Gamer-in-training Gifts

'Swing?! I'll drop my handheld!'

I'm playing "Birds with Anger Issues"!

Children's party - Pin the Tail using a tablet

'I've told you it's not the old pencil and paper battleships.'

You wrote a book report on a video game instruction manual?

"I can't find my other boot. I need to be rebooted."

Tamagotchi paralysis.

Super Student

'Hey, I think my parents fooled me. This game is called 'Algebra Hero'.'

"Better luck next time, kid."

'Dewey, come look! This is so cute. The kids are playing wii hockey.'

Modern Day Kids Playing 'Telephone'

"I may have been the runt of the litter, but online I'm the alpha dog."

I'm doing my essay on John Milton's "Paradise Lost"...the video game.

'I'm studying how other geniuses handled creative blocks.'

"C'mon! C'mon! Almost there..."

Modern Childhood

'I've got a cape. I think I can make it.'

"Until you clean you room, I'm confiscating your iPod, your Xbox and your jester!"

'We had to get him a seeing-eye dog.'

Isn't there something about this in th Geneva Convention

Indoor Football

'I know I can't take it with me, but what about computer simulations?'

'It's called a 'hat' -- you tip it to women instead of hitting them over the head with a club.'

"Sitar Hero"

STRIP Hambone: Cracking business problems

"I remember a simpler time when the Sunday dinner tables were divided up for the adults and kids."

Life Is Just A Game

All set for the big sleep, Frank? I'm getting there. I've been storing up fat for the winter. And how about Ernie? He's trying something different this year. He's got wi-fi, a game console and virtual reality googles. He's going to cybernate.

"Can we do that again tomorrow night?"

'School sports day - fat boys playing computer game'

Wow! It's like I'm in a real field with cows and everything!

'Pull it over, Speedy.'

'Dad said that experience is the best teacher, so I cut school and went to the video arcade.'

Mum Told Me To Play Outside.