This week, we kick off the holiday gift guide with a pet feeder, what it’s like to wear the Apple Watch, details of the new Call of Duty game, and the Trailer Park Boys make their way to mobile.

Smokes. Let’s go.

Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles are getting their own video game.

East Side Games, famous for its mobile game Pot Farm, is already working on Trailer Park Boys: The Mobile Game, with a planned release date of spring 2016.

This just seems right in so many ways.

Hands on with the Apple Watch

More than ten years ago I stopped wearing a watch. At the time, I was flying a lot, and found the cross-continent trips interminable because I was looking at the time every five minutes. Those flights were all the same length, but they seemed to last forever. When I stopped wearing a watch, my time in the air never seemed so long.

Besides, if I needed to know the time, we were all starting to carry around these mobile devices.

But Apple gave me a watch to wear a few weeks ago, and I am surprised at how quickly I’ve adapted to it.

The watch provides an easy way to get notifications, which it can do with a tone and with a tap on your wrist (the technical term is haptic feedback), and it’s fun to configure the different settings (every day I’ve got a new watch face, for example).

I have to say that I’m not yet using the Apple Watch for all it can do. The truth is that it’s a new operating system with new controls, and I haven’t had time to learn how to use it. I know there’s a lot the Apple Watch can do that I’m not using it for.

And if I’m being honest, I don’t know that the Apple Watch is quite there yet. I want to be able to go for a run and leave my iPhone at home and listen to podcasts, but for now the only thing you can put on the Watch to listen to away from your iPhone is a short playlist.

But it’s not leaving my wrist anytime soon. Because there are ways I’ve been using the Apple Watch that I don’t want to lose.

For one, when you use your iPhone for navigation, while driving, for example, the Apple Watch taps you on the wrist when you’re approaching a turn, which helps to keep eyes on the road.

The notifications, too, are invaluable. I was in an all-day workshop after being away for a few days, and was able to stay tuned into what was going on outside the room without having to rudely disrupt everyone else by pulling out my iPhone to check messages. When I felt a tap on my wrist, I had only to lift my hand to see if I needed to excuse myself to respond.

And while it might be the least exciting feature of them all, my Apple Watch has become my new alarm clock. The gentle chime is sufficient to wake me without rousing the rest of the household.

Could the Apple Watch be improved? Sure. But everything can be improved. And with software and firmware updates, today’s Apple Watch will be better next month, as more developers find ways for us to use it.

Is the Apple Watch for everyone? No. The price point alone is difficult to justify unless you have plenty of disposable income or you know how it’s going to make your life better.

Apple got me wearing something on my wrist after all these years. Anything is possible.

The annual holiday gift guide starts today

It’s November, which means there’s less than two months until Christmas. Barely enough time to talk about all the fun gadgets and gear you can put on your wish list, or get for that special someone.

Each week from now until Dec. 22 I’ll have a suggestion or two for you.

This week, it’s the SureFeed pet feeder. This device pairs with a radio frequency identification chip embedded in a collar and only opens when the correct RFID is detected.

This keeps other pets – or your toddler – from stealing food. And it can help keep down the smell of the pet food.

The same company also has flap doors for your home that will only open for pets with the proper ID signal. Perfect for urban environments where pets run rampant, or for suburban homes where racoons might think there’s something tasty in there.

Call of Duty leaps into the future with Black Ops III

Also releasing this week, on Friday (November 6), is Call of Duty: Black Ops III, from Treyarch and published by Activision. The latest game in the franchise takes place in 2065 and features robots and super soldiers and guns and explosions and so much more.

The popular Zombies mode is back, too. Shadows of Evil is a completely unique story set in a film noir-inspired 1940s era city and featuring four archetypes: the femme fatale, the magician, the cop, and the boxer.

There’s a new look with multiplayer, with players choosing one of nine specialist characters to play, each with its own weapons and powers.

Note that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Black Ops III do not include the campaign, only the multiplayer and zombie modes.

There’s a soldier in all of us.