Linux Games for Kids

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Sun Jul 4 11:04:54 UTC 2010


On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 05:53 -0400, Chris Kloiber wrote:
> Steering Wheel w/linux support?
>  
> Do tell!
>  
> I saw a brand-new wheel w/pedals (still in plastic) at a GoodWill the 
> other day for about $8 (US$). But it had a joystick connector which I 
> haven't seen on a PC in a decade or more.

Any time I see (alleged) grown ups with those gaming steering wheels, it
makes me think of these things:

http://www.edb.utexas.edu/ATLab/Clipart/devicepics/activitybox.jpg
http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tomy/Tomy-TurninTurboDashboard.jpg

;-)

Or any number of sitcoms where the teenage child is practising learning
to drive with mum on the sofa, holding a dinner plate instead a steering
wheel.

I can't be the only one that thinks that...  ;-)

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