How to approach a gaming addiction?

I know lots of people that do this, but they usually do it with achievements.

Why the fuck would you bother with trophies?

                   

I know lots of people that do this, but they usually do it with achievements.

Why the fuck would you bother with trophies?

                   

               

Whoring. 
 
Does he actually understand how Gamefly works? Because the way he plays, it'd seem like Gamefly would actually be much cheaper for him than buying and selling games. I'm always one to think that one should do what pleases him, though, so I say let him be, unless it completely spirals out of control.

it sounds like he is a trophy whore. it sounds boring to be one of those, like in some games where you have to collect a bunch of things. 
 
talk to him about it.

Touch his shoulder and say, "I'm here for you, son."

Touch his shoulder and say, "I'm here for you, son."

@FluxWaveZ said:

@jorbear said:

Touch his shoulder and say, "I'm here for you, son."

And then kiss him on his forehead.

Proceed to call in an exorcist after all this. Those evil trophies are possessing his pure vessel.

for me, college was the shock i needed to lessen my gaming pace. but you said that he had a job so im assuming he's out or never went to college. anyway i would say to have an intervention or something. get a group of friends together to get him to stop, if not have a serious conversation with him and get him to let you hold on to his ps3 for awhile in a withdrawal phase
 
im no 'addiction' expert, i simply write my opinion

Maybe he just likes S-Ranking games that much? It's your call if you want to voice your concerns to him, but don't try to hold an intervention or anything like that. Games aren't addictive like drugs, if he wants to stop he'll stop.

Let the dude do his own thing.

Slap him in the face.

                    Slap him in the face.

                   

               

Hire a hooker to take him out to dinner. 
Sneak into his house, go onto his PS3 account, and steal his PS3. 
Run like hell since he sounds like the kind of guy who would rip your head off for this.  
Buy a voice changer 
Call him 24 hours later with a British accent and tell him you have his PS3 and if he doesn't get a job in one month then you will smash his PS3. 
 
Or, call his family and have an intervention.

@MXC361 said:

I've recommended GameFly to him, but he said it costs too much.

Replace it with a cooler addiction.

Replace it with a cooler addiction.

@MXC361 said:

I've recommended GameFly to him, but he said it costs too much.

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

I know lots of people that do this, but they usually do it with achievements.

Why the fuck would you bother with trophies?

cause trophies are way better than lame ass achievments. ho.

Yes, it's a serious condition. Many people are addicted to increasing their virtual GamerScores and Trophy levels. Something inside their brains tells them that it is more satisfying to "complete" those small (sometimes time consuming or impossibly difficult) tasks than the actual game. They will force themselves to play poor titles just to round off those points, and they become immensely frustrated when they cannot complete them 100%. 
 
It is not a video game addiction. A video game addiction would mean he could not stop himself from playing a game, and that it would interfere with his health, job, or social interactions. 
 
What your friend does is ultimately up to him.

@MXC361: as long as people are enjoying game what the fuck does it matter how people play them. is he having fun?

If he is still eating or bathing or sleeping or will stop playing to do things he needs to survive its not that bad. Just leave him alone and hope he out grows it.