Fallout Shelter is a free game that I downloaded to the iPad, and requires you to enough resources to sustain your people inside a fallout shelter.
There’s the basics — Food, Electricity and Water, to keep your people alive.
There’s also the Bedroom and Storage Room to ensure that your people and inventory can grow.
The game engrossed me for HOURS.
To the point that I would leave my daughter with my older iPad so I can play with Fallout Shelter.
Much to my annoyance, my shelter kept on being attacked by mole rats, raiders and fire accidents, leaving many of my survivors dead, unless I generate enough coins to bring them back alive.
After a week of continuous playing on my free time, I decided to delete the game once and for all.
I was spending too much time on it, and I wasn’t being a great mother or wife because of it. I realized that I was growing a gaming addiction, and it wasn’t a good example to show my kid.
After I deleted the game, I read my daughter a book.
Yes, this was much better than playing a senseless game. I was learning nothing, spending a lot of time on it, and I gained nothing from the entire experience except that I was so excited to come home to see if my pregnant survivors has given birth.
Priorities, my friends. Sometimes, you gotta hit yourself hard to re-prioritize.
Especially if you’re in your late 30s. 😦
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