OT Action Computer games

[John Wendel]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:58:42 -0700
> Norm <maillist at sios.ca> wrote:
> 
>> My sister is in the process of buying a new computer for her 15 year old 
>> son.  She would prefer to follow my advice and use a Linux operating 
>> system, the catch is there does not seem to be many games for Linux that 
>> would hold a typical 15 year olds attention.  
> 
> Linux is not realistically a good game console. A WII or similar would do
> that job far better. There are setups based upon wine to make it easier to
> do gaming but its oriented at fairly technical users and no doubt is
> always going to hit the "but it works for everyone else at school" thing.
> Even if you get it working for high end 3D you've got to worry about
> drivers and someone suddenly dropping support etc.
> 
> (Mind you I find the idea of children playing large numbers of games
> which involve shooting other people in semi-random acts of violence a bad
> one, even before last week)
> 
> Alan
> 


Well maybe he won't be able to practice his murder/robbery skills (ala 
Grand Theft Auto), but the PORN on Linux is just as good! And that's 
what a 15 year old guy really wants.

Sorry of posting this, but someone had to mention it.

John