This is something that actually quite annoys me. Here in the UK there seems to be a stigma attached to gaming, at least with the people I interact with. As an example, a while back me and my boyfriend decided to get our own place, but before we found somewhere my mum moved to a different city so I moved into my boyfriends dad's house. I get on with my boyfriend's little sister very, very well, and whilst living there I bought Borderlands. Whilst playing it, my boyfriend's sister came into the room and started watching, then she wanted to join in and we both got really into having two-players on Borderlands. I bought Borderlands 2 (didn't buy the original until just before Borderlands 2 released) and we both played that A LOT! During this time I began noticing my boyfriend's dad giving me disapproving looks and complaining loudly about gaming in general, and complaining to the sister that she should be doing something constructive. He watched TV a lot, and I believe gaming is a far superior pursuit as you are actually interacting with the on-screen content as opposed to just sitting there mindlessly watching.
Excuse the story, but to cut it short, yes video games seem to be frowned upon whilst watching TV is perfectly acceptable.
