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I Own No DS Games
I've been going on another of my periodic possession purges recently, clearing out the clutter on ebay and giving away whatever doesn't sell. The two DS games I owned --- Mario 64 and Project Rub --- were both great games, but I'd completed them and they were just sitting there, so off they went.
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The Next Generation
Each of The Big Three have now released images and details of their next consoles. Microsoft appear to be aiming at the hardcore online gamer, Sony at the home media centre owner and Nintendo at the Existing Nintendo Fan. So far, so predictable. →
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The PSP and Me
It's hard not to like the PSP; you just have to look at it running. I've seen many handheld consoles in my time, the original Gameboy, the Sega GameGear, the NeoGeo Pocket, the Bandai Wonderswan, right up to the GBA SP and the DS, and some of them have been acceptable and some have been arse-ugly but the PSP...well, it's clearly got the iPod gene. →
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Nintendo DS
It's often been noted that Nintendo appears to hate the general public, in particular that part of the general public that actually buys its products. It can be difficult to be a Nintendo fan, relying almost entirely upon them for your drip-feed of games and always ending up with strangely featureless hardware. →
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Bongo Bong
The embittered old cynic in me is deeply, deeply ashamed. The old cynic watched in horror as I entered Game, stylishly sauntered over to the Gamecube demonstration pod, checked to make sure there weren't any attractive, single blonde girls (with black-rimmed glasses) watching, and with the minimum of fuss, started whacking the bongos. →
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20 Minutes of Online Gaming
Online gaming, as far as I've been concerned, is just something that happens to other people. There's been a few reasons as to why I've never delved into this particular gaming nook; lack of decent hardware, firewalls, only able to go online with my mobile phone, dislike of Counter-Strike, owning Nintendo hardware, and so on. Preferring the likes of Final Fantasy VII over Quake II meant that for the most part, gaming has been a solitary pursuit, and that was fine by me. →
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Some Thoughts on Pikmin
As noted previously, Nintendo owns me. When it comes to the Gamecube, I accept that it doesn't have as many games available as the Xbox or PS2, but what it lacks in 3rd party support, it more than makes up for with the quality of its 1st party releases. →
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The Xbox and I
We all have our weaknesses. For some, it's drink. For others, it's chocolate. For me, it's consoles. I love them, I want to own them all, and it's a testament to my own will power that I don't own them all. They'd bankrupt me, given half the chance. It's not even really about the games that come on them; I owned, for a while, a Bandai Crystal Wonderswan, an obscure little Japanese handheld. I owned the grand total of one game for it, Final Fantasy IV, all in Japanese, which I can't read. A pointless purchase, but I wept real tears when I sold it on to someone else. →