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Are we having fun yet? Apparently not, as shown by the massive amounts of effort devoted to helping us amuse ourselves no matter where we are or what we are doing.
The collective intelligence poured into inventing new portable games over the past several centuries is equivalent, scientists estimate, to the outpouring of genius from a whole year’s worth of Nobel prize winners. Except instead of curing cancer, we’re making toys for kids who have trouble paying attention in school!
The PSPgo is merely the latest in a long string of pocket games. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights of pocket entertainment from the past. In this and the following pages, we highlight 12 of the best — and the 13th, of course, is Sony’s cute but pricey PSPgo.
What did we miss? Let us know in the comments and, if we can find a decent, public-domain photo, we’ll add it to the gallery here and give you our undying thanks.
Above: The cup and ball game has been tormenting children for centuries. Requiring little more than a little woodworking skill and a length of string to create, it was cheap, clever and devilishly difficult to play. As a bonus, it taught hand-eye coordination and the importance of not swearing loudly even when very frustrated — skills that in later centuries would prove useful on the golf course, freeway and cubicle farm.
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