OT- Games, gamers, and gaming machines

[Will H. Backman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of matt nicholson
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:23 PM
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
> Subject: Re: OT- Games, gamers, and gaming machines
> 
> i half agree with you. i used to play alot of computer games. mainly
> FPS. although i almost never play "computer" games any more, i still
am
> wary of buying any FPS games for a console, instead of the pc
> counterpart. why? controls. todays FPS games are so complicated and
> intense, a normal console controller does not do the job. the
controller
> was designed for alot of different games. you can customize the keys
on
> your keyboard for each game, givein you alot more options. this,
> combined with the fact that aiming with a controller is way, way
harder
> than aiming with a mouse, sure, after a bit, you get used to it, but
you
> can be far more accurate, and fast with a mouse.

Perhaps there could be a focus on getting more games integrated with
Ubuntu.  You can get a lot of games installed by adding the debian
repositories, but many of those games don't show up on the gnome menu
after installation.  There are actually some really nice open source and
free games, but they just aren't packaged to integrate with gnome.

Other games might just need a little tweak to make them more "cool".
Replace the penguin in Tuxracer with a person on a snowboard, and
suddenly it becomes a cool game for the older kids.