Kids, Video Games and Alternate Controller

Fascinating NYTimes article exploring how video games are reaching into the under-5 set. This article explores how alternate controllers like the EyeToy camera and the Donkey Konga bongos (shown here) make games more accessible to little kids.

This definately maps to our experience. My 5-year-old son, Gabriel, loves to play videogames and is especially ethusiastic about Groove (an EyeToy game) and Karaoke Revolution (which uses a microphone as the input device, rather than a game controller). Can't wait to get Donkey Konga -- it's at the top of my holiday gift list.