Ive owned and played with every system since pong. Well almost every system I stoped with a PS1 as far as sony goes. When i was a kid my dad was a computer nerd and game junky as well. So as I agree with olddude it can be destructive it can also be very family friendly. Some of my best time as a kid was spent with my dad playing Zelda on the original nintendo till the wee hours of the night to only get up the next day and do it again with him till we beat it. It was also Fun playing super mario bros. with my mom because when she wanted the little guys on the screen to jump she would push a and move the controller up and down in the air like it was helping them jump or something. I have played WOW and many other online games to many to mention. We currently have a wii and 2 xbox 360's set up in the house. I love playing guitar hero world tour with the kids too. I am now 37 years old and still play games with my father and my son on the computer. My father lives out in PA im in CO and if it wernt for the time we played games together as a kid I dont think we would be as close as we are now. Its also cool when my father, my son, and I all can play the same game together.