well, I live in satan's asshole aka NYC, and I spend a good hour anna half on the train every day. Some games have lived in my ds for months, and I wanted to share my opinion on the best pick up and play DS games for that ride. I love the ds because the battery life is kickass and theres that whole "close up the clamshell and your game is paused" for mad scrambles out of the train before some homeless guy vomits on your shoes. interesting fact: I have named several of my favorite homeless regulars:



1. Dust Monster - "sprrr sum change. sprr some change" this hulking monster is straight out of a hayao miyazaki movie. easily 6'5'' and 350+ lbs, this gentle giant is covered head to foot in a half inch of brown dirt. Where did he get so much dirt? there isn't that much dirt in the whole city. His smell, which at first you think might be shockingly unpleasent, is actually more like a field after a fresh summer rain. go figure. also, he never wears shoes (in the nyc subways!!!) and his feet are easily the size of my head.

2. Paperboy - an older, leaner and smaller homeless, his natural habitat is union square. quite the colorful character, he screams stuff like "accept me! accept me and jesus! I need a sandwich. give me a hamburger, handsome?" His amazing outfit is made entirely of rolled up newspapers. he looks like a sour pinata. suffering the debilitating affects of crack. oh and he smells like someone soaked a dog in urine.

ON TO THE GAMES! (in no real order)

1. Puzzle league - its like this was designed to be played on the subway, the best modes are two minute timed tests. perfect if someones elbow gives you a shot in the gut and you have to close your ds to beat his ass

2. FF3 - I've missed stops because of this game before (looked up and I was in coney island. the horror) the subway is the perfect place to grind for job levels

3. tetris ds. need i say more

4. Puzzle quest. probably my favorite, and the game that has literally remained glued in my system the longest.

5. new super mario brothers. lets just say I wish I had some magical mushrooms for the ride and leave it at that

6. advance wars - another to make you miss your stops. FUCK BLACK HOLE