Game Addiction: Defeated. Probably.
Hi. I’m Tim. I don’t play games.
I did, mind you. For my entire goddamn life. But when I hit my 30th birthday, I looked back at my time on this earth and realised that most of it was less memorable than the time I found a perfect Mara’s Kaleidoscope in Diablo II. I was suffering from gaming addiction.
So now I’m a recovering ex-gamer, trying very hard to put my old addiction out of my life and move on. Maybe have a relationship with someone who actually exists, and has normal, human-sized breasts. To help me, I thought I’d start this blog, because what better way to forget games than to write about them twice a week, right?
I still dream about that Kaleidoscope.
Please don’t do it. Don’t stop playing video games Tim. I know I came in late. But you’ll make me cry if you stop. You don’t want that, do you?
Nope. I am Iron Man. Your entreaties are water off a duck’s back. I don’t need games any more, and in fact I never think about them at all OH GOD DIABLO I AM SORRY I LEFT YOU PLEASE DON’T GO PLEEEEEEEASE
Sorry, I’ll be with you in a minute. I’m busy with all the sobbing in the corner that I have to do.
At least you never played World of Warcraft. Wow was the most addicting game I ever played. That’s one of the reasons I’m dreading as well as highly anticipating Warhammer Online to come out.
Good luck with your endeavors. I loved your cleaning with bleach post.
Thanks man. My flatmate plays WoW and has basically turned into a member of the undead. His face is sallow and sunken, and he stares at you with uncomprehending eyes. The other day he spent ten minutes telling me that he had a plan concerning leather, which made me shiver in confused fear.
You know how they called AIDS the Gay Plague when it first hit? WoW is the same for geeks. It’s nature’s way of ensuring that we’re deprived of so much sleep and nutrition that we will die and remove ourselves from the gene pool.
Hi Tim
I don’t think you are ever too old to play games. If you enjoy it then do it! I have just bought a second hand PS2 and I’m addicted to Soul Calibur 2.
My mum has got my Diablo II discs so sadly I haven’t been able to play for some time. I haven’t found a game to match it… My mum still plays it and she’s in her 50s so there you go! x
Eh up Karen
Gaming in moderation is awesome, but some people use it as a crutch to avoid doing other things, and sadly I fear I’m one of those people. I actually wanted to get addicted to games because it meant there was always an excuse to duck the things I should have been doing.
Now that I’ve stopped playing games, I’ve noticed urges to get addicted to other things; it’s almost irrelevant what that thing is.
I wish I could get addicted to work for a while. That would be sweet. Man, why did I have to get a shit addiction?
Judging by this picture, you shouldn’t have too much issue getting in touch with someone’s feminine side…
I took that photo four years ago. I still have that t-shirt, but now the Decepticon is almost entirely faded.
I find that incredibly poignant.
And also really annoying, because I don’t own any other decent t-shirts.
DESCENT was an awesome game!
Fine page. I really enjoy reading. Nice writing style (as if I could really tell).
Keep on writing!
I agree with the comment above, nobody’s ever too old for video games! Also, gorgeous photo.
Thanks! It was taken in Grasmere, in England. I really miss the countryside now that I’m stuck in grimy Salford.
Kudos on all this. I’ve seen games ruin a lot of lives, and they’re not really useful at all. I’ll play here and there, but luckily, they usually bore me.
I have three different systems that sit around virtually unused. Am I saving them for my son? I don’t think so. I really want to get rid of them altogether.
Hey Jake. I envy your ability not to get addicted to games. I seem to attach myself to anything that provides cheap thrills and pretty graphics, and if I were to count up the amount of hours I’ve wasted on utterly forgettable games, I think I would scream myself hoarse in horror.
So much masturbation time. Wasted.
Not one of you seems to actually understand the concept of “addiction” and it’s irritating to encounter such thoughtless flippancy. Your grasp of what it means to be addicted is equivalent to my ten-year-old nephew’s. The utter lack of anything beyond immediate, not-even-visceral sensation to drive your lives forward shines forth from every word spewing from your semen-crusted, hairy-knuckled, stubby fingers which have not felt the inside of a woman’s Squishy Parts in much too long. The endless parade of image and sound that is The Video Game is the most fulfilling thing in your lives. This cackling drunk is most pleased to have realized something: his own goals and pursuits, so far from perfect, are nonetheless superior to the soft, pale, sniveling, gaming lives y’all are leading. At least this cackling drunk spends most nights out and about, awash in tides of genuine feeling, connecting with people outside of the flickering plasma screen.
That’s what your MOM said.
Hey man, good luck to you! Thanks for making your blog, This may sound stupid but it really helps to hear that others are out there struggling with the same problem.
Ignore the haters. They’re just sad individuals hiding behind teh intar-web. Maybe they’re just lashing out because deep down they know they’ve been missing out on life too. Who knows. Who cares.
Keep up the good fight.
Did you fall off the wagon again.
Yeah yeah but do you think Champions Online stoled it weapons system from Warhammer?
(in metalic robo-voice)
You are a game
you are being played
you have limited degrees of freedom (df) which look to you like free will.
Do a quick search on Langton’s Ant, find a simulator, set it going and watch.
love the blog-type thing
vic twenty
Do you have an email newsletter?
No more tears
The definitive cure for gaming addiction was actually discovered in Japan in 2001: THE GAMECUBE
Hi, I found this site through your article on Cracked.com. Your experiences really do seem poignant, and I love your writing style, despite the vulgarity. I wish you the best with your recovery. I myself am a gamer, and narrowly dodged the bullet in letting it consume me. But there is too much life in the real world to enjoy. Though I do still play several games, they are only one part of the whole. Involving yourself in physical and social activities might help you miss the mmo’s less. Starting jujitsu and larping is what made me decide to drop my wow account. Though larping is a game, at least it’s outdoors and socially active. Sorry to babble on. Best of luck!
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