No one’s claiming to be perfect, but when you know better you do better. If you’re going to claim to be a christian, there are beliefs and practices that you leave behind as part of your new life, not your former life style. As I grew in my walk with Jesus, as I studied the word, I came to see that things like not doing drugs, not looking after my health, not sleeping together before marriage, films I don’t watch, books I don’t read, not following the 10 commandments, not encompassing the fruits of the spirit were all things I had to make a commitment to developing and practicing because they’re in line with the word of God. One of those is games that don’t exemplify Jesus, rather, has all kinds of things that is not of God in the messages they postulate. It's not so much a timing issue as it is a content one.
To use your example, I’d rather spend too much watching videos that don’t contradict the christian ethos than entertain myself with games that absolutely do. There’s a distinction there that you’ve missed. “oh well if you spent too much time reading today then using tarot cards/following Buddha is totally fine because I consider that entertainment”. If it’s not inline with God’s word as the substance in so many games are, then that needs to be left behind totally as part of your Christian walk.
To try and justify them by saying “you spent too much time today reading christian books/exercising today – that’s your entertainment - so I’m going to play all these games today that don’t glorify God at all because that’s my entertainment!” is not a comparison to be made. It’s the wrong analogy. If you believe that kind of activity you’re engaging in doesn’t contradict the Christian ethos, then that’s your decision, God speed. I don’t believe those activities i.e, many of those games, are in line with God’s word. Just like all those who claim to be Christian, we’re not perfect, God is far from finished with us, but where and when we know better we strive to do so according to the word of Christ. That’s inclusive of those calibre of games, that after much study and prayer, I can't take part in. That’s not putting myself ‘on a higher level’ that’s my own personal choice according to what resonates with me as the right thing to do.