The critical point here is: "obsession is
most likely used by the devil to get a hold on the person ". It is
not gaming per-se.
hey, cause and effect, bro. 14 hrs a day, they figured it's the
devil? I'd say poor time management and poor prioritisation. I'd
watched TV for 14 hrs and I'd failed my O levels too... no need for
a pastor to tell me that. 
The problem is addiction. A person can be addicted to studying
and loses his closeness with God and yield the same result (not
failing of course).
Here's where I think the problem of the church when they start
to meddled with such issues - a wrong identification of problems.
This one of the few things I fought with in my church and with my
sons' school. To identify these as firstly "a satanic" bond is
really mislabelling the problem when the problem is obsession. Back
in the old days when kids were failing the exams and not studying
because of marbles and kites, you do not see pastors condemning
marbles and kites, you get parents holding the cane and getting the
kids back into the home to study.
I wrote to my boys' school to share with the teachers that when
they condemned Harry Potter and Pokemon trading cards, they missed
out on the Manchester United and Chelsea cards. If the boys are
obsessed with ManU and Chelsea trading cards, all their
condemnations are useless because they are barking up the wrong
tree.
I don't play online games - I prefer puzzle games.
My younger son don't play online games - he's more into television,
arts and crafts and pop music.
My older son is in DOTA - he's disciplined enough to moderate his
play time, spends huge amount of time in the school website to get
his assignments done. An almost straight A student.
I do not believe that online gaming is evil per se.... like
anything else, it can go out of control, or if the user is
discipline enough, it's a good form of entertainment.
"Those of use who goes around looking for the devil is bound to
find him - even under a rock"
