On a long plane ride with a dismal selection of in-flight movies nothing saves your sanity quite like a portable gaming system. Many travels flew by thanks to my brick-sized Gameboy as a child and now my daily commutes to work are made bearable by the tag-team duo of the DS and PSP. Unfortunately when traveling with friends and family it’s often a bit too antisocial to submerge oneself into a game while others page through a magazine or twiddle their thumbs.

When traveling with non-gamers it gets even more difficult, because on a trip with a fellow gamer you can often get some wireless action going on- navigational interference be damned. EA is giving you another option thanks to Hasbro’s Family Game Night line. The company is bringing the classic crossword game Scrabble to both the DS and the PSP. The games are planned to release in March for the USA and Canada and will of course feature some new gameplay modes to keep things interesting for seasoned veterans.