LOL!
I'll have to relate to this article. Playing video games do help distract me from many things, but I never actually thought of it that way!
I'm a smoker... yeah, yea, I know - it's a bad habit (hacks and coughs!) Anyway, whenever I'm out of cigs and I'm pacing around for a nicotine fix, playing my PS2 helps tremendously in ignoring my cravings... for a temporary time, like for a few hours.
Believe me, wanting a cig and not having one is "painful!" That's why it's a hard habit to quit...
