During my post-E3 trip back home to the Philadelphia area, I had LASIK eye surgery at Kremer Eye Center in nearby King of Prussia. If the “Kremer” name sounds familiar, it’s because Dr. Frederic Kremer performed the first LASIK procedure in North America in 1993… or because Philadelphia radio stations are littered with disc jockeys touting its success at almost every commercial break (or at least they were doing it when I lived in the area).

In addition to no longer needing glasses, I was able to tie my new perspective back into my video game reporting. Specifically, I was able to put a new spin on the Nintendo 3DS coverage that everyone on the planet was already writing about in the same way following E3 2010. I came up with how “Nintendo 3DS is Like LASIK for 3D Video Games” and compared it to PS3’s too-expensive 3D gaming push.

“First and foremost, you don’t need 3D glasses to see the graphical effects of Nintendo 3DS. Having just gotten LASIK, the last thing I want to do is put on another set of glasses anytime soon. Besides being an annoyance to wear, find, sync and avoid stepping on, the 3D glasses are really expensive at $150 a pop. So, while playing games like Killzone 3 on PlayStation 3 and seeing it jump out at you from a 52-inch Sony-made monitor is exciting and seems like the wave of the future, I’m not ready to wave my credit card in front of a wave-and-pay card reader just yet.

Nintendo hasn’t announced a price for its smaller, but more cost-efficient 3DS, but keep in mind that we didn’t need a new $4,000 3D HDTV and, additionally, the three members of Gaming Target demoing Killzone 3 were wearing $450 worth of glasses, none of which were made by Gucci. That’s $450 for just three people. How Super Bowl parties of the future are going to be effective in 3D is anyone’s guess. BYOB and BYOG.”

As the cheapest 3D display you’ll buy and the first 3D camera and first Augmented Reality device you’ll likely pick up, Nintendo 3DS has some advantages. I’m not convinced that 3D video games are going to catch on (or at least catch on right away), but the tech guy inside of me loves its other new features.