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EPISODE · Dec 19, 2025 · 18 MIN

I stopped playing video games and changed my life

from The Forge with Tomas Mones-Cazon · host The Forge with Tomas Mones-Cazon

Check out the previous video: You Are Being Conditioned (Your inputs dec...  Video games are rarely talked about honestly. It's an acceptable form of escapism which I think needs to be seriously questioned by all young men, and ultimately avoided. In this video, I give a nuanced breakdown of gaming from personal experience, why it feels harmless, and why I ultimately walked away from it completely. This isn't about some antiquiarian fear of everything modern, but understanding ourselves as men and how to channel our masculine energy towards the good.In this video I cover:-why video games hijack natural masculine drives-the illusion of progress and fake reward systems-how gaming replaces real challenge, struggle, and growth-why “leisure” can still weaken a man-how I ended up quitting-how to think about this if you’re a young man or a future fatherIf you care about discipline, faith, responsibility, and becoming capable in the real world, this is a conversation that must be be had.My work:https://linktr.ee/tomas.monesFit for the Kingdom:https://www.kingdomfitnz.com/#discipline #masculinity #christian #mindset #videogames #dopamine #men #selfimprovement #gaming

Check out the previous video: You Are Being Conditioned (Your inputs dec...  Video games are rarely talked about honestly. It's an acceptable form of escapism which I think needs to be seriously questioned by all young men, and ultimately avoided. In this video, I give a nuanced breakdown of gaming from personal experience, why it feels harmless, and why I ultimately walked away from it completely. This isn't about some antiquiarian fear of everything modern, but understanding ourselves as men and how to channel our masculine energy towards the good.In this video I cover:-why video games hijack natural masculine drives-the illusion of progress and fake reward systems-how gaming replaces real challenge, struggle, and growth-why “leisure” can still weaken a man-how I ended up quitting-how to think about this if you’re a young man or a future fatherIf you care about discipline, faith, responsibility, and becoming capable in the real world, this is a conversation that must be be had.My work:https://linktr.ee/tomas.monesFit for the Kingdom:https://www.kingdomfitnz.com/#discipline #masculinity #christian #mindset #videogames #dopamine #men #selfimprovement #gaming

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