Today, I woke up at around ten thirty. I played Fallout 3 on my PS3 until 5:30 in the afternoon, barely pausing for bathroom breaks, and not eating or drinking anything. I also didn't change out of my pajamas. When I was done, I felt very hungry and rather disoriented. Then I read a book for a while.
And I enjoyed reading much, much more than I enjoyed playing the video game.
Is there something wrong with me? Or am I just more literary and less digital than I think I am?
To lie back from the world, listening only to the sound of my own thoughts and the dry rustle of pages turning, to immerse myself so deeply in a book to the point that I no longer see the page but the scene that the words are weaving, this is a pleasure unique and wondrous.
The Charming Mr. Wheaton
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You left out an important detail: what book are you reading that is so much better than shooting radioactive mutants in the post-apocalypse?
ReplyDeleteno, i think it's that electronics are addictive. i would rather read or draw than be on my computer all day, but which do you suppose will win out?
ReplyDeletethe interesting question is "why", to which i have no answer.
I wanna know what you are reading...
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