Quoting: tuubiI don't believe this is a betrayal of my culture in any sense of the word.

Just to make this perfectly clear, this is not a judgement thing. No betrayals are necessary.

Quoting: wintermuteI generally find a controller easier for any sort of platform game, driving games or isometric adventures.

Depends on the platformer. I grew up playing Apogee platformers which were optimized for the keyboard. Can't imagine playing them with a gamepad.

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Quoting: damarrinThing is, gamepads are awesome for certain kinds of games (anything TPP basically).

I don't doubt that different control methods hold certain advantages when it comes to handling different kinds of game genres, but for much the same reasons I have almost never used a gamepad I have almost never played the kinds of games that were suited for it.

Quoting: tuubiAnd now that I do pretty much all my gaming on the sofa, using a mouse and a keyboard is simply uncomfortable.

Again, I have never really done the whole couch gaming thing either.

Given that we are on a PC gaming focused website, I would have thought that the amount of people who grew up with and still mostly play PC focused games, which at least were typically designed around the mouse and keyboard, would be higher. So it would have had a bigger effect on the culture.

Granted, tuubi does make a good point that analog controllers were an almost automatic component of some home computer systems such as the Amiga, and of course one of the strengths of the PC is that it can support both kinds of input methods. But I am still kind of surprised.

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I am actually kind of surprised by the amount of people with gamepads, but then I already knew that I was the odd one out for having barely ever used a console in my life, and pretty much never using one as a kid.

For me gaming has always been a keyboard and mouse affair.

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Quoting: SeegrasFunny enough, this here is in Sursee, Switzerland, where I grew up. And our UFA does about the same things as yours.

Indeed, although I doubt yours was ever a political party that formed a government in the 1920's and 1930's.

I never thought that bag would spur such comment though. :O

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Quoting: hummer010I'm two hours east of Edmonton, also just a short ways South of 16 (6 miles south).

I'm heading to UFA today!

My mother hails from around those parts. But anyway, do not want to take this too off topic. :whistle:

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Quoting: hummer010UFA?!? - we must practically be neighbors! Well, at least in the same province.

About an hours drive west of Edmonton just a short ways south of the Yellowhead.



My rapidly filling UFA farm receipt calendar.

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Quoting: pete910Ain't seen a CRT in a while :D

I do a lot of writing on my second screen, and I actually find it easier on the eyes for word processing for whatever reason.

Plus I am cheap. Both screens are second hand. As is my case. My keyboard is from a thrift store.

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Everybody's got posh desks. :P

Real men have spent 12-gauge shell casings, bowie knifes, and fencing nails on their desks:



Real messy men. Or farmers. Take your pick.

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Just as long as the bugs from the original beta ports do not re-manifest themselves here. ;)

I wonder how long this will take to reach the AUR.

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Always glad to see this, especially since we are never going to see another source code release from id Software now that Carmack is gone.

Making properly finished Linux ports would be a good start.

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