In a recent column titled "Xbox is crack for kids", The Times columnist Janice Turner blames the growing popularity of entertainment for a lack of quality family time in society.

　　Turner takes her disapproval to another step, singling out games as public enemy number one. She writes, "These are Satan's Sudoku, crack cocaine of the brain. Even the crappiest cartoon or lamest soap teaches a child about character, plot, drama, humour, life. Playing video games, children are mentally imprisoned, wired into their evil creators' brains.

　　"Just every so often, when I'm sick of their sallow, supine bodies and the way the smaller one clutches the backless remote controls like holy amulets--even taking them with him to the loo in case his brother seizes power--I switch off their favoured doom-porn, Air Crash Investigation or Anatomy of a Grizzly Attack, and try to boot them outside. Only to see them graze idly at the computer instead," she added.

　　The commentary has, not unexpectantly, received a backlash from some progame readers on the site who have voiced their opinion below the story.

　　"Ahhh videogames. The source of all evil. Again. I'm guessing Janice you've never ever played one. I regulate my kids TV time very strictly--about four hours a week presently. But I let them play Super Mario Galaxy (as part of that time). It is a joyous, wondrous world of colour and fun and inspires them to draw pictures, write stories and play 'Mario' outside," said Marcus from Nottingham.