Introducing Mama 2.0

Mark, ever-watchful for weird cultural phenomena, writes from his west-coast post this note, entitled, "But where's the Iron Chef head-to-head feature?"

I just ran across this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_Mama

For those who can't satisfy their cucumber-slicing jones
on a touch-screen, there's apparently a version coming
at Christmas for the new Nintendo Wii console, with its
fancy motion-sensing controller.

So then, Cooking Mama is either really sad (if you're like me and believe that everyone should have a real, live person who's willing to teach them basic life skills) or great news (if you see technology as a panacea for our cultural afflictions).

I envision a whole series... Personal Hygiene Mama. Basic Etiquette Mama. Don't Dress Like a Ho Mama.

It's clearly the necessary first step in acclimating us to happily accept our robot overlords.