“What’s she playing?” I thought. She was only using the buttons, leaned over the DS, and putting quite a lot of energy into it. Super Mario Brothers?
Sometimes I can actually guess, but only one time have I been able to verify the guess.
He was sitting across from me on BART a few months ago. Now I don’t usually take pictures of people on the train, but this guy was so obviously playing The World Ends With You – relatively frantic stylus swiping while hitting the d-pad. Plus he looked a bit like he would be into a Squeenix awesome RPG like The World Ends With You. So I did, but won't post it here.
When I got to work that day, I told this story to my coworker, and showed him a quick snapshot I took of the guy with my Treo. Coworker exclaimed, “I KNOW that guy! It’s my friend ___”. Pretty wacky.
At breakfast this Saturday I saw a little girl (8?) playing her pink DS. I could not figure out what she was playing (a little too far away) and too shy to ask.
I guess I just love to see other people choosing to game in public. Especially if it’s another woman, validates me a little more.
