From the article:
On average an American will spend 75 hours this year playing videogames, more than double the amount of time spent gaming in 1997 and eclipsing that of DVD or tape rentals today, according to market research firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson.

If I only spent 75 hours a year playing videogames, I would be embarassed - one hour about every five days. I wonder what the average for the members on this board would be I'd say minimum an hour a day for 365 hours a year.