The Witcher 3 – First Impressions

I’ve been recently sucked into the amazing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt after  sad departure from Dragon Age: Inquisition, which was awesome. What has struck me most about the game so far (only about 3 hours in) is how stunningly realistic the facial expressions are of the NPCs (non-player characters). The views – oh my god the views are absolutely spectacular in the game. I know — it sounds really weird to say, but can’t you appreciate in-game scenery? reminds me of this classic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some shots of the in-game scenery:

 

SO needless to say, I won’t be doing any writing anytime soon. You can kiss any further progress on the Age of Dawn series goodbye. Just kidding, sort of. I forgot how tricky the combat mechanics were in The Witcher and it’s taking some getting used too: see dying all damned time.

Book stuff: I finished figuring out the plot of the fifth book of the Age of Dawn, not sure what the title is going to be on that one yet. I’m about 10k words in and like where it’s going so far.

Currently reading: Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson This is an awesome book and it does a great job of telling his story and making the scientific pieces easy to grasp for the layman. Einstein surely did live up to his namesake. The book is well researched, surprisingly entertaining and a joy to read. He’s a fascinating character with a lot of quirks that people at his level to tend to have (Warren Buffet, Elon Musk, and Steve Jobs come to mind). Einstein was always a natural rebel, which I love. It was his rebellion which allowed him to think so far outside the box than most in his field. He challenged the status quo and rarely backed down when he was sure of an idea, pursuing it like a rabid dog.

 

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