That the arts do not have tangible benefits does not make them a waste of time. Any enriching experience can benefit the person who goes through them.

Living a whole life without fun sounds boring to me. It's with happiness you'll save the world.

aww common guys give the kid a break, what if he enjoys the old fashioned real life games such as playing actual basketball or bocce :D

If all you are looking at is what your effort will achieve and how it will better the world at large then sure creating art isn't a waste of time, but enjoying it could definitely be seen as such.  Like I said, I play and enjoy games, but I could definitely do something more useful with my time.

You left out an important truth - nerds arent good at sports

he cant be a genius. it doesnt take a genius to realize thats a shit school for a GENIUS to go to. still hes not saying video games r bad he thinks, in respects to helping humanity, that video games are pointless. (kinda true)

Utilitarianism does not work that way. In order to enrich others, one must enrich oneself. Experiencing the arts is just as useful, just as necessary, as more traditional forms of education. In order to justify art's production, we must partake - when we partake, we necessarily contribute to production.

I am not overly concerned with the kid's ideas - I'm sure he's very smart - but I hope he ends up expanding his horizons enough to see that the arts are important, too.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Seriously, everyone needs to waste time. School, sports, chores, people need down time to do what THEY want. It's disrespectful to bash someone's down time (unless it's causing harm to others).

he also thinks girls have cooties ;) genius or not, i don't think he has the authority to declare what is cool and what isn't

Wrong, most of the vocabulary terms I know are from playing video games! I think some games expand your mind... Yeah!