And increasingly, he found himself playing instead of working - a problem for someone who was paid by the hour and was honest in reporting his hours. Something else had consumed his attention: Scott just couldn’t stop playing video games.Īs a computer programmer working from home, it was easy for Scott, now 45, to turn on a game at any time.

As he put it to me, “I was falling down on my job.” His bosses were increasingly unhappy with his performance, and he was struggling to earn enough to support his wife and son. Scott knew he needed to focus on his work.