The Nature of PDA Gaming Addiction

PDA games can be inconvenient.

In an attempt to get away from the Bejeweled 2 puzzle game on my iPAQ 4150, I decided to switch to Era of empiresSimply for research purposes, of course.

Insidiously, my propensity for addiction to Pocket PC games reared its ugly head once again. It all started when I started playing Age of Empires during commercials while enjoying Global News.

It turns out that Bejeweled 2 had fewer negative repercussions on the home front, as my wife Jessie has started to drop the occasional sarcastic comment about my Pocket PC games.

This occurred most recently while conducting a Macedonian assault involving armored elephants and long sword infantry.

I suspect the novelty of pausing and rewinding live TV with our Rogers supplied PVR has become annoyingly out of date for her.

It is considered sacrilegious when Dr. House has stopped in the middle of a sarcastic prank on a terminally ill patient.

At work, I didn’t realize my desktop PC had frozen while compiling a quarterly report until half an hour had passed, forcing me to come up with some clever excuses when my manager stopped on a spontaneous visit call to my cubicle.

PDA puzzle games generally involve short, quick plays, making them an all-season type of Pocket PC game.

Mounting a real-time Pocket PC strategic assault means paying a little more attention to the big picture, dragging you down from an enemy AI civilization on the hardest difficulty setting.

My iPAQ has provided more than enough distractions during commuting to win my own personal award for The Ultimate Gaming Platform that also reminds me of worldly errands, meetings, and contact phone numbers.

It’s a pity that RTS Pocket PC games and work don’t mix well.

My diet will mostly consist of Jawbreaker and Bejeweled staples for now. Outside of work, it will be a different story.

Well, let’s get back to preparing my final AoE assault.

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