Video games are a pretty big deal in our house. Even though I’ve liquidated large chunks of my formerly sizeable collection, I still think it’s a bigger deal that I’ve been a writer for various video game publications and web sites, sometimes even on a paid basis, and even when I’ve been a stay-at-home dad, the PDF DVDs have brought in the bacon. My interest in this particular field of entertainment has helped the family out quite a bit. (I’m hoping that my equally-obsessive interest in other things can have a similar effect, but we’ll talk about the June release date for VWORP!1 another time.) Video games have also inspired my son to keep striving to learn how to read, because all of the little on-screen descriptions in Super Mario World aren’t going to read themselves. Video games are a force for good in this family.
But just how important are they?
The following conversation took place today between my son and I.
E: Dad, why do we only have three Wii controllers? [yes – he says “Wii controllers”]
ME: Because there are three people in this house who can play. You, me and mom.
E: We need to have four Wii controllers.
ME: But there aren’t four people living here.
E: If we got another Wii controller, I could have a baby sister or a baby brother.
ME: 
At some point, I think a talk about the birds and the bees and the Wii is in order…
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