This list makes me feel like a dodo. (The kind that is extinct.) We've never had any electronic games of any kind in our household, from Gameboy to Playstation. The only one I would remotely consider -- but for myself, not the kids LOL -- is Wii, to get some exercise during the snow/icebound months.

I do wish someone would give me a little video camera, though. I'd love to learn to edit digitally. My birthday's in a couple of weeks, so if any of you is feeling generous... ha ha ha ha.

@ElizabethD: If you're looking for an all-in-one device, I'd recommend an iPod Nano.

I picked one up last night, as my four-year old iPod Classic died. I should have expected it, as it gets 4+ hours of use a day, the HDD's been grinding, the battery wouldn't hold a charge, and it stopped showing video.

I played around with its video recording last night and its got a decent camera and microphone. Granted, its nowhere near the quality of an actual camcorder (which you may be looking to get) but I like it.

As for camcorders, my best advice is to avoid the ones that record straight to DVD and unless your computer has a dual core processor with 3+GHz and 4+GB of RAM with a lot of open HDD space, you won't find the added cost of a "Full HD" camcorder of much use. Sure, you can record the video in "Full HD," but you'll be editing in SD. Plus, "Full HD" requires Blu-Ray to fully appreciate.

P.S. I'm generous, but not THAT generous.

We (our ENTIRE EXTENDED FAMILY of about 30) have never owned any gaming system. Computers -- yes, one per person on average. Guitar or other musical instrument -- yes, one per person on average. Geesh, I waste enough time playing spider solitaire on a crappy computer interface. I can't imagine what sort of time suck a sophisticated game system would prove to be.