William Reardon’s Blog

I think it was Neb who finally pushed me over the fence of getting a DS. Nick, at our work lunches, had planted the seed — telling me how the gameplay was fun & Brain Age in particular rocked. Neb confirmed all that, plus filled me in the wireless capabilities. You could play Mario Kart with a bunch of people in your living room, or you can play across the Internet. Did the include being able to play Tetris against others online? Yep, it did. Ohhhhhhhh. Now I really wanted one.

Hence, when my Mom & I visited my brother in Seattle last October, they got me one, plus a few games including Brain Age. Brain Age was fun off the bat. Heck even my mom could play it. In fact, not only could she play it, but she liked it, to the extent of telling Jimmy to hurry up because it was her turn.

I left a few days later, but now having seen mine, Jimmy decides he wants one & goes out and gets one. Now that he has one, his girlfriend, Aarthy wants one, so she goes out and gets one. Jimmy & I bring our DS’es to my sister’s (where we’re spending Thanksgiving) and she’s decided she wants one (which we’re giving her for her birthday, later today).

So in the span of about a month, it’s gone from one DS purchase to four.

If that’s not a catchy game system, I don’t know what is.

Here’s the funny thing: My DS costs, what, about $120? Games run $20-$30. My 360 cost something like $500? (And that’s before the extra controllers, the recharge packs, the Xbox Live membership, etc.) Games typically cost $60. Yet even if you put price aside and I was stranded on a desert island with only one of them, which would I pick? The DS.
Graphics, schmapics. The DS is just more fun than a 360.

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