Suspended was released in March of 1983. More than fourteen years later, videogames have yet to reach this level of immersion again. I don't mean to insult the videogame industry as a whole. Again, I love games. But in recent times, the industry has become stagnant.
Games exist to entertain, yes.
And if that's all you're looking for than any number of games will satisfy you. One might argue that games are analogous to film, another medium which has been plagued by stagnation. Today's gaming industry is driven by technology, or more specifically, mispent good intentions. The underlying technology for truly great masterpieces of art has existed in the videogame industry for ages now. It's time to see some real meaning.