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Article: Parents have bad-guy ally to turn off video games; Edina inventor is the brain behind a $30 timer to push kids away from game consoles.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 28, 2009
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Byline: STEVE ALEXANDER; STAFF WRITER
To any parent who's argued with a child over shutting off a video game, John Morrissey's Game Doctor Video Game Timer may sound like salvation.
Parents can set the $30 timer to limit game play to a specified number of minutes or hours a day. At the appointed time, the password-protected timer shuts off electricity to the game console, ending all arguments about playing for just five more minutes.
Morrissey, a 79-year-old Edina inventor, figures there's large, pent-up demand for his inexpensive and easy-to-use device, which is spelled GameDr. Some surveys suggest that half the parents of preteens and young ...