It is probably less effort to just teach your kid some moderation.

Um, Argos is just a catalog shop, they don't make stuff.

Or you could just take it away, but either way. How much does it cost? Hopefully like $100

Argos is just a catalog shop, they don't make stuff.

Oh and try http://www.argos.co.uk/ not http://www.argos.co.uk/holding_page/index_code10.html

I made a device that attaches to the PS2 plug in the wall. It unplugs it. It's called my fingers. It also does other pretty amazing things.

It appears to be a slimline PStwo. With how mine works, it tends to just overheat and crash after a coupla hours anyway.

I remember the old fashioned way of doing this. It was called pulling the plug.

I wonder if Argos is just a catalog shop......

Parents can't just tell kids not to play PS2 anymore? This is for the parent that neglects their child so much, that the child goes on a killing spree.

lazy parenting is right

this is a pointless product because if you're using the TV as a baby-sitter you have bigger problems than the kid playing games for too long

I seem to remember a disciplinary device made a few years back. pretty ahead of it's time, really. I twas made out of a piece of leather and some metal, and upon contact with a child's backside, got them to do their work.Can't remember what it was called, but it also held pants up.

Ah, so this is when long load times really become and issue.

Sony also made a device that would shut off your PS2 after a while. It was called the PS2. Disc Read Error, FTW.

This is uber old news. I remember reading about this last year i think, and argos have been selling them for months.

So, if I order one and get it shipped to me via air-mail... airport security will x-ray the package and see a metal box with a timer attached to it.

When I can't buy a device that will allow me to pay less attention to what my kids are doing, then the terrorists have won...

I wonder how this affects the system's heat ventilation, especially if the system is already being stored in a confined space.

That is ridiculous if your really addicted you'll rip the sucka off and play man PLAY!

I can not find this on the Argos web site. I have to ask my brother as he works in the Wood Green store!

I remember, a long time ago, my parents used to turn off my Mega Drive (Genesis) at the wall if I wouldn't stop playing. One day, man, I was on the final level of Sonic 2 - I was fighting that huge egg man. Suddenly my mom turns the damn thing off.

Natrually I responded the way any rational pre-teen would; I grabbed the console, lifted it off the ground, and beat the bitch around the face with it, til she was unconcious. Then I just bludgeoned her with the controller, til she stopped breathing.

Next thing I know some guy called Jack Thompson is...touching...me. My life changed that day.

So you just beat a hard level and/or boss. It took you 1,943 of the timed gaming "sessions" your parents set up for you. And all of a sudden the console turns off and you lose all data. This is child abuse, people.

That's brilliant! They should make those for comput---

I agree with those who say parents who have to use this have serious problems which that device surely can´t solve.
I also agree with those who pointed out ventialation problems caused by this device. The ps2 has heating problems without that thing around it,it won´t get better when all ventilation shafts are closed.
The headline nailed it perfectly,this surely is a kill switch for the ps2 ;)

'Didn't quite make it to the save point again sucker! try again tomorrow!'

That thing has been out for ages. I have one because im addicted to video games. Did you know its the fastest growing illness of the 21st century! God help us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would fucking beat my parents up if they got me this.

"Hey Ben, here's a doo-hickey that'll shut your PS2 off after an hour so you don't become addicted!"
"...Why not just regulate it yourself so I don't get bitch-slapped in the face when it turns off in the middle of a long, complex level?"
"DON'T YOU TAKE THAT TONE WITH ME."
"..."

Of course, my parents would never do this. If they think my grades are slipping, they just hide my PS2. Which really is a much better alternative than this huge tease of a product.