On an offhand visit to help my parents with their finances one Sunday afternoon I was amazed to see my recently laid off 62 year old father playing tetris on his phone. Now you may be thinking to yourself, Tetris? Cellphones? This is one combination that nobody would be surprised about, but you guys do not know my dad. Up until last year my dad never owned a cellphone until he got into an accident where we required him to carry one around with him wherever he went. My family and I learned quickly that just because he carries one with him doesn't necessarily mean he'll pick it up or for that matter use it in any sort of way. technology and video games were never his thing. My father never truly ever learned how to use that cellphone or even how to use a computer as a matter of fact. The closest thing my father got to gaming was the video slot machines at the local casino and buying me and my sister a nes when we were little only because he got a good deal on it in at a garage sale in 92'. Growing up my dad always believed that video games was something I did to waste time and I could be more productive doing something else. Yet even though my dad lacked the gaming itch he always helped support my gaming habit buying me a few games a year whenever I did well in school or as payment for chores. So watching my dad play video games on a cellphone came to a suprise to me. I found out from him that since being laid off from his job it has given him plenty of time to play around with his phone, where he stumbled upon Tetris going through the menus. Soon our conversation about finance switched to other game he might like. I soon downloaded and installed plants vs zombies and peggle onto my parent dust covered pc, hopefully in an effort to peak his interest some more and teach him how to use it once and for all. I have no clue if my dad's interest in gaming is just a phase at the moment due to his recent unemployment but a call the other day asking me to borrow my wii is a good indication that wasting time during uncertain times isn't always a bad thing.