EDITORIAL GAMERS GONE WILD.AH, nothing like the holidays to bring out the best and worst in society: kindness, good will, charity -- and the maniacal ma·ni·a·cal or ma·ni·ac adj. Suggestive of or afflicted with insanity. pursuit of new video-game systems. While no one denies the technical excellence or even the fun of some new video games See video game console. , one must wonder about the priorities of people who camp out, riot or shell out as much as $10,000 to eBay speculators to purchase the newest system. Are ``Mario,'' ``Madden mad·den v. mad·dened, mad·den·ing, mad·dens v.tr. 1. To make angry; irritate. 2. To drive insane. v.intr. To become infuriated. ,'' ``Grand Theft Auto'' and the like really worth trampling one's neighbors to obtain? Besides, after fanatics get the new system, then what? They indulge in some odd form of escapism es·cap·ism n. The tendency to escape from daily reality or routine by indulging in daydreaming, fantasy, or entertainment. by locking themselves indoors, sealing themselves off from the rest of the world -- which, given their recent public behavior, might not be all bad. |
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