Been Way Too Long…

…since I’ve written. Just entirely too long. I’ve been focusing my energies on reading lately (hooray!) and have found that my writing has been replaced by said activity. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled to be reading again, but I most certainly do not want to give up writing.

I find that I am at a strange juxtaposition. I want to continue to write, but I find myself tiring of the “reviewing” process. Though I am in NO way at the same level, in either quantity OR quality, as professional reviewers, I can understand why they start to get jaded on the material they review, even when they love it as a whole. Whenever I got a new game in from Gamefly or go to see a new movie in the theaters, I found myself starting to formulate my approach to the review of the media instead of simply consuming it, enjoying it then expelling my thoughts.

This systematic approach began to limit the overall gratification I derived from games and movies. Not by any large margin, mind you, but I could sense it. The feeling was kind of simple, actually. A part of me was simply screaming out to take a step back and just play. Just play. Hmmm. It sounded and felt right. The whole purpose of gaming and film is to administer entertainment. You may experience side effects, including knowledge acquisition, conviction and sorrow (or anger); but the over-arching motivation is to captivate and indulge the consumer.

Fuck. I don’t really know where I’m going with this. I think the thesis I’m attempting to construct here is that I don’t really want to strictly review things here. I think I still want to discuss them and divulge my feelings about them (games, movies, tech) but not necessarily straight-up review them. Maybe that simply means not assigning a score. Holkins might be on to something, scoring is a completely subjective and esoteric process relegated for the industry as a whole, not personal assignment.

I want to start blogging a bit more on my opinions as well. I don’t really want this to be a diary, per se, but a digital canvas for me to express myself on. Short, long, geeky, possibly poignant (unlikely). Whatever.

I feel like this damn blog is constantly changing (we’ll call it evolving, it sounds better) and it frustrates me a little but I think it’s for the best. I’m still going to be writing about the things I love so fear not, the geekery will definitely continue and hopefully with that, so will the blogging.

Cheers.

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