Hello, I am 18 years old, male, just graduated HS. A few months ago, I realize that video games are dumb and pointless. You spend all this time in a digital fantasy world and it doesn't do any good, just pointless entertainment. I don't watch TV and I cant stand watching movies at home. I rather go outside and do things with real people or do things that benefit me like play sports, chase girls, workout, read things that broaden and expand my mind/intellect or do things that I can be of benefit to society like work.

I felt so bad when I came to this conclusion. I cant believe I spent so much of my time as well as my money in something so pointless. I tried to think of some good things video games has done for me. Except for improve my hand eye coordination and maybe my ability to multitask, it really has done S***. The people who I meet online and played countless hours with, I know there not really my friends .

I sold my consoles (PS3, XBOX360), my fancy video card, and all my games and accessories and even though I didn't get as much as I was hoping for, I knew I made the right decision. With that money, I had enough to get a gym pass, join summer league and got money to do fun things this summer.

I'm not knocking you if you play video games. I'm just sharing my personal thoughts and not trying to reflect it on anyone.