Give up gaming during January...?

Have you ever considered giving up gaming for a month? This question was raised, the weekend passed when my friends spent the weekend away from our consoles, and decided to go out in the snow.

January is a quite time for releases and I would be interested if there are any gamer like myself who would consider attempting this.

I got a shitload of 2010 games still left to play, so I can't take a break just yet.

no.

Nope   

quite a time or a quiet time?
 
Also, I'd rather not...=/

Negative 

Month of Mass Effect 2 released on the PS3? Hell to the NO! :)

" I got a shitload of 2010 games still left to play, so I can't take a break just yet. "

You crazy!

I could probably do with that as lately I've had no interest in games.  I'm lacking any motivation to play.

I was actually considering packing it all up and putting it all away for a few weeks and see if that does any good.

" Have you ever considered giving up gaming for a month? This question was raised, the weekend passed when my friends spent the weekend away from our consoles, and decided to go out in the snow. January is a quite time for releases and I would be interested if there are any gamer like myself who would consider attempting this. "

This assumes you play games because you need to, not because you want to. I want to play games so why the eff would I want to stop?

I think the only way I could see myself doing that is if I found one day that video games were no longer giving me any entertainment value whatsoever, or my work load from university was so much I had no free time at all. That hasn't happened yet and I think it's unlikely too in the near future.

" This assumes you play games because you need to, not because you want to. I want to play games so why the eff would I want to stop? "

No thanks.

Considering I've had no time to play video games lately, hell no. I'm playing when I have the chance.

" I got a shitload of 2010 games still left to play, so I can't take a break just yet. "

" no. "

Infact, I don't game enough, so my doctor prescribed some extra dosage when possible

I wish I could, but it's like crack man. Like crack.
 
Seriously, my better half would love this. But I don't think I'd be able to keep sane. Probably started going to the gym 7 times a week.

I thought about it then I remembered the stack of 20 unfinished games I bought this year and that thought went straight out the window.

This might just be the dumbest thread I have seen on this website. Completely illogical.

Why stop something that we enjoy? Shouldn't we stop eating badly processed stuff instead?

Actually, I've been doing this for the last 3 years. Sometimes I just get sick of controllers and patch notes and take a month break and do something else. Last time I did this I think it was August or September. It's my favorite hobby, I'm fortunate enough to have free time and money for gaming but an occasional change of pace can be pleasant. 

I don't think I have played any games for about a month now already. Haven't really been bothered lately.

January used to be a quiet month for games, not any more. There's quite a few high profile releases in January. LittleBigPlanet 2 and Dead Space 2 spring to mind straight away. 

No, not for a whole month... 2 weeks, yes.

I often take a break from games, longer that a month sometimes... but I never consider it, it just happens cause I have shit to do. Still you should find time to do other stuff or you´ll die.

In my case its quite the opposite. In January is when there's less things to do outside and it's when I have more time to play the games I haven't played before. And with things like Steam holidays sales I reach January with quite a lot of games to play. Maybe a little too much. 
 
Months like July and August are the ones that I can spend a lot of time without playing vidgames.

There are times I might cut back a little, but not for a whole month.

I gave up gaming for two years, seperately. It's pretty boss.

If I get an MPC1000 I will be able to give up gaming for a month. No other way to burn all that free time I have.

Every now and then, a period rolls around during which I only play the occasional game of FIFA when I'm bored. You might say this is like a break from gaming. I wouldn't have too much trouble with it, I think.

I once tried to stop playing on my PC (As well as my PSP) and see how long I'd last but I only lasted a week. I couldn't help but double click the Battlefield 1942 icon on my desktop.
 
So, hell no, I'm not giving up gaming for a month.

I've never done it on purpose, but I've gone for 6 weeks this year without picking up a controller or logging on to Steam.  I just didn't feel like gaming.  That mood passed and now I am playing again once every few days which is normal for me.  In the past I've gone for months without gaming, so it's no big deal.  I am more than just a gamer. 

Not gaming, but perhaps talking a break from the internet, it has been much lately

What exactly would be the point of this?

The only gaming I've done in the last 5 days was about 45 min. of bowling with my niece on the Wii so I'm just about ready to kill some one. So one month? No thanks
 
I'm not saying that video games are the ONLY thing in life, I'm just saying that it's the most important thing ;) 

" I got a shitload of 2010 games still left to play, so I can't take a break just yet. "

I never went more than a few weeks without gaming. I should try it one day, however not january.

No, damn you! Not when I am so close to my final goal.

I could give up gaming for a month, but I would NOT do it during January, there are a ton of games that I haven't had time to play and January's a slow month with little to do, and the weather here in Sweden is ice cold right now, like -17 C, and I would want to avoid going outside as much as I can
 
Don't get me wrong, I love snow, skiing and such but it's so cold out there that my body hurts if I stay outside for a lengthy time, and I don't even live up north
 
I'd give it up during summer maybe

Wouldn't Lent be more appropriate if someone were gonna do this?  :P

" Wouldn't Lent be more appropriate if someone were gonna do this?  :P "

^(That's) What she said. 

I've barely touched my 360 in the past month due to work + my TV breaking. I went out and bought myself an HD monitor for Christmas and have only tested Mass Effect 2 on it for less than an hour, so I personally can't wait for January to roll around so I have more free time to play some games. I have been playing a good bit of WoW since the expansion hit, but it's much easier to multi-task during that time since I'm not raiding or pvping yet.

Do what you have to do, though, OP. Gaming should be a fun part of life, and it shouldn't weigh it down so much that you feel you need to step away - though I can see that happening. 

Dead Space 2 is scheduled to be released on January. Therefore, no.

What's wrong with you? Why would you even say something like that? What's going on? I'm scared...

Why? It's less about the all-or-nothing that people seem to be embracing these days and more about moderation (the more difficult choice).

" Wouldn't Lent be more appropriate if someone were gonna do this?  :P "