I think I'd like to try a racing game with something other than a keyboard. My problem is with understanding the sounds in relation to turning. I crash every single time, and I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong. I definitely think that some other input method would help, at least with the maneuverability issue; as for understanding sounds in relation to when I need to turn, that's another story entirely.
Thanks, Ari > On Aug 10, 2014, at 4:29 AM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Shaun, > > That explains alot of why you feel the way you do about joysticks, > keyboard, mice, etc. However, Che is very much correct. From a > mainstream gamer's perspective you are still something of a newbie, > have very little practical experience with mainstream gaming, and for > that reason regardless of the how and why of it you are far behind > mainstream gamers. Your experiences, or lack there of, have give en > you a very limited perspective on gaming and how much better a > joystick or mouse can be when playing games. > > For instance, in the mid 90's when you got your first computer a lot > of mainstream gamers, myself included, had already had plenty of > experience with other consoles. I myself am a child of the 80's so > played the Atari 26000, Ataari 7800, the Collecovision, the original > NES, and the Super NES all by the time you got your first computer. > Not only that, but I also played my fair share of Dos games like Duke > Nukem, Overkill, and other games of that era. So by 95 or 96, when you > were just starting out, I was already into a number of the big PC > titles of the day such as Jedi Knight, Dark Forces, Doom, Tomb Raider, > Mech Warrior, and so on. I had a Logitech Wingman joystick I used > faithfully with those games. So obviously I cut my teeth on the best > games that were available for the time when you were only playing > around with text games or whatever. > > Although, we come from two totally different experiences I don't see > why any of this means you have to not try to expand your experiences. > All this talk about not having enough strength or not being man enough > sounds like excuses to me. Anyone can do anything they want to do if > they want to. Let's face it your real reason is you don't want to and > are too apathetic to really sit down with the new technologies and > learn to use them. Until you deal with your apathy and do it you will > never go beyond your current skill level. In short, it doesn't matter > of how early or late you begin learning to use the new technology the > important thing is if you seriously want to do it or not. As long as > you come up with excuses not to do it you won't. > > cheers! > > >> On 8/10/14, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: >> I wish I came from your background tom. >> Yes there were consoles, but no one had the cash to own one yet alone >> set one up. >> This is not really a sob though it may sound like it but before 1993 >> I never used any computters at all. >> No one did, the family got their first system in 1995 before that we >> had an old box we used for games and dad had a couple of older >> laptops I used to turn off and on. >> I got my first real computer in 1995 and everyone got online in 1997. >> between that and 2003 we used dialup. >> And since I had a dos system my games came from dad's and friend's >> floppys and cds. >> When it all went down the tubes I had old dos and some windows games >> using the keyboard. >> I have never been man enough to try to really use a joystick for >> games myself or a mouse or even a touchscreen. >> Most of my childhood was on nothing at all and later on it was the >> keyboard all the way. >> In fact so much so that unless I have a keyboard in front of me I >> find things so forign that I end up reguarding everything that is >> not a keyboard or not using windows totally crap probably because I >> never worked up the strength to try to use one of had the chance so I >> guess if I had started with a mouse or stick earlier in life that it >> makes a difference. >> And while I may go on boasting on all my projects probably part of >> that is so I look good i guess. >> Che did say once when he got mad once with me going off the top was >> that I was still fresh still new. >> At the time I thought he was a stupid idiot but he is right in a way. >> For the 30 years or so of my life I have only got into computers for >> the last 20 and really realistically have only got into my own with a >> keyboard interface for the last 10 years and got to where I can say I >> can use a system reasonably in the last 5. >> I don't pretend to be smarter than some of the guys on here because I >> am not in some ways. >> I say the keyboard is better because all other experiences I have had >> with other devicfes didn't work out. >> Maybe some day I will have to try again or maybe I will learn I have >> always wanted to do so. >> But as long as there are ways to play with a keyboard then I will >> probably always do so. >> The same goes with my phone a touch screen makes me so uncomfortable >> that I'd rather have a keyboard phone. >> I envy those that have had the experience and have managed I right >> now don't feel i could may never do so. >> Pluss my friends and family have no idea how I would manage touch >> either having not experienced how blind people would interact with it >> themselves. >> I have barely touched console games. >> The only games I have played are interactive fiction and the old >> blind games of the early 90s and 2000s to draw on which is not that much. >> Even with the stuff I do now its all for the keyboard and while swamp >> was with the mouse I really never mastered the game fully. >> One of these days that may change who knows. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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