Can't drag files. Help!

Hoping someone can help me. I came the other day to find that none of the files on our iMac G5 could be dragged. Stuff on the desktop couldn't be moved, re-arranged, etc. Even in iTunes, files couldn't be dragged to new playlists.
I'm not sure what happened. My wife said she was playing a game that crashed suddenly, then all of a sudden this.
Any advice? I just can't figure this one out.
Thanks in advance.

Didn't work … I'm ready to kill this machine!
The funny thing is, because I can no longer drag files, I had to control click on those files to move them to the trash.
For the life of me I can't figure out what's going on. I'm thinking I may have the bring the machine to the local Mac dealer or reinstall the OS.
Any other thoughts?

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Hi there... I am in serious need of help.
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