An underlying promise of video games is the opportunity to give a player an experience that would be impossible in reality. While its debatable as to the degree in which games have succeeded at this, Dogs Life does an admirable job of getting you into the head of a dog named Jake. You may start to understand what would compel an animal, running at full speed, to suddenly stop just to take in a horrific odor. As in many action-adventure games, youve got puzzles to solve, people to talk to, level…