I have been thinking for sometime about a portable gaming system. Admittedly I am not a hard core gamer (I still needed a bit of a Video Game 101 lesson) but I was amazed at the lack of marketing that was aimed at me – handhelds are a perfect way to get through commuting around a big city! Of course it’s going to make it a little harder to make sure I don’t miss my stop but that’s a risk I’m willing to take for good entertainment on the way to my destination.
I was waffling on which system to buy either a PSP or a Nintendo DS - there were lots of considerations but in the end I boiled it down to; sexier (the PSP) or better games I like (DS). This is one of those instances that having a 15 year old brother comes in handy, C knew all the games for each system and was recommending games that he thought I’d like plus sending me links so I could see the games in play before I went making any purchases.
The winner was the DS! A cute little system in black, that has great puzzle games – I’m now happily playing through the 6 versions of Tetris. It only took 3 shopping trips to get one in my hands, the darned things were sold out all over the place.
