Funny I just had this talk with my 6 year old this weekend. He asked if Aliens existed and I told him "yes." Mom said "Don't tell him that, they may not!" and "I said they do exist!" and was put on the spot to defend it, so I looked at him and said

"Son... let me introduce you to the concept of a statistical impossibility. Space is pretty damn big, so big infact that if our house was the universe our little planet would be too small to be seen; smaller than a spec of dust. Now think of all the types of life on this planet we have, animals, bugs, lizards, fish... all that. The odds that there is no other intelligent life out there anywhere is so small and so unlikely it might as well be zero."

"Do they come to earth ?"

"Maybe. We might have met some, and we may never meet any but somewhere out in the stars there has to some. "

There's some games that you don't allow Off-TV play, but I'd wager there's more that do. Sure some games require you use both because they are designed for it, but even Nintendo has quite a few games that support Off TV play. Think of it this way if they're going to port Call of Duty / Assassins Creed or Batman to the platform, they were designed without a second screen in mind and had features added to use it. If you choose off-screen, you simply get the regular PS360 type experience.

For me one of the greatest added benefits is having DUAL SCREEN rather than SplitScreen gaming. My son and I play Lego Marvel this way. Rather than having the game do "dynamic splitscreen, or locked fix screen" you can tell it to give 1 person 1 screen and the other to someone else. This is a fantastic addition I've been wanting on PC for years, I think it's ironic the consoles did it first.

If you think something's worth playing then introduce it to them and see if they like it. Somethings are timeless... hell he enjoys Rocky & Bullwinkle along with Looney Tunes, 1990's batman cartoons and a bunch of other stuff I grew up with. He's also introduced me to newer things like Phineous and Ferb which as a parent I think is excellent.

I guess in a round about way I'm saying "share what you love and know they will love some (but likely not all) of it too. Also be open minded enough for when they share their favorites with you."

I'm the same way, and with the Black Friday deals around the corner I can get an extra 1 or 2 cheap.

You don't know how true this is. Bluray and DVD movie playback don't work out of the box, you need a Day 1 patch...

Thankfully that's changing. The Wii U has online games, including some Nintendo ones coming out very shortly (like this week), They ditched the friend codes and both the 3DS and Wii U have NintendoNetwork ID's now, There's a headset jack, a microphone, speakers and a user facing camera built into the gamepad, they not only support chat, they support video chat.

Unfortunately at the time when PC games are allowing more local multiplayer options many console games are removing it in favor of online only multiplayer.

Most developers use the cop-out excuse to say they can't render the game 4 times and it's too technically challenging to do it (not powerful enough hardware) ignoring the fact it's been done since the original NES. These devs would rather every individual person buy a copy of the game rather than sharing the experience on 1 copy (on the couch).

You should grab the WiiWare version of Bomberman. It supports up to 8 players on 1 screen if you have enough wiimotes + GC controllers.

Also if we could get Metroid Prime Hunters on the Wii U with Metroid Prime 3 controls (and online play) and/or a Sequel to F-Zero GX I'd be a very happy man.

I fail to see how the "Wii Fit / Sports / Party and yes even Music (shudders)" isn't a new IP (or franchise). If that isn't what you meant can you clarify what you're hoping they come out with next ?

Doctors or sysadmins should have other people that can cover for their duties and be able to enjoy a few hours of peace uninterrupted.

Which do you think would be more beneficial to the person in need of help ? 1 person taking 10-20 seconds to dial 911 from the hall, or 200 people calling 911 simultaneously for the same event ?

Nope, there's LOTS of reasons not to like that aspect of it, and for the record I don't pirate my games.

Let's Start with PRIVACY. There's a Camera + Microphone in your home that can not be physically disconnected and have the system still work, then you have an "always online requirement" and the fact that your system will always be on (even when it's "off") so it can "autopatch all your games". Now let's just say you trust MS / the NSA etc... to NOT spy on you... that's one hell of a target for hackers to shoot for. Lots of people hjave issues with that.

Another one that's my "poison pill" is RETRO GAMING. I routinely play 15-20-30 year old games (Combat on the 2600 never get old) and at some point anyone with a brain knows those authentication servers will be shut down or re-purposed. It could be 5,10,15 years down the road but it'll happen and an entire generation of games are now unplayable. If I can't take a game and put it into an offline system, then I simply am not interested and won't spend any money on it.

I may very well be in the minority here, but this is why the XBone will be the first X-Box I don't buy.

Maybe the last time he used MAME he was on a Pentium Pro or Pentium II.