http://kotaku.com/385948/non+games-are-for-non+gamers

I know this'll get flamed, but I can't help but sympathize to a degree.  His arguments are mixed with emotion though, so he comes off a bit too much as a fanboy.  But in all honesty, it's a pretty good read, imo.

already been posted in the nintendo forum

And I ask: Does no one else realize that all this rubbish is pushing out of the charts legitimate games, which could use the extra exposure? And if we allow dictionaries and restaurant guides on our game charts, why not allow other generic software applications? MS Office, for example. Or Photoshop or Oracle or even Windows Vista. I mean if we open the floodgates there won't be any space left on our charts for anything other than a Final Fantasy or a Grand Theft Auto — and at the end of the day Windows Vista is far more of a game (with its included Minesweeper, FreeCell and Solitaire), it's far more fun to fuck around with, than any shitty Japanese "fashion guides" or "language learning" apps. So let's just park Vista at the top of our charts then for the next five or so years and call it a fucking day.

______________________________________________________________


Hmm I agree with him at a certain degree, I wonder if he feels frustrated because he sounds like that...

So playing just with your fingers means its a"real" games.

Thats the impression I got from this article.