BRAINPAN LEAKAGE

So… Long story short, my kid got herself one of those small, Nintendo hand held games for Christmas…DX or DS…something like that…As I predicted would happen, she got just a bit wrapped up in it lately and ended up getting herself grounded from the thing for a week. (It all has to do with it interfering with her chores and such. I’m sure the parental units reading this know EXACTLY what I am talking about…)

Anyway, her favorite ongoing game is called NintenDogs or some such… Basically, she has a virtual dog she has to take care of…Well, of course, taking the thing away from her put the onus on US to look after this dog. Why? Because they actually get sick, etc, like a real dog if they aren’t taken care of daily… Now, in my opinion this is actually a good way for kids try their hand at responsibility without a real, live animal suffering from their young-age-induced forgetfulness… However, it doesn’t make life easier for the parents when situations like this occur… What they really need to add in is a “parental code” that lets you put the damn thing into suspended animation for a while… But, as usual, I digress…

Anyhow, EK has been taking NintenDog for her virtual walks since she seems to be a bit more savvy about this toy than me… She has also been giving VirtuoDog its baths… Feeding it…. All the necessary jazz to keep it healthy and happy…

But, we seem to have run into a problem… EK hasn’t been doing EVERYTHING she is supposed to…

Apparently, she has been neglecting to pick up the virtual dog poo.

So…I guess I’m glad this isn’t a virtual zoo animal like an Elephant or something…

Given that this little game device has voice recognition, etc, I am now dreading the day they decide to add olfactory upgrades, and such…

More to come…

Murv