Valkyria Chronicles, a dog and the PSP

The Valkyria Chronicles was a favorite game of mine, in fact after playing it on my brother-in-law’s PS3 I decided the PS3 was the HD console I would get.  I have played it a couple of times, in fact I even named my dog after a game character, Welkin.  Now why all of this?  Because I have never owned a handheld game device (well at least not in 25 years), and when I started buying equipment I realized that I don’t know too much about them.  Particularly when it comes to sorting out access policies and what should circulate with handheld devices I needed to know. Like how long do the batteries last?  How long do they take to recharge?  (Chris did ask Alan for me, so I have a reasonable idea, but still I felt I needed a better understanding).  I am not sure if I enjoy gaming in this format.  I did get Valkyria Chronicles 2, which I enjoy, but there is less animation and smaller maps.  But what I might like even less is how I can actually play all the time, so quick, so easy, I could see losing sleep and giving up reading etc.  I could even play while walking to work, if it wasn’t so cold out.  At any rate it could be just this game.  I have spent more time with the PSP than the DSxl, probably because graphics matter to me more than I realize, or because I am hooked on Valkyria Chronicles 2.  We will have hand held game devices in the collection and they will circulate with  a case, and charging setup.  This will make cataloguing easier (everything in the case is one item, one record, so the cords and chargers don’t need separate records).  They will circulate on a 3hr loan period along with games. Whether or not we can always check them out charged, or how we will make them bookable, if they are needed for a given class I am not sure.  (Jerremie)