I used to play video games all the time. Over the past 18 months or so I have played games for only about 2 months. During that time I have done various things, started cycling, bought a motorcycle and ride it often, been involved in social groups and dated now and again. Sounds like something the 'mainstream' would suggest one do with their life instead of playing video games right?
So whats my take on the whole thing now, is 'real life' better than gaming?
Honestly? aside from the full body being in motion more...not really.
Yes taking up a hobby like cycling had a BANG effect for a few months and was great fun, then again, so does a new game. After awhile though, just like the game the new hobby starts to lose its 'spark' but is still appealing. In fact, if you put 'fun' on a scale, its actually fairly hard to have as much fun in real life as in a game although it is possible. If you put me in a happy hour room talking to people I will be bored out of my mind, same thing for hitting some game of pool. Then again if you have me doing some rock climbing then I could compare that to gaming.
That is my take on the virtual world, in short, its very much in competition with the real world.
SEANMCAD
Balance is the most important thing in life, you should never stop doing something you love completely, but understand as you get older you will not do it as much as possible when you have other things to occupy your time, I still play videogames, but with dating, school, part time job and other things I dont play them as much as I did before and I am fine with that and its nothing wrong with scaling back on videogames to focus on other things, just dont let someone tell you want you are doing is wrong, its your life and live it the way you want to. 
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