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few years ago, when I first met my former roommate, I eyed his
three video-game consoles and 42-inch flat-screen TV and asked,
"You a gamer?"  "Nah, not really anymore. Got too much
schoolwork to do," he replied.  Within weeks, I found myself
arriving home at 10pm to find him hunched over his game
controller, eyes glazed and barking loudly into his headset to
his girlfriend about "arrowburn" and what Final Fantasy "camp"
he was in—and realizing that he'd been at this since breakfast.
I gritted my teeth and closed my bedroom door for a few days,
scheming about how I could put a match to his entire game
collection without anyone suspecting arson. When it looked like
he was determined to mold a permanent groove in the sofa in
order to complete every side quest, I broached the subject of
roommate etiquette.  "Hey. Is there any way you