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I'm traveling for work this week Tuesday-Friday. I would like DS (not 3DS) and audiobook recommendations, please! Bonus question: cool things to do in Portland, ME weeknights?
Here's some stuff I like to listen to/play when I travel to help!
Games:
Metroidvanias
Etrian Odyssey II - only wish it had more variety and less grindy grind
Advance Wars/Fire Emblem turn based RPGs; i would really dig a good one of these but I hated how slow FFT:Advance was
Audiobooks:
Ex-Heroes series by Peter Clines
Soon I will be Invincible
Ready Player One
Night Film
Horror fiction in general, surprise me
Here's some stuff I like to listen to/play when I travel to help!
Games:
Metroidvanias
Etrian Odyssey II - only wish it had more variety and less grindy grind
Advance Wars/Fire Emblem turn based RPGs; i would really dig a good one of these but I hated how slow FFT:Advance was
Audiobooks:
Ex-Heroes series by Peter Clines
Soon I will be Invincible
Ready Player One
Night Film
Horror fiction in general, surprise me
Have you played Henry Hatsworth? It was probably my all-time favourite on the DS. The best use of the dual screen outside of the draw-your-map thing in EO.
Book-wise, have you read(/listened? Is that the verb?) the Magicians series by the other Grossman Brother? They're similarly fantastic.
posted by Kreiger at 1:44 PM on April 28, 2014
Book-wise, have you read(/listened? Is that the verb?) the Magicians series by the other Grossman Brother? They're similarly fantastic.
posted by Kreiger at 1:44 PM on April 28, 2014
Cave Story is pretty much the gold standard of retro-MetroidVania platform games for DS.
Also, I've been greatly enjoying the "Welcome To Night Vale" podcast, which satisfies your horror/creepy stuff quotient. They've got all the episodes to date for free on iTunes and commonplacebooks.org.
posted by Strange Interlude at 1:48 PM on April 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Also, I've been greatly enjoying the "Welcome To Night Vale" podcast, which satisfies your horror/creepy stuff quotient. They've got all the episodes to date for free on iTunes and commonplacebooks.org.
posted by Strange Interlude at 1:48 PM on April 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
A few that might work for you, and aren't easily playable other than on a DS:
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
The World Ends With You
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and its sequels
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Plenty more where those came from. The DS has the most varied and interesting back catalog of any system, IMO, and now they're cheap.
posted by asperity at 1:55 PM on April 28, 2014
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
The World Ends With You
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and its sequels
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Plenty more where those came from. The DS has the most varied and interesting back catalog of any system, IMO, and now they're cheap.
posted by asperity at 1:55 PM on April 28, 2014
The Tim Curry version of Dracula is a fantastic audiobook.
posted by carolr at 2:01 PM on April 28, 2014
posted by carolr at 2:01 PM on April 28, 2014
>Horror fiction in general, surprise me
The audio recording for The Ruins was pretty great if you haven't read it already.
posted by Tevin at 2:21 PM on April 28, 2014
The audio recording for The Ruins was pretty great if you haven't read it already.
posted by Tevin at 2:21 PM on April 28, 2014
If you like Metroidvanias, Megaman ZX is an entertaining cross between that style and Megaman's gameplay.
posted by wanderingmind at 2:43 PM on April 28, 2014
posted by wanderingmind at 2:43 PM on April 28, 2014
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