I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.

I think that’s from King Henry the 5th. The play, not the long dead English monarch. I dunno, I heard it somewhere. Anyways, WordPress would NOT upload my review of Left 4 Dead 2, despite my multiple attempts, so it can eat a dick. Also, the paper I just luckily accidentally started writing for is off for the summer, so now I have no deadlines, thus no motivation to finish games quickly, other than that I get shit if they’re not returned to work on time. I actually have a backlog of titles I want to finish right now. Some because I’ve never played them and damn well should, and some because I started them and never finished. I think I get distracted too easily by

Oh shit, I did it again. What was my point? Right, the time issues regarding the hobby of vidya games in that there does not exist enough of it. I literally do not have enough time in the day to play to completion all the games coming out, nevermind older gen games I never tried when they were new. And I mean, like… even if that was all I did, AND I only stuck to the games that I knew about. If I quit my job, and did nothing but eat sleep and game, I’d be a total loser. Wait, no, I’d be broke. No, shit, I mean I still wouldn’t have enough time to finish all the games coming out. Not that I’m going to stop, let’s not be crazy pants here, but it occurs to me that gaming has become polarized as of late. You’re either completely casual, or you’re fucking hardcore, and if you’re hardcore it’s with ONE game. There’s no middle ground anymore. This isn’t a hobby a kid could just pick up like we used to way back when, they’d never be able to afford it. Even adults can’t afford it, if they want to enjoy the whole spectrum of gaming. In this coming decade, it appears as though the only people capable of being actually into gaming, without drowning in the pastime, are those that are in and/or next to the business. The people whose job allows them access to current equipment and titles for minimal or no cost, be they reviewers, designers, or just people who know people, y’know? Which isn’t their fault, either, it’s just where they ended up. I doubt they laugh maniacally over it. Point is, gaming is an industry now, and it’s moving WAY faster than anyone could have expected. A lot of people are gonna miss out because they don’t have the money, or more likely the time, to keep up with it. I just hope there’s still room for people like that in the future.