The xbox has a play timer?
Apparently there is a new feature on the xbox that limits a child's (or whoever is playing it) play time. After seeing how much we played Legend of Zelda and Mario Brothers on the 8-bit, my mother implemented a new house rule requiring us to read an equivalent amount of time to our game play. That rule lasted for a few months, but it is an interesting point about perspectives on the "worth" of gaming v. more traditionally accepted forms of intellectual development.