It's what people want. On the flip side, remember that commercial poking fun at the commies who gave no economic value to what people wanted: Eveningvear... very nice.
I think that was a Wendy's commercial. Hilarious. Everyone looked like Leonid Brezhnev, including the female models.
I was never a big Doom fan but I think I'll pick up this game. I'm really looking forward to Half-Life 2. However, the game I still play the most is Civ 3.
A want that is often artificially created. Thank God I have a life that's completely fulfilled. (Car = for going from point A to B; House = a domicile, period; HDTV = waste of fricking money, allows China to increase their GDP and therefore their military; Video Games = mind numbing stupidity, creates several vapid generations).