Should video games really be categorized as entertainment?

Certainly, they are entertaining. But unlike theater, TV, literature, conversation, etc. they are largely active simulations of what would, if actually experienced, be work (differing from storytelling-type entertainment, which typically feature other people working). There’s resource management going on, problem-solving with the odd puzzle, and increasingly of late, moral decisions to make. The
And does this say anything about our activity level as a society?

Before we go off on the wrong tangent, I am not bashing video games here.