I feel like a bit of an outlier here. But I just don’t care for them. I much prefer playing video games.
I prefer games because they’re much better at connecting you to a story. When a story game is done right, you feel the ups and downs of the story far more than you could with any other medium. Peak example is Hades. When you lose a run in hades, it feeds into the story.
100% same. Interactive media like video games only. These days I abhor sitting down to watch most movies or streaming stuff. Visual passive media is pretty much a no-go for me without being forced by the partner.
Nope, I just watch Youtube now, specifically things that interest me.
Yep me too… not many shows or movies that float my boat any more…video games are much more entertaining .
I generally prefer movies, books, or video games over a TV show. There are exceptions, but there’s just a lot of filler on TV shows; even good ones.
I go through phases, cycling though comics, books, games, movies, TV, etc depending where my interest and curiosity takes me. I tend to watch more TV and movies when playing/practicing music or playing slower or turn based games.
My media use goes in cycles:
TV - really just background noise.
Movies.
Books.
Comics.
Games.
Binged a bunch of movies recently. FF, Ballerina, Superman, 28 Years Later, The French Dispatch, Isle of Dogs, Nobody 1 & 2, and books got set aside.
Ready to go back to books.
Remove the TV and movies and that’s my general cycle. I will occasionally watch an episode of something, and I will watch some movies eventually, but not often. Last movies I watched were K-pop Demon Hunters, and both Spiderverse movies. Can’t remember the last live action I’ve watched…
Oh yeah, forgot about K-Pop Demon Hunters. That was surprisingly fun!
i love a great film. Occasionally a TV series, Channel Zero is really good.
Nowadays I dont watch neither new movies or shows. I mostly watch YouTube and Anime.
I really only watch TV shows with my girl. I do like movies though. The majority of the content I take in is via YouTube.
You are not alone. I have a handful of movies and shows I like to watch, but my excess time is usually spent reading books, browsing thrift stores and library shops for books, or reading articles about books. I also splash a little World of Warcraft, gardening, and house chores in there too.
I’m much the same way. Wasn’t really a conscious decision either - it’s more of I had better and more interesting things to do and gradually the amount of time I spent watching TV and movies dwindled down to basically zero.
I’m the opposite, I barely play videogames outside a few rounds of whatever multiplayer thing my buddies are playing. But I’ll watch a movie or show from time to time. I read less than I’d like to admit, but I still read more than I play single player video games.
I consume a ton of music though, and not always just in the background, I like to get into it, break down each instruments parts, read up on the context behind the music and musicians
I avoid passive video media almost entirely. I too prefer interactive media best.
Don’t watch it passively then!
I like all sorts of escapism. TV, Movies, Games, Books are all doorways to me.
