I'm a Fickle Geek

I’ve come to the realization that I’m very fickle when it comes to what I do and when with my time now, especially during the week. I tend to work 10-hour days. Sometimes this affords me the luxury of having a three-day weekend by taking Friday off completely. Mostly I’m just working in the mornings on Friday. But, Monday through Thursday, when I get home, I’m beat.

It used to be that I’d come home and play games for a few hours. Now I just want to come home, watch some TV (our current obsession is going through the entire Stargate franchise once more), then go to bed by 10pm.

Last night was a good example. I’ve been playing through the Mass Effect games again, starting from the beginning. I got the urge to play for an hour or so last night, but then I was like, “Well...meh…I just don’t feel like playing it unless I have time to sink into it.” So, I went back and watched another episode of Stargate, then hit the sack.

So, for the most part, I’m feeling that Monday through Thursday are my “watch all the things” days – days that I just veg out on the sofa after work and watch whatever I need to to catch up with my shows or whatever. On the weekends, when I have a bit more time, that’s when I’ll probably get my gaming in.

Because of this downward spiral into middle-age, I’ve yet to complete a lot of games I otherwise would have knocked out within short order, such as Final Fantasy X-HD, Child of Light and Transistor. That, among other things, is also why I really can’t justify launch day price tags on big games that I actually want to play like Watch_Dogs. I just can’t do it, because I know it will sit there for days or weeks without being touched. No, I won’t play it until it’s been on sale on Amazon and no one is talking about it anymore.

Finally, all this leads to me being horrible at updating this blog. Trust me, I have tons of stuff half-way written, but actually getting it done, formatted, edited and posted is another thing entirely. I want to do nothing but veg out during the week and play games on the weekends. #geekproblems, right?