Second Post!

My personal Favicon.ico

This image is a favicon that I created for my personal webpage. I didn't like any of the default icons found on the web so I just made my own. It is a pixel version of my face, or so I like to think. It was created with mspaint.

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/

Heroes of the Storm (HotS) is traditionally known as a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) or as Blizzard likes to refer to as a Hero Brawler. I never actually liked any MOBA games such as DotA or LoL prior to HotS. I thoroughly enjoy all of Blizzards games and at one point played all of them pretty regularly. So it was natural that I gave HotS a shot even though the genre didn't really suit me. However after playing in the closed beta since early this summer, I have found that this game is now my go to whenever I want to play something quick and fun.

I really enjoy this game for a multitude of reasons. First and foremost it is a competitive game, I am a competitive person in nature and these types of games that require you to have a skill ceiling to be good always attract me. I also like this in a game because they tend to become popular Esports and I regularly watch Esporting events. Second, unlike most MOBAs, HotS has a good learning curve, I feel that games should be easy to play, but difficult to master. Most MOBAs are really daunting to learn for first comers and can be very overwhelming to just jump into, I didn't feel that with HotS however. Lastly, while I could sit here and type out pages of why I enjoy this game, the best part is that it is not time consuming. Most popular MOBAs that I listed earlier are rather lengthy in match times (40min+), while HotS average match times are around 20 minutes, nearly half the time. This makes for both quick action packed games that I can watch and play when I am short on time.

http://blog.counter-strike.net/

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) is a First Person Shooter (FPS) game that is strictly online only. The original Counter-Strike was originally created as a mod for the FPS game Half-Life and since then has seen multiple versions and is now it's own stand alone title. CSGO has become one of the most successful games in it's genre.

I have played Counter-Strike since I was very young in it's early stages (versions 1.4) and was hooked since the first time I tried it. CSGO while maybe in some aspects not as good as it's predecessor, is still a great game. I enjoy this game for many of the same reasons I enjoy the first game in this post, HotS. It is a very VERY competitive game, it's one of the forefathers of Esports and today is one of the highest grossing Esports overall. I don't actually play CSGO as much as I'd like because unlike HotS the game matches can be somewhat lengthy. However CSGO is a great spectator game and I still follow it regularly. Another thing I like about CSGO it is has one of the highest skill ceilings for a video game currently and is known for being difficult to master. Overall this game is very rewarding to play and entertaining to watch.

First post!

Here's a recorded video of my desktop with voice over for assignment 1. Sorry for the low volume on my voice, the local file's sound is fine but when it gets uploaded to youtube it gets quiter.