Episode 42 – Monotony

It’s just such a great word. And easily linked to what I would call our culture. Go a head and use it in a sentence. I’ll go first, “After another monotonous day at work I was able to lift m spirits with some Mario Kart.” Wasn’t that easy. Video games are never quite the same experience every time you play them and they do so much to get you out of your daily rut.

Even if you’re angry at the current line up of titles like “dude, killing aliens is so monotonous.” A valid point for sure. When you get to this point, it’s time for another game. Maybe a racing title will suit you… or perhaps a puzzle game. You can come over if you like, I have several.

Personally I think it’s a great word, and one of the few things you cant say about video games, and the video game industry. I thought about this while I was doing laundry today. Yes, laundry. The only true never ending story. I thought how monotonous the dryer was… until I pulled out my DS Lite and played me some video games. Just popped it out, played some Mario Hoops, and put it away after the ninjas kicked my ass. If you’re wondering, I have not beat the Hard level in that game. I have reason to believe that there may be an even tougher echelon after that but I am actually afraid to check on the Internet.

Anyway I just wanted to thank video games for making my doing of laundry more interesting and generally taking a good chunk of the monotony out of my life. Now, if only I didn’t start every post with Episode I could probably remove even more of that monotony.