GAMES: Touch-screen crossword — it's the perfect solution
大意：有一种在报纸上很流行的游戏——纵横字谜游戏（我估计就是我们报纸上的填词游戏），现在视频游戏公司Majesco开发出了一种新的游戏设备。这种游戏设备提供了超过1000种的纵横字谜游戏。它采用触摸屏和触摸笔作为输入工具，使你玩游戏的感觉跟以前一样。由于采用了触摸屏，因此还具有识别手写输入的功能。另外它还提供了图片放大，缩小，背景音乐等有意思的玩意。
The New York Times Crosswords
For many of us, a morning or afternoon spent with The New York Times crossword is a sacred ritual. Who hasn't curled up on the sofa at home, settled into the neighborhood coffeeshop or hit the beach, paper in hand, for a session of brain-busting fun?
Now you can have access to 1,000 Times crossword puzzles, all without even a shred of newspaper.
Thank video game publisher Majesco for this one, with its latest title for the portable DS unit. Nintendo's wonderful little device, which has pleased us with everything from racing in Mario Kart to brain training with Brain Age, employs its touch-screen and stylus to replicate the experience of doing a crossword puzzle.
The New York Times Crosswords ($29.99) is a little bundle of joy that will test even the most devoted fan of the puzzles.
Just like the print version, the puzzles progressively become more difficult over the weekdays. Or you can just play a random, quick game. If you're stumped, help is a button away to fill in a letter (try getting that in the paper version!).
What also impressed me was the software's ability to recognize even my handwriting, which is among the worst I know. Gentle music plays in the background if you want it, and it's a snap to zoom in and out of the puzzle to get that larger picture. Wherever you want to go on the puzzle, you'll get there with a tap of the stylus.
The game even has an option that accommodates left-handers, and if you want to team up against friends and family — or include them in the solving — a Wi-Fi feature lets other DS users join in.
Best of all, with The New York Times Crosswords, you won't get a trace of ink on your fingers or ever have to fold and refold a paper again.
