I used to like playing games a lot but never had an addiction for it. But when I was playing a really good game, and I was in the middle of a campaign (the game had a powerful storyline) it was hard to get myself to stop. I knew I was delaying my other activities, that I wasted time in the sense that I had other more important things to do, but I also knew that playing those games put me in a state of mind that made it hard for me to interact with people, or attend to my other creative tasks. So I would just make the decision to dedicate most of my time (or at least 4-5 hours a day) to finish that game, and then don't start another until I would get my other tasks handled. Luckily, good games that caught my attention didn't come so often.
I now experience something similar with watching movies. I like watching movies a lot, especially the ones that inspire me, even though not in the conventional sense. I am sometimes inspired by an action movie which is not even very appreciated by the general public or critics, and is pretty simple and commercial, but some of the attitudes in the movie, some of the situations, make me think in a different way and give me wonderful feelings. I sometimes watch those movies twice or 3 times, and even weeks or months after, I still look at random scenes from them.
Movies however, as opposed to games, don't keep me hooked, because the eventually end, and the action is resolved. After a good movie, I feel empowered, and very very motivated to start taking care of my own business. The series are the ones that catch me in their net, cause the suspense never stops until the last episode of the last season is over.
I think the key is to finish whatever game you're playing and then go about your business, feeling satisfied that you've completed that game is over and you got that experience out of it.
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