A dimension of sight… a dimension of sound… a dimension of mind. Oh wait, that’s the Twilight Zone. This is the Nintendo 3DS and I’m having a lot of fun with it. The built-in games are amusing but the best part is the 3D camera and screen, which work far better than I ever could have imagined. It’s like nothing I’ve owned before. And I don’t even own any games for it yet! (Though I did play Madden 3D, which GameFly sent as my first 3DS rental. Not a great game. 3D is kind of gimmicky. I look forward to receiving Street Fighter IV 3D next.)

But the 3DS is one sleek looking video game machine. It doesn’t look or feel like a toy, as previous incarnations of the DS did. I can see many more adults having fun with this iteration and I would have LOVED to have this thing when I was a kid, back when I was stuck playing the original black-and-white Gameboy with no backlight. Can’t wait to see what a Mario game looks like on the 3DS.