I give away all my computer games!
Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Tim Cameron
I finally did it. Three days ago I gave away all of my games worth giving away, and threw the rest in the bin. See the harrowing pictures below. If they’re blurred, it’s because the air was saturated with passion.
I did it. I actually did it. I would like to thank my friend and workmate Dave for helping me beat this thing. When he loses his job because of Diablo II, I’m sure he will thank me in return.
Later, finally free of the clutches of addiction, I took my first steps as a free man. And those steps were to watch the entire third season of Futurama in one weekend and accomplish absolutely nothing.
Thank god I’m clear.
Filed under: Addiction
you bastard!!!
Oh god, not you too. I get that enough from my mother and my girlfriends.
I heard there is going to be a computer game crash in the market next week, those would have been worth millions!
You know the computer game commodity market, which isnt a made up thing.
Oh curse my folly! If I had only held onto the X-Wing Collector’s Edition, there would have been enough money to put my kids through college. How could I have been so blind?
Oh well, no use dwelling on past failure. I have a whole new life of failure ahead of me!
I noticed that you didn’t give away any of your Happy Kitty games. Were those excluded from the video game mosaic for artistic reasons, or have you not come to grips with that potential loss yet?
I don’t class those as games; they are Interactive Happiness Applications. Likewise all eighty-six of my Hentai games, which are actually Post-Moral Physiognomic Relief Solutions.
If…uh…you…uh don’t want your…uh… video card anymore, I might know a guy.
This is the weird thing. Giving up my games wasn’t that difficult, but when I contemplate downgrading my PC, my mind just folds its little brain-arms and says No. Fucking. Way.
It started getting silly yesterday. While talking with Betty about swapping my PC for a laptop, I found myself petulantly defending my decision to spend dickloads of money on a laptop capable of running games I won’t be playing. It’s a good thing Betty has a high Tard Tolerance.
I don’t even think this has anything to do with my desire to play games. I think it’s more about my very real concerns regarding the size of my penis.
A wierd thing is that I have never considered myself to have an addictive personality. But after reading your blog, I have come to the startling realization that games are my crack. Dam
Love your music, I still listen have the stuff that you recorded(alone) including rapevan.
Ah second realization I might be a stalker.
If stalking Cam is wrong…. I would genuinely like help.
Does someone know a government agency that can assist me in the detox process?
I’m picturing your brain as Krang from the Ninja Turtles cartoon.
Holy shit! What is that colourey-quotey thing you just did? YOU HAVE JUST BLOWN MY MIND, although that’s possibly more due to a cripplingly severe lack of sleep than anything else.
Fuck you, flatmate who insists on watching loud TV in the room next to mine, despite my extremely pointed sighs. How can my sighs not have made him feel so guilty that he immediately turned the TV off and killed himself?
The world is a topsy-turby carnival of pain and injustice.
How did Stu do that?
I think its pretty clear he is a witch and must be burned as such.
Yes, we should burn him…
Or maybe
What about your hidden stuff…? You know the copies of diablo II you bought. Not to forget the security copies you made. Disks you thought you had distroyed or lost.
Those disks are waiting for you, Tim. Their waiting and watching you, Tim. And after you feel save - BAM! - “what’s that shimmering thing under my toilet seat?”
I have (seriously) hidden 2 copies of diablo II around the house (not on purpos)… never played it for months, but then… SHIT, dude.
Only the fire can cleanse the evil.
I hope you can go the whole way. My prayers are with you.
I have owned a total of three copies of Diablo. As far as I know, the fuckers are all out of my house now, although I still have the jewel case for the expansion, but not the disc itself.
I should throw it away, but somehow I can’t. Out of all the games I’ve given up, the only one that gives me a painful tug of longing is Diablo. I can’t believe how much time and emotion I invested in that damn game.
I am currently stationed overseas in “Big Fucking Sandbox #2″ and reading about you throwing away Diablo left me feeling deeply saddened. Not because you’re taking a step in the right direction but because I’ve been looking for a copy of Diablo over here for 4 months and no one has it.
There is nothing worse than being stuck in the middle of the desert craving a game that no one seems to have…. Unless this is some sick government training op… Dear God…
I had exactly the same problem a couple of years ago (minus the desert bit). I owned Diablo II, but couldn’t find the expansion for love nor money. That’s why I ended up buying another copy of the game. Then I bought a third copy for my girlfriend, who lived with me at the time. If things had continued in the same fashion, in twenty years I would have had enough Diablo boxes to build a ladder to Christ.
If it’s any consolation, Diablo is pretty much pure evil, so although you miss it so much that it makes you cry at night, you’re actually getting things done in the meantime. Also, the desert you’re in doesn’t have any fucking sandcrawlers, which has to be a major plus.
Hi Tim - I still hanker after playing Diablo but my mum has my copy and the expansion pack too! I must get it back some day, but how can I deprive her of the sweet hack ‘n’ slash relief when she gets frustrated with her writing. Bhaal still very much has his tentacles embedded in her brain.
xx
Does she still play as a melée sorceress? Because that would not actually help her frustration levels at all.
I’m just sayin’.
Not sure - she’s probably still a sorceress though I would guess.
Hilarious pictures. Good luck with your sobriety. Thanks for the laugh.
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