Linda Overmyer of Ames, Iowa was named the “Worst Mom Ever” in a unanimous decision by her sons Eric and John last night after her stunning mistake of purchasing Modern Warfare: Reflex for the Nintendo Wii instead of Modern Warfare 2 for the Xbox 360 in a late-night shopping trip to Wal-Mart. The decision, a stunning turnaround from her title of “Coolest Mom in the World” after her decision to buy the game for her children, came amidst a barrage of tears, obscenities, and general chaos in the Overmyer household.

When asked what brought her to this stunning low, Linda told Hardcasual, “I got to the store and there were all these games there with the same names. Call of Duty 4, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Brothers in Arms, Army of Two – how was I supposed to know what the boys wanted? I knew they wanted the one that just came out, and the young man at the counter just kind of shrugged at a display. And, well, I knew I had heard of the Wii before, so I figured that would be the one they wanted.”

Eric, 14, begged to differ. “I told her like a thousand times. Modern Warfare 2 for the 360. She should know better, she’s always the one telling us to stop playing Xbox. She never has to tell us to stop playing Wii – we haven’t turned that thing on since a week after we made her buy us Super Smash Brothers. It’s like, how can you be an adult and still know absolutely nothing about anything? Everybody at school tomorrow is going to be talking about Modern Warfare 2, and what are we supposed to talk about? How cool our Wii is?”

Linda continued her story, “When I brought the game up to the counter, the young man said, ‘Are you sure you want to buy this one?’ I thought it must just be that he thought it was too violent for me to buy. But I know my boys, and they’re very mature. They can handle a game like this, even if it’s a little violent. Besides, they told me that there was absolutely nothing too violent or controversial about the game, and they wouldn’t lie to me just to get a videogame.”

John, 15, told us, “We made her go by herself because they totally card for M-rated games there, and it would have been so embarrassing if anybody from school saw us having our mom buy us a game. Everyone would have thought we were totally lame that we didn’t, like, have a fake ID or an older brother or some other awesome way to buy M-rated games. But how were we supposed to know she’d screw up like that? God, it’s like she was never a kid who just wanted a videogame.”

“It’s so unfair,” the boys said. “She wouldn’t even go back to exchange it tonight. She said, ‘Well, do you want dinner, or do you want your videogame?’ And we said ‘Duh, we want the videogame,’ and she was all like, ‘Well, I won’t have time to make dinner,’ and we were like, ‘Why don’t you just go get Pizza Hut,’ and she was all angry like, ‘Because Pizza Hut is trash and you’ll need your energy to play your game when I go get it for you tomorrow.’ God, what a b-i-t-c-h.”

“Now I’m not sure if I’ll even get them the game,” said Linda. “After the way they acted, maybe they should learn a lesson about respect. Then again, I’m sure that the realistic military scenario of the game will give them a chance to learn a lot about respecting others and our military’s great discipline and honor.” The boys quietly returned to their room, where they returned to teabagging Nazi zombies in Call of Duty: World at War, and waited for their horrible bitch of a mom to come to her senses and return the game at the 24-hour Super Wal-Mart one county over.