Video Game Hero Gifts

"Yes! I defeated the invading forces! I am master and commander... I am a warlord!"

'It's not fair! I wanna save the Earth from asteroids and aliens! All daddy wants to do is sell 1,000 shares of stock!'

"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I told you to go outside and play."

Rage.

Super-Papi moves swiftly to defeat the evil Electronico!

"By the way, the failing grades you'll be seeing-they won't be virtual."

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

"Gabe's in the Guitar Hero program at Juilliard."

Homo Gamus

Daredevil on pc when doing stunt.

Kitchen Tetris

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

'Now I know why the strategy guide warned against entering the 5th stage. Awesome!'

You've read the book's dust jacket. Now, play the video game!

'It's a novel based on a movie adapted from a magazine article that was inspired by a video game.'

Computer Expert

Tamagotchi paralysis.

Computer games

Second lifeReal life.

Gamers

"No, son, you’re not ‘M for Mature.’"

"Wanna toss the ol' virtual pigskin?"

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

"Nope, not what livestream means, Bob."

"This is not what I meant when I said you needed to practice your play fighting..."

"Get up at 7; leave for school by 8; no video games until after homework is done -- how about some regulatory relief?"

Robot Grabber Arcade Game Machine

'Some people just aren't cut out for adventure gaming, Bruno — maybe you should try chess or checkers.'

"Sorry, my report is blank. I just stayed home, watched tv and played video games during vacation."

'I caught him watching tv, surfing the net, and playing video games ..book him!'

"What's an imagination? It was something kids used to enjoy before they invented video games."

"We found three sort-of Earthlike planets around a nearby star." "Do you think any of them have video games?" "I've been trying to work out the odds of an intelligent species arising and evolving thumbs capable of holding an X-box controller." "Proof of video games would change everything." "I wonder what the aliens on those planets consider sexy." "Living beings creating simulated beings they can smash is the hallmark of an intelligent species."