Angst? What do you think this is, Livejour... oh

[slimequest]

I understand an LJ's real, original purpose is a medium to angst through, but I've just never been the type to do so. It's just NOT. MY. STYLE.

But, anyway, lots of crappy things have been happening to me lately! And the cherry on top is the fact that the top screen of my beloved DS Lite is not working. So not only can I neither play Pokémon Platinum NOR Dragon Quest V, but I now have the wonderful dilemma of "do I buy another DS or do I eat". Maybe it's not actually that dire but it still sucks! $75 to fix the screen via Nintendo or I could put that money towards a DSi or something... not that I was terribly interested in the first place but now I have a reason to consider it. Plus, that blue one looks nifty.

I mean, the worst part is that my original Gameboy still freaking works, but my DS Lite has failed me. I BOUGHT A VIRTUAL BOY, NINTENDO, WHERE IS THE JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD.

Okay, so that was my angst... the majority of which was over video games. At least I'm consistent.

Comments

[krile.livejournal.com]

Technology may be better, but they're using cheaper materials to make them. It sucks, but it's true. I still think my current five year old laptop outruns a lot of newly built ones.

Did you try out your games on my original DS?

[line-faced.livejournal.com]

Oh no, it's perfectly acceptable to angst over non-functional consoles.

*Consoles, pun fully intended*

[pjade.livejournal.com]

Man, sorry to hear about that. Here's my $0.02, though.

If you think about it, if $75 is what Nintendo quoted you on simply fixing your DS Lite, you're only a little more than $50 away from the purchase of another brand new Lite, and about $100 away from a DSi. I imagine the first batch of them might be a tad difficult to procure in stores, but if you're willing to give your PS2 some love in the meantime, maybe it would be a good opportunity to upgrade to the next level of DS-ness?

And it's perfectly okay to angst over your consoles. I guarantee you there's almost always *something* wrong with every single one of mine. The Saturn's internal RAM needs to be replaced, the Duo's redbook audio doesn't work right, the Dreamcast's CD module stops spinning half-way through a game, and the list goes on. Way on.

[alice-curiouser.livejournal.com]

Oh noes!! :(

Personally, I would choose a new DS over food. Maybe a used DS fromm Craiglist to tide you over and live on Ramen?