Friday, March 30, 2012

Which is Why I Play Video Games

I don't think I've watched a network TV show in probably 8 years.

I think "Firefly" was the last cable show I watched and that was on DVD.

This is of course excluding cartoons which I watch nightly.

I wonder when the marketing geniuses in TV will realize that in order to boost sales they might want to consider targeting this highly under-served segment of the market called "men." I hear it's a pretty big market.
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6 comments:

  1. Brendan12:58 PM

    As do I.

    Just don't play the ending of Mass Effect 3. It's terrible.

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  2. Anonymous1:09 PM

    45 yo playing Battlefield 3 because it's Damn Fucking better than the shit on tv.

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  3. Greg1:46 PM

    At the age of 42 I'm also still into video games and cartoons (which I felt more ashamed of than the former until I read you).

    Still not off the TV as I'm a New Yorker and am just accustomed to having some "noise" in the background no matter what I'm doing even surfing. House feels empty w/o it*shrugs*

    I noticed my friend has a pretty good set-up with a 2 terrabyte hard-drive hooked up to a big flat-screen absolutely full of full seasons of TV cable shows and porn saved from the web. I'm looking into it as it would save me the cost of $70 per mth and I can keep up-to-date newswise via web/Mark Levin podcasts and web radio.

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  4. amcz11:15 PM

    My viewing of network TV shows has gone from "almost nothing" in 2000 and 2001, to "nothing at all" circa 2006.

    And now there's nothing I really want to watch on cable either.

    I read on my Kindle more often. It's really cut into my viewing habits.

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  5. Anonymous6:29 AM

    I like having a Roku box. Good way to get the better network stuff off Netflix & Hulu without having to wade through commercials or wait a week b/t/w episodes. Of late Sons of Anarchy and NBC's Grimm have proved worth watching. That's about it, haven't really enjoyed a series prior to these two since The Wire.

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  6. Baron Metzengerstein6:32 PM

    Pretty much agree, though I do find myself watching some of the CSI/murder mystery stuff (mostly Castle and Psych), though it seems like it's only a matter of time before any given show turns into 90210 with dead people; after which you have to wait a year or two before they start a new show with a clean slate.

    Also, did you know a TON of old TV shows like Dragnet are available on youtube these days?

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