Sitting back and enjoying the simple pleasures in life, namely videogames, is something a dad needs in order to cling to sanity when raising a toddler. Without these periods of calm and rest a gamer may start to question themselves, “Am I still a gamer? Who am I?” Such an instance that can lead to this type of melancholic self-reflection comes when all you get to do these days is look at the menu screen.
Here’s an exercise, put yourself in this poor souls’ shoes.
Imagine being the guy that fires up his game, sits down and sips on his delicious beverage, gets to the menu screen only to hear something unsettling. A noise, yes, a defiant cry from a little human that has decided bedtime doesn’t apply to them anymore and that they need one more story or they now have a thirst or they just simply want to blabber gibberish to you a while longer. Whatever the case you or your wife are going to need to eventually sort this out if it continues. You look at your wife and she looks at you, the bags under her eyes looking baggier each day. A pleading look will help win her over to your side. An icy glare meets your puppy dog eyes as the cacophony of banging, crying and screaming builds up.
“I just sat down.” She says. This isn’t her stating the obvious, it usually means something else and in this instance you rack your brain to try and understand the double meaning. What do you do then, continue past the menu screen and risk a sigh that’ll bring the house down from your wife or forsake your battles in Elden Ring for a battle of “SHHH! By great Pythagoras please just go to sleep!” with your toddler? One of these options is far more fun than the other! In this case you fold and drop the controller, you glance once more at the menu screen as you walk out of the room and think non-committing “Maybe tomorrow night.”
In your dreams buddy!
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