Engage me or Enrage me

After reading this article, it doesn't come to a surprise to me that this is a very controversial issue. As teachers I feel it is extremely important to keep our students engaged, but I don't know if coming up with a bunch of "digital games" for our students is the right answer.
Games should be incorporated in our lesson plans, but school is still school when it comes down to it, and sometimes, unfortunately, certain lesson plans just aren't super fascinating. There needs to be a balance in our school activities for sure, but I think we as teachers should remember that we are there to teach, for our students to gain a better understanding/knowledge of different subjects and not to play games.
I don't believe that it is good four our students to be starring at a computer screen all day. We have to remember where we came from and that this technology that we have overly mass produced in our lives could not last forever. We can not turn into robotic creatures who are reliant on a machine. Every once in a while it does not hurt to pick up a pencil and piece of paper, to read a book by yourself, or to sit and create a project with poster board. Do we do this all the time, no. but i personally think we have to master the ability to incorporate both old school and new school techniques in our classrooms all the while still keeping our students engaged. It's possible, we just can't give in so easily.