What are videogames? Surely a form of entertainment, but how do they compare to other forms of entertainment?
For the most part, games have been always seen as little more than toys: things for kids and possibly nostalgic adults, which you play for some time, then get bored, or find a new toy, and forget about them.
Certain games also get elevated from the toy status and become something more serious; because of the strict rules they can impose to players, competitive games with a good balance in challenge may gather enough interest from the public to be used in tournaments, just like 'sports' (or rather board games like chess and Bridge, but even so games may require good reflexes). Professional videogamers exist, which proves that games are not only fun to play, but can be fun to watch too.
There are also games which incorporate a large number of artistically significant elements, which, depending on the quality of content, could compete with entertainment media such as books or movies.
Videogames are a very complex thing: because of their flexibility it's not really possible to lump them all into a single category.
I'm currently waiting for Dragon Quest V DS to come out. Yes, it's off topic, but I don't know what to write anymore.
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