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Some people on select button were talking about this a couple days ago, and I think it’s an extremely interesting topic! Basically, what is the perfect airport game? What game would you only play while being trapped in a plane for way too many hours? It was mentioned that OCD gamers probably plan out the games they’ll play in much greater detail than they’ll plan out the actual vacation or business trip. So, I’ve been going through my library, trying to quantify games as either good or bad for air travel, and I have a handful in my carry-on for Tokyo. I tried my hardest to grab as many GBA games as possible, as the GBA Micro is my favorite handheld system out there. Let’s see, these were my top picks:

• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA) - 5 out of 5 airplanes
• The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap (GBA) - 5 out of 5 airplanes
• Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 (GBA) - 4 out of 5 airplanes
• Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA) - 4 out of 5 airplanes
• Chu Chu Rocket (GBA) - 4 out of 5 airplanes
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (GBA) - 4 out of 5 airplanes
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (NDS) - 5 out of 5 airplanes
• Contact (NDS) - 4 out of 5 airplanes
• Sonic Rush Adventure (NDS) - 4 out of 5 airplanes
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (NDS) - 4 out of 5 airplanes

My basic criteria focused on games I could completely destroy in under 30 hours (total roundtrip airtime for my trip), or at least make enough progress to feel “done.” Big bonuses include frequent save points (so I can fall asleep) and simple gameplay (except for Super Robot Wars, which is just good times).

Then I was at gamegames and they had Jeanne D’Arc used for $25 ($23 after discount card + tax), and that seems like it might be the perfect game. For the first time in months, I pulled Outrun 2006 out of my PSP!

Also, this was on kotaku today, but in cased you missed it, this is ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL machinima using Team Fortress 2:

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