I think this discussion is a no winner. To some it's a fun and nice addition, others couldn't care less, and then another group might find it a complete waste of time.
I personaly liked it, I have played it, but knowing myself I won't play it that much, to be honest, I am more interested in the code how it was done. So it also has some educational purposes ;-)
There's one thing I do agree upon (but then again, this is my personal feeling), it would be better that by default it would not remind you to stop working (your boss might be looking over your shoulder without any sense of humour ;-) ). The fact that it reminds you by default to stop playing might be more appropriate.
By the way, you don't need to turn off the plug-in, you can tell that little dialog to not show up again.
You know there's a chain of developers/hobbys :
1) a professional developer has a hobby : developing Code::Blocks
2) once you are a Code::Blocks developer you have as a hobby ByoGames ;-)
kind regards,
Lieven