"Oh yeah, that was an awesome series," Lea said. "The first one was pretty basic, but by the time they got to the third one, the stories were really interesting. If they kept up that trend and combined it with modern graphics, it'd probably be amazing."

Lea was quite willing to plop himself down on the floor, gathering a few spare pillows and blankets to add to the pile. "Video games like that had all the fun of fighting insane monsters and facing potentially world-ending crises, without all the actual injuries and real life drama," he said.