Runescape Reminiscing

I used to play Runescape.  I suppose this isn't a shocking statement, a lot of people did.  I started in early 2007, right at the game's prime, and I played on and off until early 2012.  There were times when I would play for hours every day for weeks on end, and there were times when I wouldn't log on for 6 months.  But through those 5 years, I scraped together a perfectly decent character with a Quest Cape and 99 Thieving.  In its day, it was actually kinda fun, even the parts where you spent hours chopping a tree or pickpocketing some guy.  I haven't picked up the game in two years now, and although I've been tempted to because of some offer or deal or something, I haven't, and I really don't think I will.  Runescape is made for people who have long hours to kill, and don't have any other responsibilities, a statement you could make about any MMORPG, but since Runescape is the game I played, that's what I'll stick with.  There's a reason I prefer Team Fortress 2 now, it fits into an adult's busier lifestyle.  There's no leveling up, no grinding.  You can play for an hour a couple times a week, you get your gaming fix, and it doesn't eat up your life.  With the MMORPG's like Runescape, the associated grind is just not feasible for adults.  You can play, but you don't get much out of it.  While I had fun playing Runescape, I think it is definitely a game for kids, and I don't see myself going back.

The Old Spongebob

I grew up watching Spongebob.  Back in the day, I must have watched each episodes a couple dozen times each.  After the movie came out, the quality took a definite nosedive, and I stopped watching.  I grew up more, and I would go months without watching an episode.  However, I still had a very fond memory of the old show.  I can still quote off from just about each episode of the first three seasons.  Now, a big part of me wanted to chalk that up to nostalgia, that maybe they weren't as good as I really thought.  This really came about because most of my friends have been caught up in modern cartoons like Adventure Time, but I just can't get into it.  It just isn't funny at all.  It just seemed so much worse than what I was used to.  So, I've been watching old episodes of Spongebob, and let me just say, there's a reason the show became so popular.  They are still absolutely hilarious.  Something I notice with a lot of cartoons today is that the humor just seems lazy.  Nobody seems willing to take any extra effort, or to go that extra mile.  They go for the easy laugh.  I feel like this isn't the case with the old Spongebob episodes.  I don't know, maybe I just can't look at it objectively, but Spongebob just feels great.  It's absurd, but it doesn't lean on absurdity for its humor, utilizing verbal wit just as much.  I appreciate that.