It’s a bit silly, actually.

I called this blog The Rational Gamer, but I’m not really that guy. It’s an idea. A direction. Someone I’d like to become.

You might expect that a person who wants to be a rational gamer… well, actually plays games. The thing is I don’t. Not right now.

I decided to make 2026 a no-games year.

Why?

First of all, it’s simply easier for me to quit games entirely than to constantly try to control myself. It’s not laziness, it’s being tired. That’s reason number one.

Reason number two is that I want to give myself some space to think. I want to calm down, slow down, and lower my dopamine levels.

And reason number three: I have way too many unfinished projects. I’d really like to see them through. Every time I launched a game, I could almost hear them calling me:
“Patryk, we’re still unfinished…”

That has to change.

This blog isn’t about game reviews or backlogs. It’s a place where I look inward — why games pull me in the way they do, what that says about me, and whether the ways I try to pull back (like this detox) actually work, or if I’m just fooling myself.

I hope it grows into something honest.