Playing on the Go

You’d think that given the popularity of the DS, people would be at least a little familiar with what the device is and isn’t capable of.

At a recent preview screening of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, a reporter was asked to not bring in their Nintendo DS for fear of the device being able to record the film. Which I suppose was a, um, piracy concern, appropriately enough. If there is some bizarro world where the DS is actually capable of recording video, I’d like to know about it. That would certainly be a cool little feature.

The reporter goes on in an interview to explain further inconsistencies in this policy..

“Weirdly, they did allow non-camera-equipped cell phones in - which I discovered during my lengthy argument with the security guy - meaning I could have brought my DS if I said it was a cell phone. Unfortunately this didn’t occur to me until I was hunched over my Subaru’s passenger window, waving goodbye to my little patience-maker as I abandoned it to the 300 degree heat of my car interior. (I have no games on my cell phone because I’m a snob who can’t stand dumbed-down mobile games).”

“Anyway, once I was finally granted admission to the theater - I couldn’t resist muttering I hope this movie gets pirated’ as I walked in..”

And no, that doesn’t mean that you can’t pick up At World’s End for your DS or PSP, as it’s available on pretty much every platform known to man.

potc, nintendods