New Video Game Timer

In Minnesota, a 79-year-old man has made a device to stop your kids from playing video games. John Morrisey's invention is the GameDr and it's making headlines as a potentially useful tool for parents that are sick of arguing with their kids over play time. That's surprising. My grandma was cool with video games because I wasn't in her face.

The device is pretty much a fancy version of a cooking timer. Parents simply program in a certain amount of time at which time the password protected timer shuts off power to the console entirely. And I thought I wouldn't hate something worse than the parental control which I've had plenty of friends get around. I'm pretty sure they can get around this device as well. Oh and to add on this, the device can work for any game console.

You might think John Morrisey is anti-video games but he actually isn't. He says, "Video games are great. There is evidence that they improve the reflexes and the thinking process. But right now, for many parents, options is all or nothing. They either let the kids play the video game or they take it away for two weeks."

There of course are people that disagree with the technology. Marketing director, Kara Lineal, says that there are moms who love the device and know at least ten people who need it while the other side feels that parents should just monitor their kids. I for one go on the side where I feel like this device is stupid just like parental controls on cable and the internet. Parents, learn how to monitor your kids and raise them without devices.