Handheld devices: Is gaming truely mainstream?

smiaras

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i_am_dogboy

I don't play handheld games, but if I had a gba, and when I get a DS, i will be playing games in public. I really don't care that people know I'm a gamer, hell people can tell I do something computer related a lot just by looking at me.

I don't think games a truly mainstream yet, though they are nearly there, and I think this years christmas lineup will bring it closer. I won't consider games mainstream until i can say "I like to play games" to someone without expecting a funny look, or until I can talk about games and my friend don't tell me to shut up(the non gamers anyway).

Good topic btw.

smiaras

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rainbow kirby

I play my GBA SP on the bus a lot... I really don't care what people around me think of me. Though it's kind of a strange sight, a 20 year old girl playing games at the back of the bus!

KdjaCL

I play GBA on bus also, cba what others think wario ware is too good to care.

kdjac

Rabies

I only play my GBA on long journeys, bus, train, wherever. Couldn't have lived without it when traveling around the states during the summer.

Retr0gamer

I play my GBA on the bus going to and from college when i'm between books. I also don't care what other people think.

Strange that some one playing a GBA on a bus arouses more reaction than micko with his bleeding ears listening to commercial dance or the knackers smoking hash at the back.

K!LL!@N

I don't see anything wrong with people paying handhelds in public.
Most of the time i'd be wishing i had one.
But it is pretty funny to see people playing that are way too into it, like moving around and biting their tongue etc.
I remember one guy on the dart a while back playing his gba, he was moving about all over the place and sticking his tongue out, everyone in the seats near him was staring at him. :eek:

Killian

Retr0gamer

I swear a lot at games and its very embarassing when I swear out load without thinking on the bus

Mr E

I use my GBA when I'm travelling abroad. Great for passing the time during 3 hour layovers in airports. They're great for planes too. They're also great for hotel rooms when you're completely bored

monument

One of the main reasons I'm dreading buying a handheld is that I’ll use it on long distance journeys - the only time I leave for reading books. I want to get a GBA, but might wait for the always-praised next generation, at lease then there is a possibility that the book I’m reading will ever be finish.

smiaras

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