Addiction Limiter

It is entirely possible to become addicted to a computer game. Most commonly this is to RPGs at the moment, but in the past Tetris was the well-known one, so this idea isn't limited by genre. It does, however, only work for games in which one has to 'sign in' in some way to start playing.

When one sets up an account for a game with the Addiction Limiter enabled, a prompt appears asking at what level the limiter should kick in. The user decides using parameters such as time between sessions, sessions per time period, or length of sessions overall per time period, and decided what the effect should be. Should the game refuse to start for a certain period: force cold turkey, as it were? Should sessions be limited to a certain number per time period? A wide variety of options would be available.

Once set, the options are either left in place (unchangable) for a set time period, or left alterable until the program judges that a certain level of addiction has set in (ie the user cannot undo the settings just before the limiter kicks in).