Apparently, you have to spend this Sunday being at the back and call of your father, but that doesn't mean you can't perform the aforementioned beckoning and calling without a video game controller in both your hands. The problem is convincing your old man that the box of lights you call an Xbox 360, PS3, or Wii isn't a well-disguised device smuggled in by the Communists for the purposes of spying on America. Here are three video games that are dad-friendly and Maxim-approved.

Fight Night Round 4 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Price: $59.99
EA Sports is pulling out all the stops with the fourth installment of their boxing game, which features 48 licensed fighters (Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali are the cover athletes) and ultra-realistic animations and graphics. While the game's single-player Legacy mode has seen a complete renovation (really, things can only go up from the suckfest the third game offered up), the offline multi-player is where you'll probably spend most of your time giving your dad the old what-for. Nothing says "Happy Father's Day" like an uppercut to your father's virtual face.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS)
Price: $29.99–$59.99
The movie is debuting on Wednesday, but that shouldn't stop you from plunking down some dinero for the movie tie-in game, especially when it features Megan Fox. We'd normally recommend hiding children from and not looking directly at the box cover of a movie-inspired game, but we got a glimpse of T: RotF at a closed demo recently and it was fun. And not in the "watch other people writhe in pain" kind of fun either.

Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)
Price: $49.99
Wimbledon starts up this weekend, and there's no better way to get in the game than with the company that says "it's in the game" all of the time. EA Sports' Wii-exclusive tennis game (the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will be arriving later on this year) features Wii Motion Plus controls so when dad swings his arm in the air like the crazy person he is, you'll be able to see his character do the same on the television. You'll probably be busy trying to reposition the game's camera to see Maria Sharapova's life-like underpants.