I posted this as a reply to the article itself, but I feel I should post it here as well, in case it just gets buried there. To me, the OP's post is clearly a

I posted this as a reply to the article itself, but I feel I should post it here as well, in case it just gets buried there. To me, the OP's post is clearly a cry for help, guidance, a "wtf do I do next?" Been there.. You know what you need to do? Treat life itself like a video game. Win. Stop what you're doing right now. Think really hard about what winning would be for YOU. Write that down on a piece of paper. Done? Good.. now figure out how to get there. I, too, had a great affection, possibly obsession, with video games at a similar point in my life. I had these grand ideas for video games that I'd like to play, but didn't exist yet. So, I started figuring out what it would take to make them. Now, roughly 6 years later, I'm not in game development, but I am building complex web applications and doing a lot of very interesting things. And, you know what? I'm happy. You have the drive. Make happiness happen. Don't wait for it to come to you.