1. "A short while ago..."
2. "I had a job at this small company..."
3. "That made me work absurd amounts of overtime."
4. "When I got home, there was one activity I devoted myself to."
5. "Video games."
6. "I had almost no hobbies, so this was the only thing I allowed myself to indulge in."
7. "I had countless titles, but the ones I loved the most were dating sims."
8. "No matter how late I worked, I would never, ever, reduce the time I spent playing."
9. "The day it happened, I was playing my favorite game, as I always did."