Too much TV

At the time of writing this blog, I just so happen to be… writing a blog. Funny that. What I am not currently doing is playing games, watching TV, reading comics or paying my wife any attention. I’m rambling away internally and hoping my fingers press enough buttons that something appears on this here screen for the reading pleasure of you fine folk. Blogging was to be my new thing, my new hobby. I needed a new hobby to take up my time, and yet.. I don’t have enough time for all my hobbies.

“Have you seen this? And that? And oh man you really need to watch series three of thaaat..” My friends like watching TV and films, heck you probably like it too. You’d like my friends. You could watch 10 episodes of Making a Murderer in one day then discuss your theories, or debate if that guy really died on The Walking Dead (is that a spoiler? I don’t watch it, loads of people died I think..) I haven’t seen half the shows they’ve seen, there’s just too many to watch and I’ve just too many games to play. I could play less games and finally get round to finishing The Sopranos or even starting Breaking Bad. I could also stop listing shows on here, get to my fricking point and start watching something that isn’t on Cartoon Network.

Ok I just realised I don’t have a point. I had an idea for a blog but with no real idea on where it was going to go so I just started typing and hoped for the best. I’ve watched one hour of TV today and I don’t really have an urge to watch more. I cannot binge watch. I treated my eyes and ears to the silky smooth blissfulness that is Mad Men and when it was finished I went and read a review of that same episode. My focus was 100% as I consumed that hour of TV, mulling over every morsel and then digesting its buffet of subtleties and themes. I am full. And you’ve had enough food analogies. You’re just lucky I didn’t write the sentence that included ‘spoonful,’ and ‘Christina Hendricks.’

But yeah that was enough, one hour. Yet when I turn on the PS4 in two paragraphs time I’ll happily play a game for two hours straight. Games keep my attention for longer spells than any TV show can. Any show I have tried to binge watch has seen me checking Facebook or wondering if those photo frames on the shelf need their angle shifted just a smidge. Games keep me doing things, keep my mind occupied and keep me from getting distracted. So I choose games.

Oh yeah, that was the point of all this but you probably knew that if you read my previous entries. This blog might even be a subconscious apology for only talking about games so far in a blog titled ‘Movies, Games and VideJoe.’ I do love some TV, and I adore a good cinema trip. I’m just really fussy about what I watch because I’ve the attention span of a five year old who had Haribo for breakfast. Right I’m going to end this one here…. If you struggle to keep up with all the TV your mates watch then leave a comment! Join me in the silly mind-set that says you don’t have time to watch all this good stuff while we sit here on the internet, reading or writing this crap…

Next time: I might actually talk about shows I like. Or have a point before I start writing. Maybe