A video game is a hobby, it’s a form of entertainment like tv, movies, music, and even sports.

If you don’t moderate yourself and spend excessive amounts of time on it, that’s called addiction. When you abuse something to the point that it’s an addiction, then naturally it becomes a hindrance to you, your health, and your overall progress in life.

That goes for all things, smoking, drinking, eating. Anything you do excessively and without control is an addiction.

Some people turn their passion into a career, therefore you have actors, musicians, professional sports players, including professional e-sports players who bring in thousands of $$$$$ home by doing what they love.

But if you are just consuming excessively, then you are just an addict. And if you couldn’t control yourself enough to have balance in your life, then that’s on you. Don’t go bashing an entertainment medium because abused it to the point that it caused disfunction in your life.