Review by midwinter  "Doggy Style Gaming"  Dogs, in my mind at
least, are not what they're cracked up to be. I despise their
constant need for attention, dislike the way they beg for food
at the dinner table, and in all honestly, would rather they just
left me the hell alone. That's right people, I'm a cat person
and quite frankly, I don't see the attraction. It's come as
something of a revelation then to find that Nintendogs, a
Tamagotchi-esque life simulator for the Nintendo DS, has
captured my heart, if not my imagination. Perhaps it's the way
my Sheepdog pup gazes up at me as I bathe him, washing away the
dirt and filth from a day's adventure around the suburbs. Or
maybe it's how he's just learned to recognize his name, barking
with a joyful glee that I, his master, should want him to fetch
a frisbee, tennis ball, or some other equally as simple piece of
doggy paraphernalia. No, I believe the ability to shut down the
DS whenever I want and go back to a life where I am the center
of my universe is what app