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Incidentally, that's sort of the same logic that applies when it comes to my ingrained dislike for Dark Souls and other "frustration gaming" titles. When the selling point of your game is "Fail 99 times and be absolutely frustrated, enraged, and otherwise miserable - so that the sheer relief and sense of victory you feel when you finally win on the 100th try is a great rush," I have zero interest in playing. We live in a world where I can borrow dozens of books a month from my local library, watch hundreds of thousands of hours with of movies and TV streaming at a moment's notice, and play thousands of video games from across multiple console generations and PC (not to mention watch countless YouTube videos or read Internet web sites). Then there's the time burned off by being an adult who has to do adult things, maintain social relationships, occasionally snuggle with a significant other who wants to read/watch/play/etc something else, and so on, which cuts into that precious entertainment time even more.

When I was a kid with no responsibilities, nowhere to be, and nothing else to do, playing Ninja Gaiden or TMNT over and over and over and over again until I memorized patterns and developed precise fast-twitch reflexes to beat frustrating bosses was "fun" - and I still sort of take a bit of pride in beating games like X-Men, Silver Surfer (which a friend of mine used to swear no one on Earth had ever beaten until I rubbed his nose in it), or even the quintessential "hard" game from the SNES, 7th Saga (which I never thought was all THAT hard, buncha whiney crybabies!). But I don't want to DO any of that anymore. Especially when I already have a dozen or so games I've bought and haven't even opened yet, along with dozens of DVDs I bought and never got around to watching, stuff I HAVE watched before but really like and want to see again, occasionally going to the movies with family or friends, playing the occasional board game or session of Magic, etc etc etc.

I don't have time for frustration. Now I need my entertainment like a euphoric jolt of heroin shot directly into my brain at all times, because if you bore me for an hour straight, I'm probably never coming back.

That outlook is probably also a large part of what ultimately led me to stop watching Doctor Who (after 30+ fucking years of being obsessed with it) - I can't suffer through multiple seasons of multiple terrible episodes in the hopes that things eventually get better or out of nostalgic obligation for past services rendered. My time is way too precious to waste on crap.

I've been the battered housewife to entertainment for far too long. Now I'm Stella and I've got my groove back.


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