Games are fine when played in moderation, but not if you hang around your computer all day. I can definitely tell that my grades and social life suffered because i was religiously addicted to WoW for 7 years...
Videogames went from "They're evil and allow satan to influence your kids!" to "they're art and geek culture is everyone's culture!" and then back to "they're evil but now it's because of sexism, mysogeny, homophobia, toxic masculinity and here's why you should hire me to prevent that!"