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Game Console Timer Billed as a Parental Helper, But...

By gamepolitics

A device that allows parents to limit their children's console gaming time has gotten a lot of attention around the Net over the past few days.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune kicked off the coverage with a Saturday article which decribed the GameDr (pronounced: "Game Doctor") and its 79-year-old inventor, John Morrissey. For the newspaper, the angle seemed primarily local, since Morrissey lives in Edina, Minnesota.

Such devices are not new, however. GamePolitics has reported on a few over the years.

Aside from being easily defeated by simply using a spare power cord, we have to wonder: If a parent can't say no to their child about their gaming time in the first place, how do they plan to say no when the kid protests the use of this device?

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 29, 2009 (boomark / email).