Cheat your way to becoming an expert at his favourite PS3 or Xbox game. Just look up the game title and find a page that says “walkthrough” or “cheats” and print it out. Then play the game following the directions for a little while. (NB It’ll take about 20 minutes for your fingers get used to the console controls so don’t worry if it feels weird at first). Warning: you may end up getting as addicted as he is, especially with Splinter Cell!
Upgrade your PC or laptop so that it’s powerful enough to run smoothly even when you have 10 applications open. All you do is take it to somewhere like PC World or a local computer shop and get the processor replaced with a faster one, or more memory added. You can even stick in another hard drive for extra storage space.
If you are terrible at parking or reversing your car, go somewhere like Halfords and get an in-car reversing system fitted. They start at around £40 for a sonic one that beeps if you are too close to something.