Male bonding

IMAG0807, a photo by jbellis on Flickr.

Matthew likes to "help" Isaac when Isaac is playing games, by "showing him how to do it." Which is to say, what starts as Isaac playing a game tends to quickly become Isaac watching Matthew play.

My preferred solution is to get games supporting co-op multiplayer so they can help each other. This can still result in Matthew getting mad at Isaac for Not Doing It Right if he's in a bad mood, but for the most part it works pretty well.

Here (in January) they're probably playing Castle Crashers.