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I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited about the Switch 2. Mario Kart World looks awfully fun. Though I am not at all thrilled about their apparent intentions to focus more on multiplayer content as I never cared much for invasions, I will be playing The DuskBloods because at the end of the day I am a From Software fanboy. The 2 seconds of Silksong gameplay gives me another reason to keep going. The joycon mouse functionality looks so cool, and I'm imagining it's going to arrive just in time for some hardcore Pokemon Unite support. I've never played the game at all, but I always thought it would be much better on PC. Despite all this though, the Switch 2 direct made me think of something.

This might make me sound like some hardcore consoomer, but I'm not at all bothered by the $500 price tag. It really does suck, but looking at the prices of everything else, it doesn't surprise me. The Switch isn't an essential item anyway. Furthermore, to be frank, there's really nothing I can ever do about prices so why even complain? Capitalism grinds on, and I can either join or be crushed. It's like that meme about the gas.

I will spend the rest of my time on this earth trading myself for paper, bottle caps, or whatever form currency takes. What do I care if I spend a measly fraction of it on a game console? I won't ever be able to save up for anything substantial anyway. All that aside, what I wanted to talk about is the availability of time. I want to play all these new games coming out. I want to play a laundry list of old games. I want to read a bunch of books. I want to watch a bunch of movies. I want to make a lot of money and retire my parents. I want to leave my mark on the world. How can I ever fit all of these things into one lifetime? Is there any value in a life spent doing things simply because they make you feel good? How can I tell what my real thoughts are and what our capitalistic society has conditioned me to think with regards to money? Why do we as humans create things like video games, movies, and books? When people consume these, they are actively using up their own limited time that could be spent doing something for themselves. I think it's a common idea that these forms of media are frivolous items designed to make money and waste your time, but surely this can't be. Ignoring the fact that humans require forms of artistic expression, the idea that all these creators set out only to acquire as much money as possible sounds like some world-is-out-to-get-you paranoia. Is childhood truly the only time you can afford to expose yourself to books and movies and video games? I suppose this explains why world views crystallize past a certain age.

I was struck by all this when watching the direct. I want to play all these new games coming out, but I feel guilty because there are so many more pressing matters to attend to. I can't possibly attend to them all.