Filipino games, gone in oblivion?

When I was a kid, I would always go outside the house whenever I have free time and play with my neighbors. I remember playing piko, tumbang preso and patintero with other kids during weekends. We would spend the afternoon  in the streets under the scorching heat of the sun playing. But now, in the year 2009, it seems that these Filipino games are already forgotten.

As I pass by the streets in our village, I no longer see children playing patintero, piko or tumbang preso. You know what I see? I see the strong proliferation of the media particularly Wowowee. Kids play games like "hep hep hooray", "giling giling" and "mukhasim" or whatever that is. I find it very disappointing maybe because I hate Wowowee in the first place. I hate the fact that Willie Revillame makes a comedy out of the less fortunate. He makes them do silly things just for money. Additionally, Wowowee can be viewed by TFC subscribers from around the globe and I don't want foreigners who will be able to watch Wowowee to think that Filipinos are silly because of stupid games like "mukhasim" and "giling giling". For those of you who don't know what the game "mukhasim" is, the game is about having the ugliest sour face. I can't explain it.

My point here is that, I want Filipino games like piko, patintero and tumbang preso to be preserved because it's one of the things that makes our culture rich. It's one of the things that make us a Filipino. It's one of the things that make us unique. I'm not saying that Wowowee is not part of the Philippine culture. I just don't want their games to replace our traditional games.