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From gaming (you name it, RTS, FPS, RPG, Adventure...) you can pull valuable lessons. The most rewarding thing about it is the logical faculties you develop. I find I can often reduce lots of areas of expertise - comedy, social interactions, cooking, whatever - to easily managable chunks.
It's really a thinking process more than anything else.
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This is very relevant in my own life. I used to play WarCraft 2 online when I was in my early teens (12-15) and with a ton of hardwork (and about 3 hours a day) got to 23rd in the world. Then, I realized shortly after the game had become an addiction so I burned it and haven't played online since
A few years later though I realized the same skills I utilized in the game had changed me as a person; I was now addicted to building businesses/concepts/ideas. If any of you have played WarCraft 1,2, or 3 will know the concept is about building a town, managing resources, expanding, then destroying your opponents. Sounds simple, but there are TONS of details on managing resources, when to expand, went to attack, making on the spot decisions, etc.
Two years after quiting I ended up selling my first business that was started years earlier, I was 17. Meanwhile I was obsessed with the stock market and investing (which is also simply a game), and used my earnings from the business to start building up my money. I started another business shortly thereafter with my brother doing consulting, which our company now has a patent pending in the US (which we are constantly managing resources for to fund). At 19 I started a nonprofit dedicated to investing, and at almost 21 I am obsessed with growing our organization (which now has nearly 1,500 members worldwide).
Bottom line, what I was "obsessed" with as a teen has unknowingly become a HUGE part of the way I manage and run my business life. It has made me successful in my own simple young life, and has helped me find what I LOVE to do. My passion for taking ideas and growing them to extremes possibly could have never been exploited if it weren't for the 3 years, 3 hours+ a day of building towns and "powning n00bs".
I still have a passion for gaming in general, but do not play nearly as much as when I was in my teens. And, every game today I find myself addicted to, I make sure it is educational in some respect, otherwise I leave it for another. So, my point is that all addictions aren't necessarily bad, and video games can actually be very positive for your well-being.