Three gamers describe how their hobby became an addiction, appearing on screen not as themselves but as the avatars they built for the games that consumed them. One man traces his gaming back to a childhood of being put down by everyone around him, describing how deep the escape went by recalling the one moment his father actually praised him: not for anything in real life, but for finishing high school despite the hours lost to a screen. The other two gamers lay out their own slides into isolation, the friendships and time swallowed by virtual worlds that offered them status and competence nothing else in their lives did. The film stays close to these three voices, using the avatar device to let them speak plainly about shame and relapse without hiding the specifics of what happened to them. It is a short, direct look at what gaming addiction actually costs.