Here's an idea.
Watch all of the things.
Happy New Year!
I hope everybody had a safe and awesome New Year
and is currently sitting somewhere, relaxing,
because you deserve it.
This time of year, my Twitter and Facebook feeds
always abound with people excitedly explaining
how much free time they'll have and how
they are going to spend watching, listening to,
and reading all of the things.
Finally get caught up of "Game of Thrones,"
rewatch all of "Firefly," and watch
all of "Madoka Magica." it's fascinating
that this, the activity of binging on media,
is up there on the list of relaxing time off activities
with sit and read a book all day or try
to beat Star Fox 64 as many times
in one sitting as humanly possible,
which is not a thing I've ever done, I promise.
That's a lie.
Of course, sitting in front of the television all day
has been a thing for a very long time.
But the Hulu, Amazon, Netflix binge
feels much more directed, like you're actually
accomplishing something.
And from my perspective, at least, there's
something to be said about being able to load an entire TV
series or web comic or whatever into your brain in the shortest
amount of time possible, which incidentally, I recently
did with the web comic Scandinavia
and the World after someone here suggested it.
I forget who, but thank you for the recommendation.
What do you think?
Is there something beyond marathoning media besides I'm
bored and need something to do?
Maybe it has something to do with the complexity
of the storytelling that's going on in these media.
Or maybe it's just because these things are available
and we can, so why not?
Let us know in the comments.
And also let us know what you were binging on over the break.
And we'll be back with a full episode next week.
So until then, I'll see on the IRC
and on Twitter, and of course, happy New Year.