Last time, Dax had a great point about how busy we are and staying focused. I want to expound a bit on that.
Baseball season has begun and so time has become more squeezed for me. But my busy schedule isn’t what I am going to rant about. Instead, I am going to complain about something that has reared it’s head in society and in video games: On Demand.
If I were to turn on my XBOX at this moment I could get any of a hundred games on demand, movies on demand, video chat on demand, chat on demand, music on demand and who knows what else on demand. We log on to our computers and expect to get information on demand and cell phones allow people to get a hold of people on demand.
That’s fine.
However, just because you can get all your needs and desires met online and in video games does not mean that you can expect real people to be the same way. I must give a story about this.
One night gaming recently, I recall that Brandon, aka Jonny Tango, was playing a video game, either Dragon Age or Mass Effect II, and I was a little annoyed that he had the nerve to NOT join Chris and my game. I sent numerous game invites and text messages until he finally joined. Looking back on that, I realize I was expecting HIM to join MY game on demand and frankly that is rude.
This past week I have dealt with a dozen people who have expected me to do something they want done for them, done by me on demand. That has really bothered me all week. So I want to apologize to Brandon for that behavior and remind everyone that behind the gamer tags are real people who have real life and they ARE NOT ON DEMAND.
