Went Looking for Gaming Tips, Ended Up in a Coding Nightmare

So, I've been up for like, 36 hours straight because of this goddamn internet rabbit hole I got sucked down. I was innocently looking for tips on how to level up in this fucking game, "Ancient Cataclysm." But one side glance at a list of 'Top 10 leet strats' and I'm deep in an online netherworld where people are hacking console emulators and creating their own retro video games. I'm out here just trying to make my wizard dude stronger, and I'm suddenly learning how to code on a snes platform that isn't even fucking sold anymore. Like, why? Past 3 AM the fucking marbles in my head decide to roll on over to a tutorial on how to digitally restore the original Zelda game. That's right. I have no graphic design experience, I don't even own a 'Legend of Zelda' cartridge, but there I am watching pixel restoration in real time. I watch the whole 3-hour tutorial and by the time I realise I'm way in over my head, it's fucking dawn. I turn back to my wizard dude who's standing in the same spot I left him in, probably judging me for my poor life choices. I didn't even level up. And now, all I have to show for my all-night internet technical deep dive is a sudden knowledge of 8-bit restoration and a mild panic attack about my life choices. Fuck my life.

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