Delightfully Strange: A Love Letter to the DS
by John Walker on Aug.29, 2006, under Reviews
The conversation went like this:
John: You know how we’re always going on about how extremely lovely the DS is? How it does weird and wonderful better than anything else?
Tom: Yeah, we should probably stop repeating that.
John: Ah. Oh. [Quickly changes his pitch] Well I was thinking we should have a feature on EG to sort of, er, put an end to it – a definitive guide to what makes the statement so true.
Tom: Oh, go on then.
So here it is. This is the article intended to stop us banging on about how much we love the DS itself, rather than the game we’re supposed to be reviewing. It’s the piece to celebrate one of the best things to happen to obscure videogaming in years. It’s not Nintendo-sponsored puff. It might sound sycophantic, but that’s the cynical earwax that prevents your hearing happiness. It’s a guide to the little handheld that could, defying the naysayers’ predictions of defeat at the hands of the PSP, standing up to the bullying cries of, “Hey, specky two-screens!” We’re getting touchy-feely about the touchy-feely. This is a love letter to the peculiar.
I’ve long wanted to express this. It’s a piece with which I’m fairly pleased.
August 29th, 2006 on 14:39
“In the opening conversation, Becky is immediately asking Brett if she can punch him in the face. Punch him in the face. Huh?”
You don’t date enough Girls, John.
WELCOME TO MY LIFE.
KG
August 29th, 2006 on 18:08
nice title–where’s my 40%?