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I'm not the most productive fellow in the world. An excellent example of this is the fact that I am moving in two days and didn't get started on packing until Tuesday night. I would sit down in front of the television and start stacking up DVDs and games to go into the boxes, and before you know it I've found a game I haven't played in awhile and wasted several hours. Knowing my attention span problems, my mother offered to come over the other day and help me get started packing. Seeing as my mother rarely gets a chance to play video games and generally only plays PC point and click adventures, I figured I would show her Wii Sports bowling while I had her here, maybe let her throw a few balls before we got down to packing. Really bad idea.
An hour later and she's played several full games and we've gotten exactly nothing accomplished. On top of that, all that bowling had made her tired, so we decided to reschedule the packing for another day.
It made me think though. Is my gaming addiction and general laziness hereditary? If video games had been around when my mother was a kid, would I even be here today or would she have been too busy playing an ancient ancestor of Mario to bother going out to meet my dad?
Hereditary or no, I am obviously much better at putting off work than she is. As I type this she is in my kitchen wrapping dishes in newspaper while I sit in a comfortable office chair and tell you folks about how lazy she is. I suppose we'll see just how lazy she actually is when she reads this and then commences kicking my sorry ass.
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You made your mother proud, son.
Well good look with that Fahey.
Honestly, I've only played Wii Sports once, and I was totally hooked. Getting a perfect curve on Bowling is just addictive. Don't blame yourself, blame Nintendo!
*2 hours later*
Watch Fahey's mom kick Fahey's ass! LIVESTREAM!
LOL! Awesome! ^_^
Ah... Blame the parents.... as always (just kidding).
So do all Wii controllers function upside down in the southern hemisphere?
Direction is absolute!
Is there a secret technique that only holding the wiimote upside can achieve that I don't yet know about?!
Oh, shit. I thought this was Plunkett's article. In that case, the remote actually IS upsie-daisy.
Well, if you had the foresight to have those condom thingies on your Wiimotes, you might at least escape the major bruising.
Get him, mom!
I'm no better, so maybe she should kick my ass too.
So you may have inherited the laziness/love of games, but if your mom is like my mom, hopefully you didn't inherit the ability to make your hands jump in sync with Ratchet and Clank.
LOL. This picture was taken during the getting to know the controller phase of her learning. ;)
@el_gordo: Maybe she's just that good she's actually facing away from the TV and is showing off by bowling backwards? Although who has chairs facing away for the TV. Well Fahey?!?!
Is there a club for people like this? Count me in.
Very meta post.
I don't think I could be any more proud of you than I already am Mike.
I laughed pretty hard at the end of the story, perfect thing to read when first waking up in the morning.
So does that mean that people who act violent after playing violent videogames also got that from their parents?
@BtownDesignGuy: Don't be silly, that's them violent video games doing that.
@Mike Fahey: haha, my grandfather held it the same way when he first got hold of the remote
Your mom plays point-and-click adventure games? I think that arguably makes her more hardcore than many people here. Does she fight like a dairy farmer?
My mom has played a few games of Wii Sports but other than that nothing. I'm gonna try and get my mom to play Mario Kart Wii & Wii Fit =p
Hey, I'm moving on Saturday as well, and I just started packing this morning.
Like always, blaming the parents...
Count yourself lucky, my mom won't touch technology...
Though, she has hinted interest at the Wii...And she does want to get a new TV...
I'd totally do your mom.
While you're actually being productive, your mom is probably commenting behind your back on Kotaku.
Hell, for all we know, your mom could be Witzbold...
@MisterSleep: post o' the day, period. Watch! Behind ya! A Three Headed Monkey!
Let me see if I can get my mom to play video games, I know she would probably like playing the wii.
While you're actually being productive, your mom is probably commenting behind your back here on Kotaku.
Hell, for all we know, she could be Witzbold...
@Protector one: Damn stupid impatient double posting fool!
Well Mike, you little ingrate. Who brought you into the world, fed you, sent you to school (when I could find you)and paid for your ROTC Candy when you ate it all and didn't have the money to pay for it yourself? Who plugged in the hole you drilled between the bedroom and the bathroom so you could spy on the cute babysitter while she was in the shower? Who just smiled with tears in her eyes when the one class you passed was the "wrong bowling course" and you didn't get credit for it. Who spent half her time rescuing your cat from you and clearing all the moldy hot dogs out of your underwear drawer? Who went to all the trouble of hiding all your Christmas Presents under your own bed because she wanted you to be surprised on Christmas and knew the on place you would never look was under that bed? Does this sound like lazy to you?
You, my dear, perfected the "Art of Laziness" all by your own little self. It was cultivated, not inherited. I find it endearing, especially now that you are not living with me anymore.
Yesterday I left your apartment with a tear in my eye, heart softened by your attention. I walked on air grateful to be able to, for once, share things you like to do. It made me feel special, Mike. Sort of like the time you gave me a half eaten bag of M$M's for Mothers' Day.
By the way...if you had put the right picture up I would have looked a lot slimmer and much younger and also been holding the control the right way.
Ahhhhh that felt good. Now that I can log in be sure that I will return. Have to go and find your baby book. Lots of material there. Love, Mom
@bgordon: Excellent.
pwned.
That comment was full of Epic Win.
"half eaten bag of M$M's for Mothers' Day"
Jajajajajaja! Come on bro?! Is that real?
@bgordon: Quite possibly the best comment ever made on Kotaku.
My hat is off to you, dear lady.
Oh things are definately more fun on personal posts!!! I love Kotaku.
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