A screenshot from Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner. Too much for 8-year-olds?

I was visiting my nephews, again. Within seconds of seeing me fiddle with my iPhone, my older nephew, Jack, who is 8, asked me, again, if my iPhone had any videogames on it.

“Uh, no, sorry Jack,” was my reply, letting a white lie skip through my teeth. I knew his mother and father might be none too pleased to see the two of us hunched over the tiny screen playing Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner or Lego Indiana Jones 2.

What his parents are doing is difficult. They’ve chosen to keep Jack videogame-free for as long as p...