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>What Have You Been Playing... IN OCTOBER 2016?

    I'll add my impressions of a few VR games I fired up on the Vive:
ADR1FT
    This is a 'port' from the Oculus Rift version, which uses a gamepad, and 
imho it's poorly done.  I felt like there was next to no controls 
explanation for the Vive controllers, and in my short time with it never did 
figure out how to move around.  I'll have to come back to it later, after I 
figure out how to switch it to gamepad control.

Audioshield
    Less interesting than I thought it would be.  It defaulted to playing 
songs from youtube (I guess they have no licensed songs) which was awkward 
at best.  After a couple songs it petered out and I gave up.  Guess I'm not 
very musically inclined :(

theBlu
    This places you in a small area on the sea floor, with schools of 
colorful fish, anemones, and jellyfish swaying around you, in about a 
15min-long experience (there are a few additional scenarios I'm saving for 
later).  I found it pleasant and peaceful, and exited with a smile on my 
face.  I'll be coming back to this one!

Raw Data
    Now this is what I'm talkin' 'bout!  A full-on FPS robot shooter! 
Within minutes I was head-shotting implacable-looking robots, teleporting 
back-and-forth, ducking behind crates, throwing full punches, scanning the 
ceiling for hostile drones.  You look down to your left hip and see a clip 
holster; to your right a pistol holster; you have to reach down and 'grab' a 
clip with one hand, then 'load' it into the pistol in your other hand.  Just 
the act of doing this, seeing the 'gun' in your hand, then having to line up 
the sights to aim, is incredibly satisfying.  The default graphics settings 
are fairly pixelated, but this sort of game on next-generation devices will 
be pretty darn amazing.

rms