The RetroBeat: Hemingway helps me explain why I like retro games

I don’t only play video games during my spare time. Well … OK, I do. Almost exclusively. I was beginning to feel a bit bad about just how much video games dominated my life. Don’t get me wrong, I love them! But surely getting into some other hobbies would be good for me.

I decided I’d read more. Despite writing for a living and studying English-related fields in college, I don’t read much these days. That’s partly because I’ve always felt some strange obligation to dive into genre stuff, but I end up disliking most of the sci-fi and fantasy books I read. Even acclaimed ones like The Name of Wind have me rolling my eyes as I slog my way through them.