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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ENGINEERING SOCIETY VOLUME 37 ISSUE 8 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016 Five Things: Off with His Head The Passing of Gordie Howe Euro Cup Preview and Predictions Page 14 Page 4 Page 13 facebook.com/TheIronWarrior twitter.com/TheIronWarrior iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca We Shall Not Live in Fear City of Orlando Police Department via Wikipedia Commons What happened? (NY Times) enabled by laws that allow an individual BRIGITA GUBINS As has already been publicized, the with a violent past to legally purchase a YEAR 2 A man, who claimed ties with the terrorist gunman was 29 year old Omar Mateen, semi-automatic rifle. (Time Magazine) ENVIRONMENTAL group known as ISIS, the Islamic State, a resident of nearby Port St. Lucie, and a Daesh and other names, entered a nightclub United States citizen. As has already been The Response to the Tragedy shortly after 2a.m. Sunday, June 12 with a discussed at length by the media, Mateen Fear and hate only breed more fear and loaded assault rifle, handgun, and many was a member of the Islamic faith. Having Less than 12 hours after the event, far too hate. rounds of ammunition. The gunman then said that, the massacre in Orland was a hate many major news sources distorted this story In the early hours of Sunday, June 12 at opened fire on the dancing patrons. Over the crime, not an act prompted by any religion. into another sad attempt at scapegoating Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, 49 course of the next hour, the shooter corralled 49 families mourn because a man was taught Islam. people’s lives were cut short at the hands of individuals who were hiding in bathrooms as to hate those people who were different In the aftermath of the tragedy, there has a gunman; 53 more escaped with their lives, hostages, and proceeded to barricade himself from himself, and at some point in his life, been an outpouring of support and sympathy but sustained major injuries. The massacre inside with them. This led to a three hour was taught that violence would solve his from the Muslim community in the United in Orlando, Florida is about many things; standoff between police and the gunman. problems. A deeply disturbed, violent man States, the LGBTQIA+ community, as well radicalized people, hate, fear, and very much After communication between them broke who was investigated by the FBI for claims as from political leaders and unaffiliated about how insanely easy it is to acquire guns down, law enforcement breached the wall of membership in various terrorist groups, communities from around the world. in the United States. of the building, allowing the remaining with a troubling past of death threats, hostages to escape at approximately 5 a.m. domestic violence, and outspoken hate was Continued on Page 4 as Orlando E3: The Electronic Entertainment Expo Gears of War 4, Halo Wars 2, and Dead tos will be returning, taking his God of downs. The highs were the announce- DONOVAN Rising 4 being the standouts. There were War duties to a Norse setting. The new ments of a Prey reboot, and the trailer MAUDSLEY no big reveals during their conference, IP Days Gone seems like a larger, faster for Dishonoured 2. The Prey reboot 3A MECHANICAL and it’s fairly obvious that their focus is paced version of the Last of Us. Another looks nothing like the original game, and selling consoles rather than making new new IP, Detroit: Become Human, looks to Bethesda has said it’s more of a re-imag- games. New IPs can be risky projects, but be a cross between L.A. Noire and Deus ining of the original. The lows were the Just some background on me, so that in the long term are needed. Ex. The highly anticipated Last Guardian lack of other original content. While ad- you know where my perspectives come Nintendo has essentially entered a finally got a release date. Resident Evil ditional content for Fallout 4 and DOOM from: I enjoy videogames, and am by holding pattern until the NX is ready for 7 looks to change the series direction in was announced, it was nothing major. no means a hardcore gamer. I can, how- release. With the Wii U selling horribly a good way. Last was Spiderman, a new A cinematic trailer for a new Quake ever, tell the difference between garbage and nothing else really going on with project being developed by Insomniac game was shown, but no game play. For and an instant classic. My twin pillars of them, Nintendo is likely going to wait for Game. Sony’s Virtual Reality system was Bethesda’s largest IP, the Elder Scrolls a great game are terrific game