Some boys are more into computer games than others, of course. DS1 definitely likes them to some extent, but gets bored with them too.
This week we had one of his friends round who wanted to play on the computer all the five hours he was here. Ds fell asleep on his bed with boredom (he said!)and I had to wake him up, but wondered why, as his guest who was totally oblivious to this as he was glued to the game. DS then came downstairs to help me cook everyone's supper while ds2 took over the computer game with the friend.
I suppose then, it comparatively easy for me to introduce my son to new interests. I tend to be positive about it - no ban as such, but I just make plans to go out to do something, visit friends etc etc, so ds hasn't the opportunity to sit at the screen for hours on end. Ds might complain, but I am not fighting a mega obsession.
I think that ds1 does not know the best way to fill his time unless he has some guidance and suggestions. I don't believe in leaving him to his own devices all the time, just to give me a quite life.
Ds1 didn't like swimming - hadn't been for years - but we all went for a family swim one Sunday. Ds1 was utterly against going but when he got there he quickly changed his mind and was keen for us to go regularly, so it became a regular weekly thing. That's an example, I suppose, of what I was saying about the random nature of life.
From my persepctive, I would not want to give in to a computer obsession. Not that computer gaming is 'wrong' or harmful but doing anything to excess is IMO not good. I wouldn't want my son eating just cheese sandwiches, or watching endless football on TV, even though there's nothing 'wrong' with either of these things.
And I hope that by ds getting a few other interests in his life, he is storing up some nice memories of his teenage years (and of me). I don't want to be remembered as the person who hovered around in the background every weekend, while he played alone on his computer.