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I am not exactly sure what I intended to write when I saved this picture into my drafts blog 3+ years ago. I think it was something about how when the kids lost their electronics "privileges", they would often prefer to sit idle watching their brother play.
Those were the days of the Nintendo DS.
Then came the Nintendo DS-XL.
Then the Nintendo 3DS.
Then the generation of the present - the Nintendo 3DS-XL.
Between that, and all of the Skylanders / Skylanders Giants / Skylanders Swap Force non-sense, I decided that I was never going to introduce the little guys to Video Games.
They would be my experiment, I declared to anyone that would listen.
To see if they would grow up to be Rocket Scientists because they never wasted their time on the ever changing video console landscape.
And then Santa went and brought the kids an X-Box One for Christmas, 2013.
This wouldn't be a problem except that the Xbox One is so technologically advanced that you just talk to it to turn it on.
"Xbox Turn On" you say, and it responds.
Herein lies the problem.
Blake Talks.
And as a result, he has picked up most of the phrases used to direct the Xbox from his older brothers (including XBOX TURN OFF! - which he saves for when they make him mad).
I say most of because the console requires you to be very exact with the phrasing or it won't respond.
While Blake only knows a couple of the commands, he's hard headed enough to keep talking to the XBox until it responds (meaning until he happens to say the right words in the right order).
Xbox Turn On! (this one is an actual command, and always works for him- but then it gets a little trickier)
XBox Should you let me play Lego?
XBox Should you?
Xbox Turn to Lego!!?
Xbox Get to Legos!!?
Xbox SHOULD YOU!!?
XBox Play Legos!
XBox Go Home! (this is another actual command)
...And on and on and on....until something he says finally starts the game. The whole thing is very entertaining to watch. All that to say - so much for THAT no-video-game-experiment!
Sidenote: We set the system up in our bedroom because of all of the other things it offers (RedBox, Netflix, VUDU, Amazon, etc). But I have to say, the whole thing sort of freaks me out a bit - like I'm being watched. Jeff and Hayden are set up as user profiles - and the "amazing technology" now recognizes them when they walk into the room --- even if we are just watching TV. A little thing will pop on the TV and say Hi Jeff!
Things that make you go Hmmm.
Those were the days of the Nintendo DS.
Then came the Nintendo DS-XL.
Then the Nintendo 3DS.
Then the generation of the present - the Nintendo 3DS-XL.
Between that, and all of the Skylanders / Skylanders Giants / Skylanders Swap Force non-sense, I decided that I was never going to introduce the little guys to Video Games.
They would be my experiment, I declared to anyone that would listen.
To see if they would grow up to be Rocket Scientists because they never wasted their time on the ever changing video console landscape.
And then Santa went and brought the kids an X-Box One for Christmas, 2013.
This wouldn't be a problem except that the Xbox One is so technologically advanced that you just talk to it to turn it on.
"Xbox Turn On" you say, and it responds.
Herein lies the problem.
Blake Talks.
And as a result, he has picked up most of the phrases used to direct the Xbox from his older brothers (including XBOX TURN OFF! - which he saves for when they make him mad).
I say most of because the console requires you to be very exact with the phrasing or it won't respond.
While Blake only knows a couple of the commands, he's hard headed enough to keep talking to the XBox until it responds (meaning until he happens to say the right words in the right order).
Xbox Turn On! (this one is an actual command, and always works for him- but then it gets a little trickier)
XBox Should you let me play Lego?
XBox Should you?
Xbox Turn to Lego!!?
Xbox Get to Legos!!?
Xbox SHOULD YOU!!?
XBox Play Legos!
XBox Go Home! (this is another actual command)
...And on and on and on....until something he says finally starts the game. The whole thing is very entertaining to watch. All that to say - so much for THAT no-video-game-experiment!
Things that make you go Hmmm.
1 comment:
He is determined. Love him!
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