play and their next fiscal before moving forward. also on show during their conference, series, not a whole lot was talked about. an engaging story, but if you’re a multi- With the NX on the backburner, Nin- with tons of titles announced for it. Skyrim is coming to the PS4 and Xbox player first kind of gamer we can still get tendo showed off their biggest and most Ubisoft had far too long of a press con- One through a re master, and the next along. I just find the whole repetitiveness expensive game ever: The Legend of Zel- ference this year, for the amount of con- game in the series is in early development of online shooting somewhat monoto- da: Breath of the Wild. Taking the clas- tent they showed off. The highlights of but it’s still a long way off. nous. sic Legend of Zelda recipe and adding their show were the game play trailer for EA had a surprisingly packed con- E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) survival mechanics such as hunting and For Honor, and Star Trek: Bridge Crew a ference. Their monopoly on Star Wars took place this week and was, as usual, equipment durability, Nintendo hopes to VR game. For Honor is a melee hack and games is expanding, with a new action massive and exciting. I’m going to give completely redefine one of the best game slash style that has an innovative combat adventure series in development, and a brief overview of all the major reveals, series ever and force people to buy the mechanic, and Bridge Crew is a 4 player updates planned for Battlefront, Galaxy as well as my top choices from this expo. NX. co-op game centered on a new Starfleet of Heroes, and the Old Republic. Among Microsoft started and ended their con- Sony took the opposite approach to exploration mission. The demos of Ghost those is a VR X-Wing mission for Battle- ference by revealing new consoles, the Microsoft this year, focusing on games Recon: Wildlands and Watch Dogs 2 also front exclusively to the PS4. A new trail- Xbox One Slim and the Project Scorpio. rather than hardware. The lineup of PS4 showed cool game play, but were way er was also shown for Titanfall 2, which The Slim is a more compact and less ex- exclusives announced is enough to make too long. The scripted player interaction will include a single player campaign. pensive Xbox One, and the Scorpio is an every competitor worry. Acclaimed de- in the Wildlands demo was also horrible. The game play for Titanfall 2 looks cha- upgraded version featuring 4K graphics signer Hideo Kojima, of Metal Gear Their other major game reveal was Steep, otic and very fun. It will also be available resolution and a better CPU. Microsoft’s Solid fame, revealed his new game Death a sports adventure game. game line up was rather sparse, with Stranding starring Norman Reedus. Kra- Bethesda’s conference had its ups and Continued on Page 11 as E3 THE IRON WARRIOR 2 Editorial WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016 Letter from the Editor Mad Skillz The Newspaper of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society a kid. Whatever the reason, learning an high school.) And this is where discipline BRYAN MAILLOUX instrument is a great hobby to have. and enjoying the new hobby come into Editor-in-Chief EDITOR-IN-CHIEF This has me thinking, though – is play. Once we can get past that initial Bryan Mailloux it possible for anyone to become an barrier to entry – usually by forcing excellent musician? Or for that matter, ourselves to sit through the basics of Assistant Editor is it possible for anyone to pick up any learning the new hobby – we can begin to Donovan Maudsley Hi everyone, and welcome to Issue skill they want? I personally believe that appreciate it and it becomes much more 3! The tragedy of midterms has finally in theory, people should be able to learn interesting. This means that applying Layout Editors passed, and hopefully by now many of any new skill and, given enough time and more efficient learning techniques is most Donovan Maudsley you are starting to recover from your practice, they will become very good at important during that phase where we’re Brigita Gubins post-weekend hangovers. it. But of course, being human, we don’t just trying out the new skill, because it’ll Cameron Soltys I’d like to start first with an apology have an unlimited amount of time to learn make sure we’re able to overcome the to Professor Bajcsy, who was featured skills, so if we want to learn as much as barrier to entry more easily. Copy Editors in last issue’s Prof Personalities – we possible, we need to find ways to increase One more common perception about Elizabeth Salsberg mentioned in the photo caption that he our learning efficiency.