Sure, but perhaps it is worthwhile to ask when these games have become "soma," or at least become that for certain individuals. The above poster was reacting to someone saying they put 1000+ hours into a single game. Maybe we'll reach the conclusion that it's time well spent, but I don't think it's wrong to at least ask the question of what this impact is on society. People don't seem to have the same antagonism to the question when it gets asked about, say, social media addiction.

For what it's worth, I do think we should ask the same questions about TV, or browsing HN. There are a lot of things that it's easy to mindlessly do for hours that, if given some reflection, we might find we'd rather not spend so much time on.