The parallel between Call of Duty and Jane

It is not a secret that I do enjoy to come home after a long day; have a beer and relax. Sometimes, I will watch TV or lay on the hammock. Other times, I will fire up the PS3 and call on my digital soldier to pit him against thousands of others in the PlayStation Network battlegrounds. I do understand why the wife thinks it is not entertaining because of the gunfire and douchebags that spend hours a day sitting on the couch in their parents' basement while the rest of us live normal lives.

But I digress.

Video games are a release regardless of the genre. I am very appreciate of the men and women that have fought and died to protect this country, but when I'm playing I don't think of it in that regard. It is a game. In Call of Duty, it happens to be based on war. Does it make me want to go out and really gun someone down. No, but it is competition and allows the opportunity to play with friends or people you don't really know and forget about bills or work for a few minutes or hours.

While the wife doesn't dislike video games, it shouldn't surprise you that she mentions mystical creatures or superheroes battling it out. She would rather play games based on fictitious themes while I like mine to be a bit more realistic in nature such as COD or MLB 09. Video games are my Jane Austen and here we go....

Women like Jane because her writing has transcended time. Although her wit and humor escape me, Krissy eats it up like it will expire in minutes. Jane is her escape back to Victorian times (note from krissy: not victorian; regent england) where men would show their love for women by giving them horses. Who gives a women a horse? I love you and here is a horse to prove it. She will say that it is romantic and takes place during a time when men were sweet and proper.

I've seen how proper they are. Its the same way it goes down today only with bigger words, goofier clothes, and horses. Jane Austen is not like playing a video game, but it is an escape. However, I often wonder what it would be like if someone came out with a Jane Austen themed video game.

I know what your thinking, that's brilliant! Millions of women would be on that faster than a fat kid on a cupcake. Take your pick on which novel, it wouldn't matter. The premise would be simple - wonder the countryside and play matchmaker. The first level could be an easier one where you have to get two regular people together. As you progress through the game, it becomes more difficult to get people together and the game could end if Jane could make magic happen between a common woman and a duke or a high society aristocrat. Tea, jewelry, and horses would be at your disposal along with a sharp wit. Think of what the online play would be like. My wife along with thousands of others controlling a fancy dressed Jane Austen or Jane Austen character frolicking around England laughing, crying, and chasing men.

Imagine that. If there are any video game developers that ever read this, please don't EVER make a game like that. You would become rich, but please don't subject any man to that kind of torture.

I thank you and so does every other man.