After years of waiting, girlfriends all over the country are rejoicing over the ban of Playstation sales in the United States. When a California district judge ruled that the Sony violated patent laws, Sony was ordered to pay Immerson technology $90.7 million and to stop all sales of the product in the United States.

Although the ban has been stayed pending another appeal, I hope that the next appeal has the same outcome as the last. Playstation has had its prime; now it must be put to rest.

I have never understood the pleasure that the opposite sex derives from staring at the television for hours on end.

If my brothers serve as any indication of the rest of the male species, then Playstation affords them opportunity to become professional athletes, snipers, racecar drivers and WWE wrestlers.

Oftentimes when my middle brother plays these games, he becomes so caught up in the momentum of the game, he forgets the Jake sitting on his bed in McPherson, and sees himself on the sidelines of Lambeau Field coaching his Packers on to victory. From behind his closed bedroom everything from loud obscenities to last-ditch prayers can be heard.

Rather than sounding like a fun experience, it sounds like a stressful, unenjoyable one. Why does he choose to play something that adds simulated stress on top of the troubles he faces in day to day life? It makes no sense.

Maybe boys play these games to escape the boredom of their day to day lives, but would it not get boring to sit in the same spot for two hours with the only conversation being the occasional grunt and curse.

Despite my hatred of Playstation, I will admit that in a temporary loss of rational thought, I played Madden. After ten minutes, I grew restless and wanted to quit; however, my male opponents could not have been more engrossed with the action on the screen.

In the little time I pretended to be a professional NFL player, I discovered one thing: whenever playing a video game with a member of the male species one must never pause the game to go to the bathroom.

If the courts uphold the ban, it will be a time of celebration for females all over the world. No longer will they be forced to sit and watch as boys battle over who is the king of the ring.

Now boys will have to revert to old-fashioned way of entertainment: doing something. Rather than sitting on the couch, they will have to get off their hind-parts and work for entertainment.