Santa brought us a PS2 for Christmas. There are few things worse than sitting and watching others play while waiting your turn. (Well, getting up and going to do something productive might be worse.) At least, for most of the games I've seen, just watching someone else can be pretty dull.
Not this time. Santa also brought an EyeToy. It's a small camera that hooks up to the game console that lets the players interact with the game. Watching the game can still be dull but watching the player can be a hoot.
And it gets my kids up and moving instead of just pressing buttons. Yeah, I know it's not the same as getting them to go outside and play, but it's a step in the right direction. There aren't a lot of games for it yet (we've gotten AntiGrav and Groove) but some of the software sounds interesting. One called Cameo lets you put your face into another game and another called SpyToy acts as a room guard.
Posted by marybeth at January 3, 2005 02:36 PM Family