All week I'd think of the conversation I'd have with my parents the following Sunday after church, collecting imagined victories, social engagements, popularity, good behavior, although I had not told them I was going to Mass every Sunday or how little I missed the long silence of Quaker Meeting, only that noon was the best time for them to call.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Warm Springs'

Although I missed out on all of it not only on the brothers Mario and the Nintendo games but on Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, SimCity, and Halo I saw legions get sucked in, and so I formed the not uncommon opinion that video games, like motorcycles or heroin, were irresistibly seductive and profoundly insidious.

NEWYORKER: Master of Play