Get him a library card, or gift ticket to the nearby book shop.
As for placing passwords on computer et al, you better make sure you take all the procautions.. does he know how to break your implementation?
It it were one of my neices/nephews, I'd go out with them on the weekend, and go to the library, and adventure the [really] old books, some sci-fi, etc. So that we could have a good laugh and see the pretty pictures, plus they could read to me and learn about past experiences. I would not block x-box/computer, I'd just force a withdrawl from the toys and give a alternative... do you have any [old] records? Can you compare some old Beatles LPs to that of the CD remasters?
ANYTHING other then computers.. then and only then.. educate them about the wonders of encoding the LP to mp3/wav form.
Personally, I don't play too many games on the computer, but I love the library and encoding music from old cassette tapes. Slick, you could try one or all of the mentioned above.
Actually, what got me away from the Nintendo at a very early age was that I constantly found it more enjoyable to play games with the cheats on. ie developer mode, etc. I hope some of my suggestions work..
I want no blame if it doesn't, nor do I want credit if it does.
