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Page 3 • Wednesday, March 10,1999
BY KYLE WHITACRE
The Battalion
9:00 p.m. - Have two tests and physics lab
tomorrow. Maybe play a little Zelda to relax
before studying.
10:30 p.m. - Just beat first dungeon of dark
world. Received fire tunic and can look for lava
temple now. Studying can wait until later.
Midnight - Beat lava temple. Must find
Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch to proceed!
Can’t stop to study now!
1:30 a.m. - Damn that evil flying buck
toothed chinchilla guardian and his flaming
uppercut of doom! 1 must have the Holy Hand
Grenade! The tests are not too hard and I can
study before them tomorrow.
3:00 a.m. - Finally got the Holy Hand
Grenade. Too late to study, might as well take
on the next dungeon.
Sound familiar? Video games have become
a fun form of entertainment for all ages — es
pecially for college students. Students are find
ing themselves cramped up in a residence hall
room and staying up all hours of the night in a
Goldeneye tournament or in a 16-player Quake.
super death match with an entire residence hall
floor participating via ethernet hookup.
However, the fun and entertainment of
video games can take away from studying and
other activities. What is entertainment to some
is more than a hobby to others. Like basketball
and dancing, video game enthusiasts consider
game playing a pastime requiring skill and in
sight.
Many students spend hours in front of the
television or computer monitor trying to rescue
the princess, save the world or beat their room
mate. In the corridors of Walton Hall, an aver
age night for two roommates in their tiny room
is in front of the television and computer, play
ing games, eating pizza rolls and listening to
loud music. Logan Youree, a sophomore com
puter engineering major, said his hobby began
in childhood.
“Ever since I was seven I have been a video
game nut,” Youree said. “1 got my first Nin
tendo for Christmas and played the old Mario
Brothers with the robot controller. I’ve been
hooked since. ”
Lincoln Green, a sophomore management
information systems major, said video games
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