[MLUG] Linux Gaming (was Re: need a copy of ubuntu?)

[Nicholas Accad]

I prefer that game where I load windows and take bets on how long it stays up.


On 7/9/08, Steeve McCauley <steeve at rackable.com> wrote:
>
>  solitaire and minesweeper :)
>
>
>  David Montminy wrote:
>  > Steeve McCauley wrote:
>  >> Jean-Francois Theroux wrote:
>  >>
>  >>> I think gaming will be irrelevant soon on the PC anyway. Consoles are
>  >>> the future I believe. If they'd get their heads out of the sand and
>  >>> provide keyboard/mouse for their game on it, they'd kill the PC as a
>  >>> gaming platform I think. I'd rather game on my HDTV than on my 19"
>  >>> monitor ; )
>  >>>
>  >>
>  >> This I agree with 100%, I don't get the whole PC gaming thing at
>  >> all, mind you I also don't get the watching videos on my PC thing
>  >> either :)
>  >>
>  >
>  >
>  > Unless they come up with a good interface like the keyboard/mouse, I
>  > don't see myself playing RTS games any time soon on consoles...
>  >
>  > And for FPS, I'm so used to the mouse as a point-and-shoot, that any
>  > time I try to play FPS on a console, I get frustrated...
>  >
>  > And don't forget that the most popular game of all time is still
>  > "Solitaire"...
>  >
>  > David Montminy
>  >
>
>
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