Rape and Pillage in 30 Minute Intervals

Source: Rockstar Games

Microsoft really wants you to stop playing Wii golf and pick up Xbox controls. But in sympathy to parents who don't want their children glued to the screen running amok in San Andreas or perfecting a quarterback sneak all day, they're rolling out the latest in parental controls: a timer setting how long the gaming system will run on a daily or weekly basis.

Tomorrow Jerry Rice, who has his own game, and representatives of Microsoft and the National Parent Teacher Association will announce the newest addition to the computers-can-parent-for-you arsenal in D.C. Or you could just take your kids up to Snoqualmie falls once in awhile.