Movies and Video Games

Once Angie asked me a question. 'Joe if you had to give up video games or movies, which one would you ditch? Forever.' That's paraphrased, but that was a difficult question for me. This was like picking between a son or a daughter. I love them both, but one has got to go. I gave her an answer after much deliberation. Now, here's the thing.

I've played tons of games. Almost every Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Warcraft game that has ever been available just to name my favorites. In fact every year I pick one of the above franchises and replay every one I can. This year is Metroid. Last Year was Mario and Donkey Kong. The year before was Zelda. All this on top of the new games that keep coming out. I love Guitar Hero and I can't wait for The Force Unleashed. Giving that up would be asking almost too much.

On the other hand, could I give up never being able to watch another Batman or Ironman movie? What about when the Avengers or The Hobbit comes out? Even giving up on rewatching classics like UHF or Star Wars. I've enjoyed hours of movies, and I think that if it came down to it, I may have spent equal hours playing video games and watching movies. Then again, I did create a movie blog to write about movies. I have been to the theater about 10 times since Ironman came out in May, and I have 3 more movies to watch before the summer ends.

I'm curious as to what everyone thinks I picked, but even more interesting, what would you pick? Obviously not everyone has these two hobbies. Perhaps yours would be reading books for fun, watching movies, acting, running, cooking, or kayaking. Pick two hobbies, you can't live without and choose. Let me know what you think. If you have a really hard choice and you make a decision, you'll get some points,. If you guess correctly what I picked I'll give you 35 points, and 50 points wins!