Restless And Bored In Seattle, But Well Fed

We're excited to be heading to Safeco Field this September, and not just because of the Mariners, U-Dub and Seahawks games; apparently, the Safeco Field stands are going the way of the house call.

For five bucks, Mariners fans can download software that will allow them to order food from their seats. That's not all, either; you can also play networked games — it's through Nintendo — if you, per chance, don't want to watch the game that's right in front of you.

This seems awfully indulgent and catering to the easily distracted to us, but that's all right: It's not working anyway.

The midday sun made it extraordinarily difficult to see my screen, which is a major problem for something designed for baseball games...Coupled with the service fee, ordering food from the DS just isn't worth it when the vendors are so close to basically any seat...Instead of providing an 'instant replay' option, the video is a live feed about five seconds behind the actual game. It's also tiny— I could see the action better from my seat, which was basically outside the Earth's atmosphere. Unfortunately, the video is also overcompressed and blurry— it is impossible to read any of the text that appears on screen, all of which renders as jagged blocks.

We think it's brilliant that you can be at a game at watch a feed of the live action that's five seconds behind. Something about that feature makes our brains implode.

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