatever that is" Kurahashi said
"No clue" Nagisa said "So what was next?"
"Square Enix" Kurahashi smiled shocking Nagisa
"You're not going to like this, but" Kurahashi winced
"But?" Nagisa asked
"It doesn't look like Square Enix is releasing as many games on the Xbox One, namely about 8" Kurahashi said
"8! Only eight?" Nagisa asked
"Yeah, but don't worry they only showed about 18 games" Kurahashi tried to calm him down
"So 10 aren't on Xbox" Nagisa said
"Yeah...sorry" Kurahashi said
"It's not your fault" Nagisa said "So what am I missing out on?"
"Final fantasy 7 remake" Kurahashi said bracing herself
"Oh COME ON!"Nagisa said angrily
"But hey, maybe I'll let you play when I get it" she said showing Nagisa some footage
"Okay I have to asked did they model Aerith off of someone?" Nagisa asked
"Why?" Kurahashi asked
"She looks pretty" Nagisa said
"Should I get jealous?" Kurahashi said
"Of what?" Nagisa asked
"Aerith" Kurahashi said
"No, so what else?" Nagisa said smiling
"Dragon Quest games, one of which is a Minecraft looking game, and Dragon Quest XI. An expansion to FFXIV Online" Kurahashi said
"I thought that they had that on the Xbox as well" Nagisa said looking for the game on the Xbox shop
"Not sure, they showed some indie stuff namely an old school top down racing game, some mobile games about Final Fantasy" Kurahashi said
"So like how Ubisoft were pushing Tom Clancy these guys were pushing the Final Fantasy huh?" Nagisa asked
"Pretty much, a couple of Saga games, their new FPS Outriders which looks kind of weird, a couple of re-releases such as Final Fantasy VIII and its big one!" Kurahashi said
"Big one, it had a big one besides Final Fantasy VII remake?" Nagisa asked confused "So what is it?"
Kurahashi just smiled before pressing play
"Okay so in-game engine so whaaa...The was a recreation from a shot of Endgame, wait...is this, this is it isn't it?" Nagisa asked suddenly getting excited
"It is, I knew you would like this" Kurahashi said giggling happily
"This is awesome looking, especially that Helicarrier! I agree, this is awesome and they look so cool. Heck they made Captain America's costume more militaristic" Nagisa said
"I still prefer this old one though" Kurahashi said
"And the new details on Thor oh man that looks good" Nagisa said nearly drooled
"Down boy" she laughed "And of course there is an attack on the city" she added
"Man, this looks fun I can't wait to play this game, wait, no, no, no, OH COME ON MAN why the helicarrier!" Nagisa snapped "And once again the Avengers get blamed for it"
"There, there" Kurahashi said nervously as Nagisa continued to watch the trailer
"Cool, a space mission, and I think that the MCU Gemini armour" Nagisa said
"You are such a geek" Kurahashi said before spotting the release date
"A year, we have to year an entire YEAR!" Nagisa growled
"Hey, hey now with everything there is to play, it won't take that long to come around" Kurahashi said closing her laptop and laying on Nagisa who was leaning back on the bed while starting to play with her hair making her feel relaxed
"I know the Nintendo one is the next one, so did you want to check that one out?" Nagisa asked
"Yeah, we don't have Nintendo" Kurahashi said
"Oh yeah good point" he just laughed before helping her up "Lunch?"
"Yes please I'm famished" Kurahashi said
"Thought so, did you want to check out that new burger place?" Nagisa asked with a laugh before helping her up and the couple walked to the new burger joint to get a bit to eat.
"So what did you think?" Kurahashi asked nibbling on some fries
"It was good, a varied array of games to hold us out until the next generation arrives" Nagisa said
"Which should be the end of next year, but I'm curious if they're going to do what they did last time and support the current generation a bit longer" Kurahashi said
"They should, heck it was only a couple of years ago they stopped making the PS3 and Xbox 360" Nagisa said
"True, but still I wonder how long they'll support the proper console before making the games backwards compatible" Kurahashi said
"That may be from the start, now I don't think much needs to be said about EA" Nagisa said
"Besides our beautiful their games look" Kurahashi said sipping her milkshake "I have to ask, what did you think of Halo Infinite?"
"I think that it will be an awesome game, and that it is coming out of both the Xbox one and Scarlett is interesting, but I think it will be a good game and maybe pick up with Guardians left off, possibly without Locke and his team since they were exclusive to that story" Nagisa explained "Not to mention from what I saw at Ubisoft's stuff they look like they'll have a good year" Nagisa said taking a bite of his burger
"I'm not sure about Quarantine though" Kurahashi said
"Yeah, I mean they are still dealing with terrorists but still a 3 player PVE around a bio weapon in a horror settings seems a bit out right" Nagis said
"Same with that mobile game Elite Squad; after waiting all these for Splinter Cell they get that!" Kurahashi said
"Well, at least Ghost Recon Breakpoint looks cool" Nagisa stated
"You still need to finish Wildlands and Watch_Dogs 2" Kurahashi said
"Why Watch Dogs?" Nagisa asked
"Because know you, you're going to want to get Legion when it comes out" Kurahashi said
"I suppose, now Bethesda had promise this year" Nagisa said "What with new Wolfenstein and Doom"
"But I doubt we'll be able to play them" Kurahashi said
"We're in our later years of high school, why wouldn't we be able to?" Nagisa asked
"I don't know, at least Doom Eternal is going to be gory" Kurahashi said
"Isn't it always?" Nagisa asked
"No, Doom 3 was more dark then gory" Kurahashi said
"Anyway what about that new Ghost wire one?' Nagisa asked
"I'll play it since it isn't zombies" Kurahashi said
"I hear you on that one" Nagisa said "And that Deathloop looks like it could be fun"
"Yeah it does, Square Enix? Kurahashi asked
"I don't know most of the games will only be on PS4 and Switch while the ones on Xbox look fun there is a lack of that special charm that comes to them" Nagisa said
"At least the Avengers is multiplatform" Kurahashi said "And the only problem with it is that it seems to be one of these live service games, though it is difficult to say that since everything is the DLC is free"
"But it could be the best Avengers game we've ever had that is based on the Avengers only" Nagisa said
"So what are you top five choices from E3?" Kurahashi asked as the pair walked through the park
"Okay my top five are Halo Infinite, Marvel's Avengers, Watch_Dogs Legion, Ghost Recon Breakpoint and properly Cyberpunk 2077; how about you?" Nagisa said
"Final Fantasy VII was a bigger winner for me, I'll agree with you on Watch_Dogs Legion, Tales of Arise, Jedi Fallen Order and probably Ghostwire Tokyo" she said smiling
"Cool choices" Nagisa said as the pair continued their walk in the park together.
G'day guys Grizz here, and I have to say that was fun just writing about E3, I knwo a lot of people take it seriously, I did as well waking up early over the past couple of days to watch the conferences live via YouTube deciding which games I was going to get over the next year or so and just enjoying the trailers. So I the reason I wanted to do this chapter is that I haven't touched on too much of the gaming side with these two mostly on the comics and cosplay side of geekdom so I thought it would be just a good change of pace to do that, now my personal opinions and choices are hidden throughout this chapter and I hope I haven't made it too obvious on what they are, so I'm sorry if they are
So until next time I'll catch you on the flipside