Casual Games, Nintendo DS, PSP, iPhone
Where do you play with your DS or PSP?
Handheld gaming devices have been the godsend to gamers on the go. They’ve been the perfect companions for those long trips to Grandma’s house or those quiet moments alone while on your lunch break at work. The current generation of portable devices allows us to not only play games, but indulge in all of our favorite forms of multimedia at any time, anywhere. But where do most people play? The results of a recent poll may surprise you…
Sony continues to push the PSP via the newly released PSP-3000. With the new PS button and better LCD screen, the PSP is slowly moving into more of a portable entertainment device. Unfortunately, there is one feature that is overlooked and hardly mentioned: Remote Play. 
Everyone poops. We learned that when we were four. There are novels and movies depicting this perfectly natural act, but in this ADD-filled world it’s kind of a waste of time to sit on the toilet and do nothing productive. The advent of portable games has filled this gap, but you don’t want to spend too much time on the toilet. So you have to find the right measure of a game that can be played in short spurts, or during marathon sessions after all those tacos.
Can you remember when we played video games way back in the day? Saving was a rarity, the controller was like holding a brick, memory cards were mysteriously formatted, and playing online was limited to a couple of games on the Dreamcast? Times have changed, and you can hardly walk into a GameStop without running into a crazy innovation in gaming. Let’s discuss some of those innovations and see if your favorite makes the list!
Sony supporters, rejoice; this week’s PSN update is one of massive proportions for both the PS3 and the PSP. The content is voluminous and consists of full game downloads, demos, add-ons, trailers and themes. PS3 users received the bulk of this new content but PSP users, fear not: two full game downloads are available, along with a few additional add-ons. So re-up your PSN account balance, because this week’s update has plenty to offer. 
The Disgaea series has always been one of crazy characters, amusing dialogue, and most of all, insane tactics RPG gameplay. However, with the recent announcement of Prinny: Is It Ok if I am the Main Character Dood!? the world of Disgaea is going from RPG to platformer. Can the series withstand such a drastic change, even for a spin off? I wouldn’t worry about that, dood.
In every video game there is always a character that makes people think, “Wow, what a jackass.” However, if you think about it, the characters everyone likes turn out to be biggest jerks of all! So if you think Bowser is bad, you should see the biggest “seemingly nice” jerks of all time.
Kingdom Hearts, prior to its release, was often scorned by gamers and thought of as Square selling out with Disney. But, once released, all the negative chatter ended and praise began. Following the first game on Playstation 2 was a Game Boy Advance release called Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories that picked up right where the first game left off. A port of the GBA game was included with Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix for Playstation 2 which was released in Japan last year. Now we in the West are finally going to get our hands on that console version with Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories on December 2.