Games were the side quest.
Reduce your hours, take a break, or quit for good. Then throw yourself into the game of life.
One email when it ships. Nothing else.
One email when it ships. Nothing else.
What games are costing you
The guess usually runs low.
$29,200
a year. That is what games currently cost you.
The Room
Feel the urge, open Sidequit, tap. Each tap holds you a few seconds longer while Obi reminds you who you are now.
The Confession Room
Slip, and you tell Oracle what happened. Oracle writes it down, names what you kept, and the plan resumes.
The Ladder
Eight ranks, earned from sleep, the gym, deep work, and people. Rank never drops. A slip is a checkpoint, not a zero.
Main quests
The things you actually want, broken into daily quests. Most of your XP comes from here, not from staying away from a game.
It's habitual. So is the fix.
It's just an urge. You don't need to act on it.
Still here. So am I. Nothing to win tonight.
You don't need it. Your life is better without it.
Tell Oracle what happened.
Nothing resets. Three questions, a dated entry, and the plan resumes.
That is data, not a verdict. The gym still happened.
Put the games aside. Rank up in real life.
XP is banked by the things games were taking from you: sleep on time, deep work, the gym, a call to a friend. Eight ranks, metal to light. None of them ever drop.
Choose your path
Log your hours honestly. Set a bedtime and no-play windows. See what the time is worth.
A weekly budget that steps down over months or years, to a number you choose, or to zero.
No gaming for a fixed stretch, as an experiment. At the end you review what changed and decide.
For people who have learned that moderation doesn't hold for them. Long-term milestones.
Studies show
of teenage boys in the US play. 61% play every day.1
of teens who play have already tried to cut back.2
kept getting worse over six years, with more depression and anxiety.3
less sleep a night once gaming has become a problem. 34 studies.4
Be there when it ships
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