PSLS  •    •    •    •  There is nothing like the freedom the player has in an open world game. The ability to see an area in the distance and actually go there is incredibly satisfying, and help engross players in virtual worlds. It should come as no surprise that more and more games are becoming open world, such as the recently released Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.Since there are increasingly more of these titles on the market, we’ve made a list of 15 of the top PS4 open world games that you should check out (in no particular order). Granted, some of these games are incredibly lengthy, so it may take players quite some time to check them all out! We hope you enjoyed our look at 15 of the best PS4 open world games. There are several more promising looking open world games coming out later this year such as Fallout 4, and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, so fans should be in heaven this holiday season.Let us know in the comments which open world games have been your favorite so far on PlayStation 4, and which world you have enjoyed exploring the most!

Two weeks ago, I watched as two of my friends were wed in a Catholic ceremony in Stowe, Vermont. Afterward, a reception was held in a mountain meadow. As Ella sang, I drank a local craft brew and tried to avoid the photographers sent to cover the wedding by the New York Times. (The headline they chose—“The Sound of Music Is in His Blood and Now His Heart”—makes me fear for the groom’s health.)I don’t know how many other Catholic couples were married that day. fightstick backpackIt must have been thousands—people from all walks of life, with vastly differing levels of income, education, and commitment to the Catholic faith. backpack tech n9neAnd according to Pope Francis, most of those couples are not really married.backpack gallery gw2

Yesterday Francis said, in off-the-cuff remarks, that “the great majority of our sacramental marriages are null.” He explained that most couples on their wedding days are insufficiently acquainted with “the beauty of the sacrament” and the realities of lifelong commitment. So when they exchange their vows, “they don’t know what they are saying,” and the sacrament is invalid. The official transcript has since been revised to say, less contestably, that “a portion of our sacramental marriages are null” (emphasis added). backpack guanacasteBut Francis’s original remark was no anomaly. It is a reiteration of a view he has stated before, and according to which he is reordering Catholic discipline.Were my friends really married? Because both are pursuing Ph.Ds in Catholic theology, I suspect that Francis would concede that they “knew what they were saying” when they exchanged their vows.What about people with less education, who haven’t staged performances of The Jeweler’s Shop, read Heart of the World, or participated in a Theology of the Body discussion group?

The poorly educated and the poor are unlikely to have the time or ability to get up to speed on sacramental theology. If the sincere exchange of vows doesn’t make their marriage valid, what does? Must all sacramentally valid marriages resemble my friends', beginning only after a few years of theological study, during a Mass set to music by Mozart?Even in the United States, where 60 percent of all annulments are handed out, only 28 percent of Catholic marriages end in divorce. By the pope’s strange reckoning, a great number of Catholic marriages that last for life are shams.Catholic theologians may object to this view, but they’re not the ones targeted by it. According to Francis, their marriages are probably valid, while those entered into by the rest of us probably aren’t. I don't have a theology degree, so I think I'm going to need another of those craft beers.Matthew Schmitz is literary editor of First Things. Tyler Mortensen of Santa Clara County Fire Department blocks an entrance to Garrapata State Park near Carmel.

The Soberanes Fire has burned more than 27,000 acres, closed parks in the area and taken a toll on businesses that cater to tourists. The Soberanes Fire has burned more than 27,000 acres, closed parks in the area and taken a toll on ... more Ken Little monitors a closed entrance to Point Lobos State Reserve park near Carmel California on July 28, 2016. Scorching more than 27,000 acres, the Soberanes Fire has taken a toll on local businesses and caused multiple closures at state parks. Scorching more than 27,000 acres, the Soberanes Fire has taken a toll on local businesses and ... more A CalFire firetruck is seen near a mostly deserted Carmel Highlands General Store in Carmel California on July 28, 2016. Scorching more than 27,000 acres, the Soberanes Fire has taken a toll on local businesses ... more BIG SUR — It’s not easy selling a $6.09 bag of trail mix when there’s no trail. That’s how it is along magnificent Highway 1 from Carmel south past Big Sur. While the Soberanes Fire continues to gobble vast chunks of Monterey County to the east — 27,326 acres at last reckoning — the highway remains open, the lodges and restaurants and stores are open, and the arms of the increasingly lonely innkeepers and merchants are very much open.

“We’ve got seven vacancies tonight,” said Rick Aldinger, general manager of the Big Sur River Inn, as he stood at the front desk Thursday. “That’s unheard of for the middle of summer.” What isn’t open are the state parks and beaches. They’ve been ordered shut, and there is speculation that some areas could be closed for weeks. No surfing, birdwatching, rock collecting. The only thing to do is hang around the motel room and sniff the smoke. “The day this fire started, we began seeing the red on the balance sheet,” said Aldinger, who has been obliged to reduce work hours for some of his 75 employees. “This is a big deal.” In the small market next door, where hikers traditionally load up on trail mix and other essentials, hardly anyone was loading up on anything. “Before the fire, it was crazy busy in here,” said store manager Raul Gonzalez, who had no takers for bags of Hit the Trail trail mix (raisins, peanuts, almonds) or Tropical Trail Mix (coconut, papaya, pineapple).

It was much the same at the general store at nearby Big Sur Lodge. Brigga Mosca, the manager, stood in the middle of her empty market where, on a typical summer day, there would be a line of customers at each of two cash registers. “This is eerie,” she said. The only customer for some time was Amanda Messer, a visitor from Portland, Ore., who bought a $6.95 pint of Ben and Jerry’s chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and revealed that she would, to assuage her despair at having her hiking plans scuttled, be eating the whole thing herself. “I’m still on vacation,” she said. At Carmel Highlands General Store, the primary customers this week have been firefighters on breaks. “They buy snacks,” said Carina Cortez, a clerk at the store. “They sure don’t buy postcards and souvenirs and refrigerator magnets.” The fabled cliff-hugging drive on Highway 1 now features smoke-shrouded vistas and rows of fire engines from all over California, which shuttle to and from the fire lines.

There are engines from Hanford, Sacramento, Tulare, Redding and scores of other places from which firefighters answer the statewide alarm bell when it rings during wildfire season. At Carmel, a flashing sign tells travelers, “All state parks closed from Point Lobos to Julia Pfeiffer Burns.” Sure enough, a mile south stands a row of “closed” signs outside Point Lobos State Reserve, the craggy retreat where Robert Louis Stevenson is said to have been inspired to write “Treasure Island.” In the entrance booth, making sure no one entered, was park aide Ken Little. “It’s devastating to people,” he said. “They come here from all over the world and they can’t come in.” Stoyan Andov of Carmel came with four friends from London. Little sent them all packing. They turned around and walked back to their car past the reserve’s verdant stands of poison oak. “I didn’t want to tell them too much about what they’re missing,” Andov said. “It’s already hard enough.”

At Andrew Molera State Park and campground, no one was parking or camping. Steve Schlussel, a volunteer who was posted at the gate, said the hard part was explaining the bad news to visitors from overseas who speak no English. Sign language works, and everyone seems to understand a shaking head or an index finger drawn across the throat. “They come from China, from Germany, from France,” he said. “So many different people from everywhere.” Claudette Lacaille and her 11-year-old daughter, Kaitlin, had come from their home in Huntington Beach (Orange County) for what was to be Kaitlin’s first hike through the big trees. “I wanted to see redwoods,” said Kaitlin. “Instead, I’m seeing fire engines.” If there was any good news, it was for bargain-hunting travelers. Innkeeper Aldinger said he would gladly cut the $200 tab for his empty rooms. They could go for half price, maybe even less. “What I don’t want to do is pay somebody $50 to stay in one,” he said with a grim smile.