I have been playing my old Game Boy Advance (SP of course) quite the bit this month, catching up on the original Golden Sun titles, because I have to wait until Christmas to open Dark Dawn. 

<insert disapproval rant here> 

Since I still have my Gamecube, and the GBA Player, I’ve been having a lot of fun playing it on my bigger TV.  The kids love seeing what I am doing, and I love that they aren’t practically laying on me just to look at it. 

I have been thinking a lot about this outdated middle ground, an odd in-between place amongst consoles and handhelds.  In the past, games were often regarded as a “social toy”,  as depicted in many early advertisements.  Children and parents alike, huddled around the television, poking buttons on a little box; it was the essence of family values; togetherness.

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With all our suggestions for games, DVDs, and comics, of course we’re going to help pick out the things that make your electronics that much better! So, we’ve gone ahead and created a list of all the wickedly awesome accessories that go along with your cool consoles, PCs, handheld gaming devices, and even your iPhone or iPad. Enjoy!

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And ANOTHER fantastic Giveaway.

This will have the same rules as our Harry Potter Giveaway, but obviously the prizes will be different.

How do you enter to win? POST A COMMENT!

For the next 24 hours (8 PM PST 7/25/09 – 8:00 PM 7/26/09) when you comment on this blog, it counts as an entry. Please do not spam the hell out of this post, but do feel free to discuss the DS, it’s other games, and even all of the Zelda games.

Want more entires? DONATE!

We are trying to help raise money for our charity, Reading is Fundamental, so when you donate to our charity that counts as an entry.

Again, the same twist is included like with HP – if you donate $1.00 to our cause, it will count as 10. $2.00 will get you 20 entries, $3.00 will get you 30.. etc.

Ok… now to the prize. This time, there is only one prize to be won so give it your all. You are free to enter in this giveaway along with the HP one so don’t worry, however you can only win one of them… not both.

The winner gets a Nintendo DS Duo Case Pack w/ special Stylus.

They work with both regular DS and DS Lite, so don’t worry

The contest is only available to people who live in the CONTINENTAL United States. Sorry Hawaii and Alaska, it costs too much to ship there. Sorry to all of the other countries too.

The winner will be announced Monday afternoon at 1:00 PM PST so please check back then to see if you won. The winner will need to contact us within 48 hours via email (that is provided on our site) with appropriate mailing information.

Good luck, spread the word, have fun posting, and thank you in advance for helping out our charity!

- She Who Has The Last Word