I am officially a computer game idiot

This week a thought I have always known about myself has been confirmed. I am a computer game idiot. My son, who is five, is discovering the world of computer games. My husband and I have always kept him slighlty shelterd from video games. Last year though he got a wii for a present from his grandpa and so opened the flood gates. I have to admit that even though we have owned the wii for a year the only game we own is the sports one that comes with it, so I guess it is more like the floodgates are leaking rather than completely crumbling. Anyway, my husband has always been into computer games and once in awhile a free demo cd will come in the mail along with his magazines. Asher, my son, saw the Lego Indiana Jones demo cd and he has now played it over and over again. He has asked me repeatedly for help but after five minutes of swimming around in an alligator filled lake without any clue how to get or stay out I realized that my days of being all knowing are over. My son, with some sadness, finally relented and said that it was ok for me not to "help him." I was happy to be off the hook, but it was with some sadness to admit that mommy is now not able to fix all. I have alway been the mender of books, the repairer of broken toys and the magical center of all things in my kids life. Now, I suck. This was reaffirmed today when I bought a new computer game and had to call my husband at work to help me to install the game. I then had to call him again because for the life of me I could not get the rat to climb the net. The game actually just sat there frozen in time, abandoned by the kids and myself until dad came home to save us all from our own cluelessness. Now, I know that it is great that dad gets to be the hero but honestly I do not like failing or my kids seeing me give up, but I think I just have to let it go. I guess in the end it is ok for them to see me as human, as someone who can get mad, frustrated and eventually give up at something. It did make me feel better though, that later when I checked my email on the computer I saw that my husband had actually looked up the controls for the game online. I think I will stick to board games.