wbnt channel 5 boston 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 fever games people play part of the fascination is the way games are designed part of it is the sound i like the details on it there s 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 it s a very tough dollar it s getting tougher it s not easy we all want that same buck video games in a sense are addictive not like drugs more like the need to jog peer relationships a source of self esteem enjoyment in life are wrapped up in video games just as they might be in bowling running with your families with whom you run every sunday of sort i have not met anybody who can t go through the day in withdrawal from video games when you walk into an arcade any arcade come with an open mind an open mind is easy to expand question is it fair to blame juvenile delinquency on the video game craze kids who have not been good at much of anything else some of them have turned out to be exceptionally good as some of these video games uh talk about their high scores and their achievements uh the most esteemed building activity in their entire life