player operating another one of game controllers 131 132 139 or computer 151 or communicate with a non player using telephone 141 computer 151 or mobile telephone 161 fig2 illustrates one embodiment of controller 131 note that the following discussion of exemplary controller 131 and console 121 also applied to controller 132 139 and consoles 122 129 controller 131 includes keypad 210 game directional controls 222 224 joysticks 226 228 speakers 232 234 game control buttons 242 244 246 248 video camera 250 microphone 260 video display 270 audio output 282 game console usb port 284 game console controller port 286 video output 288 and wireless transmitter 290 in some embodiments keypad 210 of controller 131 can be used to control console 121 and or additional electronic devices via either wireless transmitter 290 or a wired connection not shown wireless transmitter 290 can be implemented using a wide range of wireless transmission technologies and protocols including radio frequency rf or infrared red ir ethernet wifi and bluetooth cycling the u201c mode u201d key of keypad 210 enables the player to selectively control console 121 a television monitor one or more electronic devices such as a video tape recorder vcr a digital video recorder dvr and a cd dvd player or recorder accordingly u201c mode u201d key may cycle between choices from a menu which include one or more of u201c console u201d u201c tv u201d u201c vcr u201d u201c dvd u201d u201c messaging u201d and u201c phone u201d in u201c console u201d mode controller 131 can be used to play a video game or watch a movie on console 121 keypad 210 can be used to send messages while playing.