As ridiculous as it may seem, this bendy Nintendo DS Lite Comfort Stylus is pretty genius. Wrap it around your index finger and it becomes even easier to tap away at the DS’ touch screen. It does take a couple minutes to arrange it so that it sits properly on your finger and I haven’t figured out how to store it with the DS so it doesn’t get lost (it doesn’t fit into the little stylus slot), but those are merely minor-ish problems.

Personally, I like to use it with “SimCity DS,” which is a super awesome game and probably my favorite franchise ever. But it’s also good with touchy-touchy games like “Cooking Mama” and “Nintendogs.” (It’s sort of useless with games involving lots of directional pad fiddling though.)

As an added bonus, the stylus comes with an Invisi-Shield to prevent scratches and it’s only $9.99 at GameStop.