Who likes dusting?

It seems the favorite phrase for most 360 and PS3 fans are that their Wii's are gathering dust.  Well during these fine few weeks all my consoles have been gather dust.  Well I suppose my HD-DVD add on has been on playing some fun anime's and what-not.  Playing games however, not so much.

Hmm now I know what you're asking how in good graciousness can I call myself a gamer and not play any games!?  Well the answer my friend is blowing in the wind... (hmmm got to turn off my music).  No it's not that I have abandoned my love of gaming it's a much easier answer.  Handheld glory :)

Some people seem to think that the only way one can play handhelds if they are sitting on a bus or traveling on a plane.  This is just a silly concept that I can't really wrap my mind around.  Handholds are a great way to play games while still enjoying a good movie, TV show, sitting in front of a window listening to cars drive by, and even sitting outside.  There is a plethora of games for each the handhelds that offer a wide variety of types that can't be found on a console unless you go back 2 or more generations.  Who likes to do that? 

Right now I'm sitting pretty with Zelda and Tactics as my main guns and I'm watching 12 Kingdoms, Lost, House, and a bunch of movies.  Sure you'll still see me online once or twice in-game but right now the focus is handhelds.  I'm looking forward to the piano black psp slim for I hear it's faster and lighter and well better.  Tactics on the psp phat seems to have slow down on all fronts so gets to be a bit annoying but still highly enjoyable.  Zelda mixes good dungeon crawling and full stylist control for a very positive gaming session.

Besides having games that are tributes to classic consoles it also has many games that cannot be found on a gaming console.  Those quick but fun puzzles, brain teasers, and the strange and quirky other genre.  I'm do like how the PSN and XBLA and soon WiiWare are somewhat offering these type of games to consoles but the true home for these are handhelds.  Now for Sega to re-make the Game Gear and put out some cool games for it.  Ah if only...

All in all I feel handhelds are a great way to still enjoy a game but seeing that the fall season is running the shows and more and more movies keep coming out it's hard to still get in time to play console games that require the TV to play them.  At least with handhelds you get a wealth of gaming goodness in the palm of your hand and can still be out and about or watch your show you've been dying to see.