Firstly, I, like many at E3 last week, would like to acknowledge both the death of Christina Grimmie and the Orlando gay nightclub shooting. I am sorry that both the family of Christina and the survivors and family of the Orlando shooting had to endure the pain of losing someone you know and love instantly, without warning. You are in my prayers.

Last week, the largest annual video-gaming event in the world took place. E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) was born out of a common hatred of how CES (Consumer Electronics Show) was treating the video game industry back in the 90s. It is the annual event where video game companies make or break their year with huge game announcements (or lack thereof). This event has been described by many as the Christmas of the video game industry. And it was all live-streamed. This past week, I've been (mostly) keeping up with the event so I could give you my personal favorites! The games here were all shown at E3 this year in some form or another. They could've been revealed beforehand or not. There are so many good games out there, that there's no possible way I could decide on an order for the list. I'm like Kyle Bosman on Easy Allies, constantly changing my "Favorite Games of E3" list.

One more thing: I happen to have a very specific taste in video games, so don't be surprised if your favorite didn't make it.

1. The Last Guardian

This game has been in and out of E3 for years. Development started in 2007, and it was planned for release in 2011 on the PlayStation 3. It was originally shown at E3 2009, but, through several different events (such as the game being brought to PS4 or the original development team leaving Sony), it was delayed. The game recounts the story of a young boy who was kidnapped for unknown reasons. He was able to escape the castle he was taken to, meeting the giant beast seen in the trailer above in the process. The boy befriends the creature as they attempt to avoid and escape the pursuing guards. After being in and out of development hell, the game finally releases on October 25th, 2016.

2. Watch Dogs 2

While this game's predecessor, Watch Dogs, fell flat on its face, this game may be better than that. This time around, you're no longer alone. You're part of a hacker group in San Francisco that attempts to bring down corrupt organizations in ways that aren't exactly, well, legal. A good example of this is in the video above. Basically, your mission is to steal some files from a company that's trying to scrub everything clean before someone (say, this hacker group) finds it. Unfortunately, the computer the files are on is off the grid. It can't be hacked remotely. You must go in personally and bug the computer so others can get into it and get what they need. Just don't get caught.

3. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Lego games have been around for a long time, and they've usually been pretty fun to play. But Lego games always seem to shine the most when they're a Lego Star Wars game. In fact, I would go so far as to say that Lego probably was not very well known (as far as video games, anyway) until Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy was released. (Yes, I know the Prequels video game came out first, but since when have the Prequels been good?) In fact, that game, along with The Lion, the Watch, and the Wardrobe, was my first console game. (I used to have a PlayStation 2.)

4. Crash Bandicoot Trilogy Remastered

While I honestly do not like the whole Skylanders franchise featured in this video, I love that they're bringing back Crash Bandicoot! While I only actually ever played the racing games, aside from one or two times I played one of the main games, I love playing retro games! I especially love it when their companies actually acknowledge their existence. I personally don't like this announcement for what it announced, but for what it could mean: a new The Legend of Spyro series! The Crash and Spyro series were both popular at about the same time, and they both seemed to disappear at about the same time. The main reason I don't like the Skylanders series is because they took Spyro in a direction nobody wanted. I hope this Crash revival leads to a Spyro revival! This is especially possible because they're both currently owned by Activision, the creators of the Skylanders series.

5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda series has been around for 30 years. It originally started as a game where you were given very little story and dropped into a world to explore at your own leisure. You weren't told where to go or what to do. You had to find everything yourself with no help whatsoever. Many years and many games have evolved the Zelda series into what it is today. It has conformed to very predictable formula. "Go beat these three dungeons. Plot twist! Now go beat these next three dungeons! Another plot twist! Now, go beat the final boss's dungeon! You've finished the game!" While Ocarina of Time was heralded as the quintessential game of the series (and still is, despite its age), it was the game that created this formula. Many people have wanted the series to go back to its roots for years. When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was announced in 2013 (then just known as "a new The Legend of Zelda game"), the promise of an open world much like the first game gave hope to many for this. The game was given a release year of 2015. Then 2016. And finally 2017. Since late 2014, we hadn't seen anything about the game (other than delays). We began to doubt the game's promise of breaking the Zelda conventions (such as linear gameplay, no voice acting, Link wearing a green tunic, etc.). And then Nintendo showed us we were all dead wrong. As you can see above, the game not only broke the mold, it murdered it, burned it, and washed it away completely. Despite Nintendo only having this one game as the only playable game at E3 this year, it was completely worth it!

There's no possible way I could have listed every game presented at E3. If I missed your favorite game, why don't you head down to the comments and let me know what your favorite game at E3 was and why. I'd love to hear about it. Who knows? I might play it just because you convinced me to try it.