There's something about the way we, as gamers, ogle new hardware shots. Just look at the latest snaps of Nintendo's beautiful new DS Lite. Look at it, the dirty little thing. The way it wants you to stuff in a cartridge, perhaps even stuff in two at at a time, one in the top and one in the bottom.

Look at the hand – the hand begging you to touch, poke, draw your wildest fantasies in PictoChat. Imagine the feel of it in your pocket, the joy of pulling it out and, erm, arranging your furniture in Animal Crossing.