DISQUS

OhGizmo!: Private: GameDr Video Game Timer

  • ocentertainment · 6 months ago
    "It also has a set of warnings at the 10 minute and 1 minute intervals so your kids have plenty of time to save their progress."

    You've clearly never played FF7 for extended periods of time. Heck, a single boss match could last that whole ten minutes and then some. And assuming you even get done before that warning goes off, where's a save point?! I mean, sure, there's usually one right near a boss, but where?! Heck, it doesn't matter. I'm just gonna have to hurry up and get to the world map and-

    *CLICK, PSHEWWWWWwwww....*

    ......

    What was that suggestion you had? A hammer? Ah, yes, that will do.
  • Dennis Jay Dole · 6 months ago
    Considering how 2/3 consoles are PC based (xBox & PS3), just pulling the plug could result in physical damage to the console (hard-disks don't like sudden loss of power).
    Seems like a pretty irresponsible possibly warranty-voiding accessory.

    I'm thinking parents should parent their kids themselves, and not foist their responsibilities off on yet another electronic device.
  • jevans21703 · 5 months ago
    You knew it would come to this. Too many kids playing their video games for too long. Actually, I've seen even a better tool than this! It's called Pass2Play.com and it makes kids earn their playtime by doing academic exercises, or even potentially homework. Once completed, the kids can then play online and socialize with their friends. Once their playtime is exhausted, thay get "pulled back" out of their online game and need to completed additional exercises to earn more playtime.
  • jevans21703 · 5 months ago
    You knew it would come to this. Too many kids playing their video games for too long. Actually, I've seen even a better tool than this! It's called Pass2Play.com and it makes kids earn their playtime by doing academic exercises, or even potentially homework. Once completed, the kids can then play online and socialize with their friends. Once their playtime is exhausted, thay get "pulled back" out of their online game and need to completed additional exercises to earn more playtime.