By way of introduction, I figured I let everyone know a little bit about myself and then we’ll get on to the good stuff. I’m a 30-year-old gamer who grew up playing Nintendo and PC games who has been married for seven years and has two boys ages 4 and 1 1/2, and you could [...]
Entries Tagged as 'DS-Lite'
Ouendan translations
December 19th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Gaming
I’m letting a friend borrow my copy of Ouendan for a couple days to give it a try, see if it’s what he’s looking for. Since everything is in Japanese, I figured I’d try to explain to him what the different menu options were. Sure, I don’t know a lick of Japanese, but I have [...]
Tags:DS-Lite·Nintendo DS·Ouendan
In my hands
August 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Gaming
Buttonmashing.com friend Bobster lent me his copy of Age of Empires: The Age of Kings for the DS. Another turn-based strategy game for the DS, this one set in the Age of Empires “world.” I’m quite excited to see how the real-time-strategy gameplay translates to the Dual Screen beauty. Impressions to follow.
Tags:Age-of-Empires·DS-Lite
Son of a …
August 23rd, 2006 · 7 Comments · Gaming
I knew it! Even though I professed my desire for a Black DS Lite, I couldn’t wait and went with the beautiful and pure White DSL. Four Color Rebellion is now saying the the Black and Pink (woohoo!) DS Lites are heading our way. Son of a… Anyone want to buy a white DS Lite?
Tags:DS-Lite·Nintendo DS
The Ultimate DS Library
August 7th, 2006 · 22 Comments · Gaming, Noteworthy
I’ve been playing my DS Lite so often now I should probably change the name of the site from “buttonMashing” to “screenTouching” or something like that. Touching is indeed good. I’ve been speding some time on eBay recently, hunting for some DS titles to round out my library. It got me thinking about what would [...]
Tags:DS-Lite·Nintendo·Nintendo DS
In my hands…
August 2nd, 2006 · 3 Comments · Gaming
I know I’m over a year late to the party on this one, but I’ve finally scored myself a copy of Meteos. I’m browsing eBay, picking up some of the DS games that have received a fair amount of good word-of-mouth. On the recommendation of agentgray (or is it Nintendaddio now?) and anyone else who’s [...]
Tags:DS-Lite·Meteos·Nintendo DS
What I’m playing
July 21st, 2006 · 13 Comments · Gaming, Sports
I haven’t done this for a while, so I thought it’d be fun to do a “what I’m playing” post. After I stopped playing EVE I had a lull in gaming overall but recently I’ve been getting back into it. I’ve been busy with other endeavors but when I do have a chance, here’s what [...]
Tags:Brain-Age·DS-Lite·Forza·Mercenaries·Xbox
I like Smarties
July 9th, 2006 · 7 Comments · Gaming
Unfortunately, they haven’t actually made me smart. This should come as no surprise to people that know me and my wife personally, but she’s, like, way smarter than me. She’s been kicking my butt in Brain Age and she constantly reminds me of it. I need to test my brain age again, because the ridicule [...]
DS Lite, handheld perfection?
June 26th, 2006 · 10 Comments · Gaming
I am this close to declaring the DS Lite the perfect gaming machine, ever made. The DS as a console was really coming into its own, with a ginormous library of Game Boy Advance games right out of the box and a steady stream of DS games that were simply success after success. Then they [...]
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DS Lite and the Ark of the Covenant
June 24th, 2006 · 6 Comments · Gaming
Remember the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Belloq, dressed up in biblical clothing, begins the ritual to open the ark? Where he does some Hebraic incantations, waves his staff around some, and then opens the ark? Nothing happens at first, but eventually angels and spirits emerge, to which Belloq declares, “They’re beautiful!” [...]
