Gaming in Cairo

I don't know if it's a good thing or not, but I haven't done more than an hour of video gaming during our two weeks here in Cairo. I played Hotel Dusk on the DS during the train ride back from Aswan to Cairo and then promptly fell asleep.

We did however play a grueling 2+ hour long game of Settler's of Catan. Two hours long because we chatted, bickered and laughed in-between almost everyone's turn.

At least walking around the street and on the metro, I've never seen one person playing handheld games or anything. Not even iPods or any other MP3 music players. I'm not sure if it's a cultural thing or because stuff is really expensive to import or buy. Something that costs $120 in the U.S. could cost $200 or more here.

But with the end of our vacation coming up, I'm starting to think about things at home and how I'm going to cope with real life again. That does include gaming. I've been edging back into reading gaming news posts and checking out Xbox Live friend scores (damn you bcullers!).

We just have a few days left and I'm starting to look forward to having a video game controller in my hands, though honestly I haven't really missed it that much here. I haven't missed TV or movies either. That's good to know I can survive without my gaming habits.