Dear Ask A Bumps:

I’m a working professional, I have a healthy relationship with my friends, peers and co workers. I have a cleaning lady, a dog and a Mortgage. By all accounts I seem like an adult, but I am addicted to the new Mario Galaxy on the wii.
I like to play videos games, but I like to keep a far distance from the stereotype. I don’t have the gaming chair, I don’t get Nintendo power magazine, I only have 3 games for my wii ( Wii sports, Attack of the Rabids and Mario Galaxy). I don’t spend hours on end playing the game. I still like Ms Pac-man and think its the best game of all time, but I find myself glued to Mario Galaxy because, well, its awesome. I have limited myself to passing one level a day, to keep me from becoming a sexless loser at the mercy of my wii. I read there is 122 levels, so this game will be making me happy well into 2008. I guess my question is, as long as I never get guitar hero, is it ok to still be into video games when your 28?

P.S. They have metroid now for the wii, and I am pretending they don’t.

Madex

Dear Madex:

Askabumps@gmail.com has taken many weeks to answer this question becuase I have been playing Mario Galaxy. Right now as I type this with one hand, I am being co-pilot for Mr. Askabumps with the other. Picking up starbits, feeding them to those glowing blobs. Did I mention that Mario is a bee right now? Because he is. I recently read an article that made the argument that generation X is the most sex-less generation in modern history. They blamed aids, stds and birth control pills for makin’ your vag dry like old chicken. I blame video games. When that Wii mote is in my hand the last thing I want is for anything to go near my private bits and askabumps@gmail.com is VERY humpy. A friend who will remain nameless has recently started abusing World of Warcraft. While we were hanging out, he would mention what his dwarf avatar would do in whatever situation we were in and extolled the attributes of his digital alter ego. In his online game life, he was cooking, dancing and making jewelry. After I stopped punching him, I realized that this is it for us as a people. We possibly have 50 good years left, if we are lucky before the entire world goes to crap. Sometimes its better in there than it is out here. Its a hell of a lot easier to collect all the stars in the Good Egg Galaxy than it is to spend those hours worrying about instability in Pakistan. We are living in a time where we have access to the maximum amount of information, but have the least amount of control. We can controll the game play and I think that without these things our brains would short circuit and we would never leave the house. This way our brains remain in tact and we still never leave the house. Stop pretending there is no metroid and stay far away from guitar hero. Maybe Nintendo will release a Wii game that re-teaches us how our genitals work. Until then, I believe princess toadstool needs your help.

Sincerely,

Bumps

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