No idea what happened. I'm 14 days late writing this news post. Usually I like to try and write one of these things on the first of the month. No real reason for it, it's just sort of become a habit. I guess work is keeping me busy and I just forget about these things.
Anyway, I've not really done much worth talking about since the last update anyway. Been trying to watch films more regularly and build up a blu-ray collection in the process. Idea being that I end up with a set of films that if I were to pick one at random, I'd always get something I enjoy watching. Watched The Shining again recently, for the second time. Enjoyed that film considerably more than I recall liking it. I also saw Pulp Fiction for the first time the other day. Not quite what I expected from that legendary film but a fun watch none the less.
I've also been getting back into reading comics. Although "getting back into" probably applies I was really into comics at one point in time, which isn't true. I just used to read the occasional Walking Dead volume when I had the money to spare. I've picked up a few more volumes of that, been reading Watchmen and some of the really old Judge Dredd stuff. Have a few other random trade paperbacks ordered. Hoping to read some more of the big Marvel/DC characaters.
Video gaming is what I've always considered my primary hobby, although these days it seems to be taking more of a back seat. I still try to game when I can (playing Arkham Origins just now) but I'm starting to feel as though films and comics are a more entertaining way to spend my free time. I'm just starting to enjoy them more than I enjoy playing games. Thing is, I don't even know why I find games less appealing these days. It's not the newly released games that are the problem, because those aren't the games I tend to play. I have a ton of games that I think look awesome, yet no desire to start playing through them. Knowing that some of them are probably 50+ hour long games probably puts me off, especially when I know that I can only really spend a couple hours playing them each day.
In gernaral though, things are going pretty well for me. Just starting to miss all the free time I grew used to having.
Asandir
Glad to hear that you are doing well. It is either advisable that you just take a break from playing video games all together as distance makes the heart grow fonder, or you could concentrate on games that you can play in short bursts.
Short games that I can recommend are To The Moon and Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons. Both short games with a great story.
For something more action paced, One Finger Death Punch has been released recently and it's basically a 2 button beat em up with stick men. Recommend checking some gameplay videos to see how well done the simple concept is ^^
Dean
Thing is, I haven't been gaming much at all for quite some time, so I don't think the taking a break idea will work unfortunately. It's not that I don't want to play games, it's more like I just don't want to commit to a game given the length of the games I typically want to play.
You have inspired me to maybe try something new though. Debating the idea of getting myself a 3DS seeing as hand held games seem to be a bit more casual and pick up and play type games, unlike console experiences that generally require you to sit for hours at a time to get immersed in them. I'd particularly like to check out these new Pokemon games. I haven't really played a Pokemon game since the Ruby/Sapphire era, the first two generations of Pokemon games in particular were pretty big parts of my childhood. The idea of revisiting the series is kind of appealing.