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Thrillers have been around much longer than "gaming culture."
It's not gaming, or comic books, or whatever you personally don't participate in, that's to blame. It's the fact that a lot of people want a quick fix -- fast food is another example -- and don't want to settle down and tease that entertainment out of something long and involved.
For that matter, look at the original post in this thread. It's riddled with errors: misspellings, missing and incorrect punctuation, verb tense disagreement, and others. The poster didn't think it was worth taking the time to check his post and correct these. Never mind that log in his own eye; he had a mote in his neighbor's eye to point out.
People have been convinced that they are supposed to live in a state of constant excitement. Look at the all-pervasive advertising: even sliced bread is described as "exciting". That's possibly the most overused word in advertising. Everything is exciting; everyone should always be excited. There's no room in this fast-paced culture of excitement and multi-tasking for quiet contentment, or even simple relaxation.
Fast-paced, shallow stories -- whatever their medium -- are a symptom of that culture. People don't want thrillers because they play games or read comic books (both of which, by the way, can include stories much deeper and more complex than your average thriller). People want thrillers, and their equivalents in other media, because they want quick excitement. They're told they should be excited all the time. The culture around them encourages them to do many things in short bursts. And so they do.
(and they drive us WoW players crazy, because they beg for gold and gear, want to go on raids without studying strategies, and expect other people to take their damp little hands and lead them through quests, but that's another story entirely)
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