Pathways in the part of the brain that control motor actions and compulsive behaviors work like a game of red light, green light: There is a "go" signal, which tells you to have another scoop, and a competing "stop" signal.
Already, the U.S.T.A. has cancelled Arthur Ashe Kids Day, its annual Saturday kick-off featuring teen musical acts of the moment (Jonas, Bieber) and, when I stopped in last year, a stadium-wide game of Red Light, Green Light.
Unlike the traditional solitary Tomb Raider games, Guardian of Light is built for two players and co-op is key.
Scoring becomes addictive thanks to the nicely sized levels, and as a reinvention of the classic Tomb Raider games, Guardian of Light is a success.
According to the project description: "The QR-Beachfire project seeks to reactivate nightlife at the beach and draw users into an interactive game of civic lighting".
At the start of the game, the balls of light are very small, but as the player progresses and becomes more experienced and battle-hardened, their power source will grow.
However, because the game is made of light cardboard it tends to shift and flop around during play, especially on uneven surfaces.
Before he lost his job in November, coach Roberto Di Matteo criticised the Football Association for not postponing Chelsea's game at Stadium of Light on 8 December, but the Blues say they are pleased to be competing for the trophy.
The gameplay is much like previous LEGO games, a mix of light combat and gentle puzzle solving where the solution usually entails breaking something apart to use its pieces in some new game-progression formation.
But while she may not have the spotlight she once enjoyed, the classic Lara Croft lives on in modern spin-off games like Guardian of Light, Temple of Osiris and the excellent puzzler Lara Croft GO.
