I dont know what to do with myself. I consider myself an avid gamer. I mean just to put it in perspective outside my wife its pretty much all i think about even when im at work. Sometimes i think that i have a problem and that i am too addicted to games, but i dont know what to do about it. I know for a fact that i am also a completionist so i go through every game i buy (which are alot of games, the ones i have listed on here are only half of what i truly own for the 360 alone) I guess i could put it this way.... I crave videogames morning afternoon and night. If i have a day off from work i wake up and play until i go to sleep if i can. And i sometimes i really have a problem seperating myself from them to be with my wife or to go do other errands. I mean i get really into Halo 3 and playing SWAT until i witness some bullshit that shouldnt have happened or happened because of my connection and i get angry with the game or with Bungie about allowing boosters (there are quite a few out there) or other cheaters onto the game without doing anything about it. I mean i know they are trying to find them as quickly and they show up but that is like trying to catch smoke. So i switch to another game and i get lost in it to the point that if my wife talks to me about anything if i am really immersed i will hardly hear her and she will get mad cause she knows that i am barely listening. Basically i am asking for advice. I am also asking that if you do feel the need to give me advice on this please keep it constructive im down enough about my habits as it is.

Sounds like i am a young predacessor to you... or I was. I just put the game down, like recommended you should take a 15 minute break after 45 minutes of playing. Almost no one does this because who wants to put something down when they are having a grand ole time? My advice is just stop after a close game or even a loss, and go do something constructive. Talk to the wife run some errands, you know maybe clean up a room or the kitchen. I myself am not big on cleaning a huge mess, but it gives you some relaxation time from the game. and it also helps improve your strategy. For you thinking about it at work, well its like me at school I crave the game. Just try to focus on the task at hand, the more you focus on your job the less you will focus on games. However you could be so focused on gaming because your job is boring, in which case i recommend if you can find a better one that is more fun for you to do, then go for it. because the one you have sounds like its boring you. Good luck, hope this helps

Thx man. That really does help me alot. Btw right now i am just getting up to go to work. Any other people out there who are just like me fell free to post on here cause i feel we all need a little help sometimes, I mean if i cant give you any advice then i know there is someone out there who will.

damn dude you sound almost like me but in a older state but yeah, pretty much used that guys advice ever since I became a general on halo 3 almost every game I go into now has someone cheating and making me lose, I mean sure I get pissed off about it but ever since I smashed my controller from bullshit on COD4 I kinda learned how to control it and just leave the game and just play a good old infection game on customs or just go over onto another game like guitar hero or something. take it from me I have destroyed a lot of game stuff off of straight anger from the game and I regret doing it to but I still play not really caring for my rank on halo 3 or my stats on COD4, I just go on now to play with my friends and just have fun with it but still cuss at the people on the other team if they start talking shit, but yeah, i think of the game as a place to where just play with friends and just talk and meet new people, I mean most of my actuall friends from around my town play with me on the games and they know I get aggresive in life and at school but also in the game, and for me I just try to relax during the game so I dont have two lives to where I get pissed off from everything.