Hi!

I'm new too. In fact, this is my first post here. I was bouncing around the forums and saw your message and had to respond because I read that same article in the post and thought it was great! The whole video game thing is such a culture, it's invaluable for a parent to get involved and be able to talk the talk and honestly, I really enjoy playing games with my kids. You're totally right about the controls being insanely complex. I'm not so hot with them myself but I'm getting better.

We have two consoles in our house. An Xbox and, more recently, a Wii which is SO fun! We've been playing Trauma Center and Guitar Hero and both are great. I like the older stuff too and am pretty darn good at Mortal Kombat.

How bout you? What do you have/play?