I dont get it. Youre complaining that the game is making your son learn to read? That sounds like a good deal to me. . .
DRE On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:13:22 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 2:45 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Well... the PSP is coming, officially. > > > > Nothing wrong with that - I'm patiently waiting for Golden Sun 3. > > > > Personally I don't play the GBA much (it's my son - and he loves it). I > find the SP way too small to hold comfortably (any game that uses the > shoulder buttons constantly can my wrists cramping in less than 10 minutes). > > However I will play using the GBA Adapter for GameCube when a game comes out > that attracts my interest (like Chain of Memories). > > I think that the PSP will make for a much more attractive platform for such > games. You have much, MUCH more storage on the UMD compared to a cartridge > so you should be able to have full speech. Also the much larger, sharper > screen should make text-heavy games like RPGs much more comfortable. > > This has always been my problem with the GBA and my son. They've got tons > and tons of kids games, but they all tend to suck in at least one specific > way: too much reading. We bought a "Dora the Explorer" game aiming at 4-5 > year olds. The game begins with twelve pages of dense text and much of the > game requires competent reading to complete it. > > My son is starting to read well enough to play some of the games, but he's > six now and the games that he can read are to young for him. He now wants > to play "the Incredibles" and "Spiderman" but has trouble because so much of > the games require reading. > > I hope the PSP becomes enough of a success to have some good kids games. > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146333 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
