Uninstall everything. If you play a console just sell it. You're not going to get any magic tricks here, just be a man and take them away from yourself.

Play games that svck so hard you want to kill yourself. That should work.

I suggest Mr.Driller 2 Online - no one is ever online and the gay is [censored] great!

No pain, no gain. Sell all your gaming equipement and buy books relating to your subjects with the money you make.
It's gonna take hard work from you and only bother with seeing a professional if you don't have the willpower to do this yourself.

Don't make excuses. This only shows that you don't really want to give up - Something you have to want, to be able to succeed.
Sorry if this sounded harsh, but you have to be cruel to be kind and you asked for our advice/help.
Good luck.

Here are some short ideas I support: sell the games, get a girl, get a gym membership, or start playing pick-up games of some sport with a group of current or new friends. Find something even more interesting. Exclusively play games with children between the ages of 11 and 14 for two weeks (to form strong negative associations).

How is your willpower in general? Have you ever dieted, forced yourself into a difficult routine, or abstained from something else (e.g. alcohol) for an extended period of time? When you're around someone's grandma, do you ever slip up and swear in front of her? Be honest with yourself, and realize what your current limits are. This really is the most important step. You say you want to be a professional pilot, right? Well, would you fly a plane you didn't know the specs for? If you're weak-willed, accept it, embrace it, and change it. Enlist the help of your mentally-tougher friends, and anyone else who will help you. Don't beat yourself up over any relapses. Instead, take them as an opportunity to rededicate yourself. If you are already tough-as-nails, this should be a cake walk.

Even if you can't get counseling, that doesn't mean you can't receive council from knowledgeable persons. Use google to find some articles, and have casual chats with psychology students / professors at your school. If anyone in your family knows anything about habit-breaking, talk to them. Your problem is a fairly minor one, so there's no reason to be embarrassed about asking strangers to help you out with it.

Sell your xbox/ps3 controller.

If on PC, copy all the important stuff, have someone change the password. Start a new account without the games.

Both ways you can always go back in the future.

This cosmic dance of bursting decadence and withheld permissions twists all our arms collectively.

But if sweetness can win (and it can), then I will still be here tomorrow to high-five you yesterday, my friend.

Peace.

[censored] weaboos.

The same way you stop breathing. Only in death.

The thing about being obscure and poetic is that if you do it wrong, it ends up like this.

You guys really don't recognize that quote? Kids these days.

Where is it from?

Don't buy new ones. Buy a whole bunch of random stuff all the time so you're constantly short of cash and can't purchase new games. Once you haven't played any in years, sequels will come out to all your favorite games, and new ones will only release on next-gen consoles. If you add up the money it costs to buy all sequels in a saga, it would cost too much. If you add up the money it costs to buy a new console and a new game, it would cost too much.

You'll eventually drop out of the loop and not even be able to discuss newer games, and just find new interests.

http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/The_Other_Tarts

Considering it's a 2010 cartoon the kids of this day should know that quote and the advlts shouldn't.

why would anyone want to recognise a dumb quote from some [censored] kids cartoon

le sigh

Nuck, I am disappoint.

Haven't watched Adventure Time myself yet, though.

You could always find a good show to watch, EchoPapa. I can't say it would be any better than video games, but there'd be a limited number of episodes to waste your time.

Be a man and win yourself.


That's the only way to get rid of any addiction.

Get rid of all your other consoles and games, and buy a PS3 and Skyrim.

Worked for me.

Give any consoles you have to your parents or something, wipe your games, change your Steam password and give it to someone for safekeeping, just make sure you have no access. And find a new hobby to fill the void, that costs less money and time.

I don't think you can stop liking games, if you like something then that is a part of who you are. What you do need to do however is to control yourself, get a new hobby etc

Meh, games aren't a bad habit. Just get your work done and then game. You can learn real quick when you start failing classes that you need to spend more time on your school work than your game sessions. I used to game a lot more but when the school load got bigger I had the choice of failing classes or playing games. I went with the logical solution.

Find other things to do. I'm a huge gamer and when I'm away at college I'll play basketball, play soccer, watch some TV with friends, but most importantly dedicate time to studying.

You could try playing a pen and paper rpg instead of video games.