User blog:Soosieloo/Sofa Soothings and Sunshine

Ahhhh, another lovely morning. The smell of fresh brewed coffee wafts over my keyboard and I take my first sip. Divine bliss. A sneaky wish of hot doughnuts or danish tempts my resolve as the thick coffee slides down to warm my belly. Begone foul demons of temptation! I get back to typing and wince at the pain in my wrist and fingers.

Next to my keyboard is my kindle fire, waiting for me to finish my computer duties and to trundle over to my soft comfy sofa and begin my day of TV chores. How gaming has changed through the years, and for the better. Now one can game and idly waste time of their choosing anywhere they want (or rather if a wifi is open).

Have kindle... will travel. In past blogs I mentioned that this device was for my hubby, an avid reader. I loaded it with many books and presented it to him for a birthday, promptly took it back and he has never touched it to this day. hah! I fell in love with its smooth glossy feel, the reassuring weight of it, then once I found the app button I was lost. "What's this" I said to myself as I spied my first Tiny Co game in the free section.......the rest is history.

An avid gamer my whole life, first with cards and board games, chess, then onto the digital age and computers. Now I am totally spoiled by the kindle and all that means. It doesnt have to be in particular a kindle, it could be any one of the many tablet types, what is important is the connection between device, leisure and sofa.



Now I can relax in comfort on the sofa and play, or better yet lie in bed and play. I am not a spring chicken anymore, what I could once do for hours on the keyboard now comes at a price. A price of pain, aches, stiffness and weariness. Thanks to technology I can continue my love of gaming but in comfort.

That is how at my age I now revel in laying out decorations for tiny fat villagers to enjoy. Curled up on the sofa and wrapped in a comforter I coo and chortle over the latest event item. How over a year later I have lured my much older and even more decrepit sister to get a kindle (ostensibly for her daughter but yet has ended up in her possession since it arrived hah!) and to start the addiction to TV and other gaming apps.

Now when I play my computer games I feel slightly annoyed. It's uncomfortable. I want to take my game with me, I want to sever my tie to the keyboard and that squeaky chair. I want to play my game in the waiting room of my doctor who once again is a hour late. I want to play while I wait in line for some irritating bureaucracy. I want to take it with me on road trips, play in my hotel. play in the tub......elevator....at the store checkout line while I wait for the idiot ahead of me to get yet another price check.... i want i want i want.....

Right now the tech is limited to memory size and wifi connection. I am sure that will addressed in the near future. Once I can play my graphic and code intensive games on a tablet my keyboard will be retired. It already feels so archaic.



hmmm, perhaps my next blog will be in space. floating weightlessly while gaming would be .....divine.


 * I look back at my keyboard and sigh and resume typing.

One can only dream, eh?