I don't want this to be the story of my generation. I know so many people who are exactly like this, it terrifies me. Video games are a frighteningly-effective escape from reality. Incidentally, none of the comments already posted have anything to do with the part of the article that I found most fascinating. The special/not special, Western v. Tiger Mother stuff is trite and overdone -- the descent of childhood into destruction thanks to video games is fresh and scary ground.
You can't blame video games for being a scape from reality in many kids life. many people play video games and are not addicted. I think the real problem with most kinds playing video games,, is that is a easy way to keep kids calm or sited while parents can take a break without realizing that they can be doing a harm to their kids by not balancing their kids life, or simply leaving them do whatever they want. In some special case people have such I boring life, that they like living and alter reality in the video game world, I don't think that is bad, it would only be bad, if people star loosing their sense of reality and feel more alive on the virtual world than on real life.