I remember being stupidly excited when we got our Atari 800 back in the eighties
It had a disc drive and everything. Before that, I'd only had my own Atari 400, which had two - count 'em, two! - cartridges (BASIC and Pacman).

I have to say I've pretty much followed DJTP in terms of games consoles over the years, but now he's grown up and moved into real computing and having a social life, I'm the autist of the family.

I do very much enjoy the kind of immersive games you can get these days, but as the PS2 is the height of my gaming capabilities, I don't tend to play anything more advanced than Tomb Raider.

For the DS, I can highly recommend the Professor Layton games and the LEGO film series - Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Batman etc. If you want something more involved, then go for Advance Wars, Hotel Dusk, Last Window or something similar.

There are lots of good 'dipping into' games. Zoo Keeper is phenomenal, as is Puzzle Quest. Also Zubes, which is aesthetically pleasing as well as being a good game for long-term play.

But, to answer your initial question, yes, I think games these days do qualify as art. A lot of them get mare care and attention put into their creation than the latest blockbuster film/novel/hit TV show.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 10:22, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Deffo looking forward to Layton and Zelda games =D

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 10:33, Reply)

I've just downloaded a bunch of new games for my AceKard
and the bastards won't work. I definitely need to check my firmware.

*frowny face*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 10:42, Reply)

I got the 'AceKard 2i', came in the post the other day, one big advantage to not playing DS games in years is that older pirateable games will be new to me =D

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 10:51, Reply)