There was an Oculus on my head and my body was dipping and diving, shooting through space, while I was waving my hands around, blasting the enemy.
Officials knew that some of China's best medal hopes — in diving, shooting and gymnastics — could be in jeopardy depending on how they handled the high expectations of the home crowd at the Olympics.
That means leaving behind badminton, diving, shooting, table tennis, weightlifting and the like, where Olympic titles can already be guaranteed, and striking out for new territory.
Even some of the characters were the same: those (few) that didn't end up dead in the first instalment were still hanging around, ducking and diving and shooting one another.
Their prediction is based on two factors: First, China should do well in traditional categories of table tennis, badminton, diving, gymnastics, shooting and weightlifting - securing about 28 gold medals.
To put it in perspective for American hunters, if you took the best duck hunting Arkansas ever offered, the finest walk-up quail shooting there ever was in Georgia and dove shooting that was twice as good as any state ever had it and put them all together in one place, you'd only be getting close to the shooting at Los Ombues.
Liu Xiang, this country'shurdling champion, was injured and unable to defend his title in the 110-meter hurdles, but China dominated in diving, gymnastics weightlifting, shooting and a host of other sports.
The London 2012 athletes' village, in Stratford, east London, also opens on Monday with GB athletes competing in diving, equestrian, football, shooting and swimming expected to be the first to enter.
A draw will take place to allocate tickets for swimming, diving, cycling, gymnastics, shooting and the triathlon.
So far, swimming, diving, cycling, gymnastics, shooting and triathlon are all "extremely popular" and tickets are likely to be allocated via a draw.
During the initial four-week window, there were 2.3 million requests for about one million tickets, with track cycling, diving, swimming, judo, shooting and the 100m sprint final the most popular.
