If they could stop discriminating against gays and atheists, and stop molesting the children, for all I care they could give a badge for scratching your ass.
FWIW, I actually have a son in Cub Scouts. I objected to the idea, but I have some other liberal, atheist friends who have their kids in this troop, and they said, you get what you get out of it. I don’t have to let my kid go on camping trips, I don’t have to do the religious themed activities….he can learn some skills, hang out with kids his age and have fun where we can keep an eye on him to make sure he’s neither molested nor indoctrinated.
The whole thing about the video game badge, and it’s a real badge, only about 2% of Cub Scouts stay in scouts through Eagle Scouts, and seriously, I was a scout when I was my son’s age (8), and none of my badges ever got me anything in the real world. I learned things that were useful to me and things that weren’t, it was more about having fun and hanging out with friends, getting involved in activities, etc. Really, what they give badges for is irrelevant to the real world, it seems to me that when they told the kids about this badge, the kids got very excited, because this was what they were into. I see no harm, the kids are going to play games anyway, it’s not as if anyone is encouraging scouts who don’t already play games to start, it’s just kind of one of those elective things that a kid could try to submit his experience for some recognition. A lot less harmful than other things that could befall a scout!