My mom was nothing like that. I remember she wouldn't let me get the first Boston album because she thought the guitar spaceship on the cover was weird. I guess she just didn't get the science genius of Tom Sholz.
My gaming year has been made up of PlayStation Monopoly, NBA Live '03 and '98, old Gran Turismo games and Twisted Metal 2 off the top of my head. I tried playing Andretti Racing, but it was too cartoonish compared to GT games.