http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:24:09 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/15/204531.php#comment-128928 The DS is running $149. That's not bad, especially considering the two screens look great. As for the games, well.... There are plenty of options available elsewhere. The Game Boy Advance is still going, though it should die out this year. Still plenty of software out there for it. The N-Gage just got a price drop to $99 (without a separate phone contract) and it's really become underappreciated. There's some great software out there now that just wasn't available when it launched and that pretty much killed it. The Tapwave Zodiac is one I've never touched and probably won't for some time. It doubles as a PDA. Not much for it, but emulation fans are eating it up. Tiger has the soon to be coming Gizmondo. I believe it's hit in Europe at some ludicrous price point (near or above $400). They're planning a launch over hear supposedly, but against the upcoming PSP, that's suicidal. Though no ones touched one yet (unless they've imported of course), it looks strong and I'm getting hot just thinking about it (yeah, I'm like that). 128928@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:24:09 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/15/204531.php#comment-128924 What's a DS cost? And what are the alternatives in portable, color gameplay? 128924@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:04:17 EST