YO HO HO! (2009 new year style)
:D i got a Nintendo DS (technically 2 ds... dses?) for christmas.
I also have been infatuated with brain age. i am slowly getting better, but i keep doing this thing where i get REALLY good then slip a bit then improve a lot more then slip then improve. its like 1 huge leap forward 3 steps back. but i am already launching rockets into space with my amazing skillz! HOHOHO
Which beings me to an interesting discovery.
Nintendo, you are geniuses. ((i know many of you have known this for a while)) but i never payed attention to the DS games (aside form when Lunar on the DS came out, but i hear it is horrid at least compared to the other 2 games) but now that i have one, OH BOY! what to get!
i can learn language, get smarter, learn to cook, read books or play pokemonz. i have never seen a gaming device be so multipurpose. going on a trip and wanna read the classics? there is a DS 'game' which is just 100 classics. WOW. you can work on learning other languages. i have seen a Japanese and French program.... it just boggles my mind. they have a 'game' that teaches you how to cook and will read off a recipe to you. and it will repeat steps as often as needed. and finally the one thing that boggles me. there is a workout program. Nintendo DS personal trainer! it apparently tracks your progress and automatically tracks it.
and there are a whole slew of other products from training for SAT'S to crosswords etc. IT BOGGLES MY MIND. it really excites me what we HAVE but it makes me wonder, what CAN we have i knew Nintendo isn't pushing the buck to hard with the DS. i have a feeling its successor will be like a laptop/pda/cellphone device. you wont be able to function unless you have it.
also multilayer mode is really fun. >_< and now i am lost in the oblivion of the DS.
but i take a cold comfort knowing I'm probably one of the 5 people excited to the Nintendo DS e-books. XD I'm SUCH a geek.
I also have been infatuated with brain age. i am slowly getting better, but i keep doing this thing where i get REALLY good then slip a bit then improve a lot more then slip then improve. its like 1 huge leap forward 3 steps back. but i am already launching rockets into space with my amazing skillz! HOHOHO
Which beings me to an interesting discovery.
Nintendo, you are geniuses. ((i know many of you have known this for a while)) but i never payed attention to the DS games (aside form when Lunar on the DS came out, but i hear it is horrid at least compared to the other 2 games) but now that i have one, OH BOY! what to get!
i can learn language, get smarter, learn to cook, read books or play pokemonz. i have never seen a gaming device be so multipurpose. going on a trip and wanna read the classics? there is a DS 'game' which is just 100 classics. WOW. you can work on learning other languages. i have seen a Japanese and French program.... it just boggles my mind. they have a 'game' that teaches you how to cook and will read off a recipe to you. and it will repeat steps as often as needed. and finally the one thing that boggles me. there is a workout program. Nintendo DS personal trainer! it apparently tracks your progress and automatically tracks it.
and there are a whole slew of other products from training for SAT'S to crosswords etc. IT BOGGLES MY MIND. it really excites me what we HAVE but it makes me wonder, what CAN we have i knew Nintendo isn't pushing the buck to hard with the DS. i have a feeling its successor will be like a laptop/pda/cellphone device. you wont be able to function unless you have it.
also multilayer mode is really fun. >_< and now i am lost in the oblivion of the DS.
but i take a cold comfort knowing I'm probably one of the 5 people excited to the Nintendo DS e-books. XD I'm SUCH a geek.