In "Games People Play" Eric Berne described 3 dozen games people play such as "Poor Little Me", "Yes,
but", "Negative attention is better than no attention at all",  "Ain't
it awful", "If it wasn't for you I could", "Let's you and him fight",
"Now I've got you, you S.O.B.", "Mine better than yours", just to name a
few.

Most
games cause trouble. They are the relationship wreckers and the misery
producers and in understanding  them lies the answer to, "Why does this
always happen to me?" The word 'game' should not be misleading. It does
not necessarily imply fun or even enjoyment.

Games
tend to be repetitious. People find themselves saying the same words in
the same way, only the time and place may change. People play ganes
with different degrees of intensity. Most of the time games leave both
players feeling not okay about themselves.

How
do you stop playing games or stop other people from playing them with
you? It's easy to just say stop playing but if you do you have to find
something to take the place of the time you have wasted playing games
and feeling negative about yourself even if you 'win' the game.

The
first step to stop playing games is to recognize that you are playing
one and don't initiate it. When someone else starts playing the game
remove yourself from the situation, don't acknowledge the 'move' of the
other and don't respond as you always have.

One of the most played games at blogging sites is "Let's you and him fight." That is when a blogger sets up a situation so that two (or more) other bloggers will get into it and they can just step aside and watch the fireworks
only to come back if things quiet down. Eventually the other players see
what happened and turn on the original blogger who 'wins'
the games, disappears for awhile and then comes back to play again.
There are several ways to stop this game the first being familiar with
the 'troublemaker' and not fighting with others on their blog. Another way is just to ignore the blogger either by not reading or commenting on their blogs.

All
games can be stopped in their tracks if one of the players refuses to
play and doesn't answer in the customary way or just doesn't answer. The
original game player feels they have won once the other responds in the
accepted way and that is usually disagreeing with them so imagine their
surprise, their reaction, when that is done! When agreed with they  are
basically being told that they are okay which throws their game off and
allows the other to get on with their life.

When
you are the player initiating the game it is up to you to stop the
game. Find other ways to pass your time, positive ways, ways that
improve you and your life. It is entirely true that if you are
frightened of love, friendship and/or intimacy, games provide you with
ways of spending time with people, yet stopping short of intimacy
leaving your life empty and making you feel bad about yourself.

I strongly suggest you get and read the following books instead of playing games:

"I'm OK-You're OK" by Thomas A. Harris

"Born To Win" by Murial James and Dorothy Jongeward
"Loneliness: The Fear Of Love" by Ira Tanner