There are people who get addicted but I think Nintendohnut's point about bias was that most media reports tend to look at one side for the shock factor that some half-minded people might actually believe.
I can go without gaming, but I enjoy it other many things. I'd play games over TV but why is that a bad thing? I'm stimulating my mind and doing exercise (albeit not always arduously if its just a hand held controller!) as opposed to sitting there gazing at the TV.