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WBNT Channel 5 Boston Now on stereo Video games are the latest craze to sweep the country And most of the world too Millions of people are addicted to hours of gazing at electronic images on game screens and arcades And in their own homes What makes video games so popular? Well we search for an answer as we begin a special series on video favorite games people play Part of the fascination is the way the games are designed Part of it is the sound I liked the details on it, good details on the games Electronics is changing so rapidly. With each change in electronics, it brings something new So this is not a passing fad Very tough (?), it's getting tougher. It's not easy. But we all want that same buck Video games, in a sense, are addictive Not like drugs, more like "who needs a job" Material relationships, uh, source of self esteem, enjoyment in life, a ramp up in video games just as they might be in bowling, uh, running with your cronies, who, who you run with every Sundays (?) I have not met anybody who can't go through the day in withdraw from video games When you walk into an arcade, any arcade, come with an open mind, an open mind is key to expand Kids who have not been good in much of anything else, some even turn out to be exceptionally good at some of these video games All talk about their high scores and their achievements, uh, the most esteem building activity in their entire life