video game console
A machine used to emulate reality or to escape reality all together. It is the saving grace of the post-modern childhoods, and some adult-hoods.
video game console e. g. (xbox, play station, gameboy, nintendo DS, sega dreamcast, virtual boy, r-zone, game com, gamecube, atari 2600, gamebuino, Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, sega genesis...)