Video Gaming Gifts

'What happened in school today? Read my blog.'

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

'You're right, it is too nice outside to play inside. Could you help me carry the TV and PlayStation out to the deck?'

'I can't come over to play video games after school. I'm teaching an adult education class on using the internet to download and upload music and photos.'

'Our son, who's forbidden to play with guns, has just wiped out civilization with his simulation game!'

"Homework! I haven't got time to do homework."

'But you told me to go out and get some fresh air.'

"At least this supports my theory that we live in a computer simulation."

"I was a weirdo in this town before anyone even heard of Comic Con."

"I feel guilty because I introduced my Dad to video games and now he's addicted to them!"

Another entry from the encyclopedia of gaming: Pixel sprain - any physical injury incurred from intense video game play.

'Nice job. You just made me a middle child. Years of therapy, here I come.'

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

Parent about kid reading 'Improving Your Video Gaming': 'It's the only way I could get him to read.'

Benjamin invited me to a bring your own video game party.

'Well at least Gavin was learning a valuable skill.'

Toys try to reclaim child from video game

Wedding cake problems.

'Dinnertime!', 'Not now, Mom -- the fate of the Galaxy is in my hands!'

'I know you're afraid I'm not reaching my potential.

'Guess Who Just Got A Hole in One?'

Game Over.

'Baking is my video gaming.'

Cool 3-D screen.

'The driving on that game is simulated, but the road rage is real.'

'I need the computer for my homework, Dad -- could you play 'Grand Theft Auto' later?'

Young Geeks.

'I tried using the Internet to get help with my homework, but all i could find were internet games.'

"We're attacking ourselves again."

"Do you think our brains ever get full?"

"Baldo, when's the last time you read a book?"

"Things were really different when I was growing up. Childhoods today are much longer."

"I don't like these video games. They're too violent...too loud...and worst of all, you don't have to use your imagination!"

"He'll be fine, he won't even notice we've been gone a fortnight."

"But mum. . . I 'am' playing outside!"