When did gaming become so much work?

So with the 4th of July holiday here in the US, naturally our first thought goes to all the gaming we can get done while we have some spare time. Today I was playing some Vice City (a game I don't often pick up) and just started fooling around, killing time. After a while, I noticed I felt guilty about gaming without a purpose. After all, I have so many other games that I'm only…

So last week I went and bought a Dreamcast from my local thrift store. It's also my first Sega system. Back in the days of the great Nintendo/Sega console wars, I was firmly on the Nintendo side of the name-calling fence. Luckily, a friend of mine has a pretty good collection of Dreamcast titles that she lent to me while I work on building up my own collection. Good games like Shenmue, Chu Chu Rocket…

I mentioned in a previous post that I emailed NuShield to see if their Nintendo DS screen protectors would be compatible with the DS Lite. Here's what they had to say: "They are not. We are testing a DS lite system now. We will keep your request on file and let you know when we are able to sell for this product. Thank you for your inquiry." So there you go, much like the stylus…

The summer seems to be doing strange things to my head. In addition to traversing thrift shops and flea markets to find used games like mad, I've also become obsessed with finding an NES cartridge that houses a Famicom to NES adapter inside. As many of you may already know, there's a quick and guaranteed way to obtain an NES to Famicom converter, and that's by gutting certain old NES titles. The original line-up of…

Just a quick post for anyone who hasn't seen this yet, it's so hilarious. This week's VGCats comic deals with the new Will Wright game, Spore, and includes some bizarre creatures, including one with an "ass for eyes"(not shown here). The people at Maxis took the liberty of remaking the strip, now with exact recreations of Scott's creature drawings as real Spore creatures...even the "ass for eyes" one! I can't wait to get ahold of…

So the DS Lite launch has come and gone. And in the midst of the launch is a lot of third party crap that is supposed to "enhance" your playing enjoyment. However, I've find two items in particular to be absolutely invaluble when playing on my DS, and I highly encourage everyone out there who wants a complete experience to give these a consideration: NuShield Screen Protectors These are the screen protectors you've been looking…