And now for something completely different: discussion about video games.

Life circumstances have made it very difficult for me to game these days. An hour to myself to play a proper video game is something I get maybe once a week. I do, however, have one thing going for me, and that's my phone. It's always on me so I can just whip it out and play something for five minutes here and there, which is like offering an alcoholic a light beer once a day but it's good enough to fight off the shakes.

I really hate using virtual buttons on a touchscreen, which is why the DS has been my saving grace lately. I've been playing Phoenix Wright, Advance Wars, and some JRPGs like the Dragon Quest DS remakes. All of them work pretty well with minimal button use and thanks to save states I can play them in short sessions.

Any other suggestions? Suggestions for actually good mobile games that would be playable this way are also welcome, but I have a feeling I've already played all of the incredibly small number of mobile games that meet those criteria.