It has been a few months since my last post. If anybody is still reading, don`t worry, I am not dead. I am just a father.
My son is now 10 months old and the old saying about your children becoming your only hobby because they kill all your other hobbies is basically true. I don`t think I have played any video games since he was born (save testing some that I sold, but basically that just involves me putting the cart in to see if the game loads and no more).
To be honest, I haven`t missed them much - playing with the little guy and watching him grow day by day is by far the funnest thing I have ever done. Suddenly I find myself finding it hard to imagine having a hobby that wouldn`t include him.So now my hobby is reading Thomas the Tank Engine books to a little guy who can`t speak yet but absolutely LOVES it when I make a toot-toot sound for Thomas. Hard to beat that.
Blogging is, along with video games, one of those hobbies that has had to take a back seat as a result, hence the lack of posts here. At the moment he is sleeping so I have a few minutes before I pass out from exhaustion to compose this post (ever tried spending a day carrying a 10kg bag of potatoes around? Give it a try and you`ll understand). I`m not sure how often I will be able to post though, mainly because I haven`t got much to write about. Its incredibly difficult to generate content for a video game blog when you aren`t playing video games. I am not declaring the blog closed though, I have too strong an attachment to it to do that. When my son gets old enough to play I might start back into video games again. I hope he`ll like the Famicom classics because thats what we`ll be playing. And maybe that will generate some interesting material for posts.
In the interim I will try to find some time to devote to posts whenever I have a minute. I do at least get the chance to stop at game shops on the way home from work once every month or two. I don`t buy stuff much anymore, nothing like the glory days in Fukuoka 4 or 5 years ago, but I still like to look. When I find something interesting, I`ll try to let you know on here!
My son is now 10 months old and the old saying about your children becoming your only hobby because they kill all your other hobbies is basically true. I don`t think I have played any video games since he was born (save testing some that I sold, but basically that just involves me putting the cart in to see if the game loads and no more).
To be honest, I haven`t missed them much - playing with the little guy and watching him grow day by day is by far the funnest thing I have ever done. Suddenly I find myself finding it hard to imagine having a hobby that wouldn`t include him.So now my hobby is reading Thomas the Tank Engine books to a little guy who can`t speak yet but absolutely LOVES it when I make a toot-toot sound for Thomas. Hard to beat that.
Blogging is, along with video games, one of those hobbies that has had to take a back seat as a result, hence the lack of posts here. At the moment he is sleeping so I have a few minutes before I pass out from exhaustion to compose this post (ever tried spending a day carrying a 10kg bag of potatoes around? Give it a try and you`ll understand). I`m not sure how often I will be able to post though, mainly because I haven`t got much to write about. Its incredibly difficult to generate content for a video game blog when you aren`t playing video games. I am not declaring the blog closed though, I have too strong an attachment to it to do that. When my son gets old enough to play I might start back into video games again. I hope he`ll like the Famicom classics because thats what we`ll be playing. And maybe that will generate some interesting material for posts.
In the interim I will try to find some time to devote to posts whenever I have a minute. I do at least get the chance to stop at game shops on the way home from work once every month or two. I don`t buy stuff much anymore, nothing like the glory days in Fukuoka 4 or 5 years ago, but I still like to look. When I find something interesting, I`ll try to let you know on here!