or a wonderful moment in the noughties, video games became a truly universal pursuit. As I witnessed my controller phobic aunt swing a Wii remote and nail a tennis serve, while my great grandmother furrowed her brow over sudoku puzzles on her Nintendo DS, it seemed my long derided hobby had finally gone mainstream. The Nintendo Wii flew off the shelves, inspiring a wave of competitors such as the Xbox Kinect camera that encouraged people to play games by moving their bodies. But the tide turned:...
