That's the GameDr up there. I have no idea how to say its name. "Game Doctor"? "Game durr"? "Gammederr"? Whatever it's called, is it a crutch for weak parents, or an insidiously effective device I'm glad I didn't face when I was a kid?

The GameDr Video Game Timer is an easy-to-use electronic time management device for video game systems and other electronic devices. Parents simply set the time allowed for video game play and when the allotted time is up, the game timer automatically powers off the game system. Players even get 10-minute and 1-minute warnings so games can be saved. Take the stress out of managing the amount of time your child spends playing video games with the game timer!

The thirty dollar doo-dad clamps onto the end of a power cord. Of course, a resourceful kid can pretty easily get a back-up power cord for anything except a Nintendo Wii. The real solution is parenting. But barring that, this GameDr doo-dad is an interesting alternative. You can get it here and you can read about the old guy in Minnesota who invented it here.

[John Morrisey] holds degrees in chemical and nuclear engineering, and in the 1960s worked on nuclear rocket propulsion at NASA.

Will the GameDr will find more of an audience that nuclear rocket propulsion?

(Thanks Blue's News.)