Linux Games for Kids

Chris Kloiber ckloiber at ckloiber.com
Sun Jul 4 11:25:35 UTC 2010


On 07/04/2010 07:04 AM, Tim wrote:
> 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...  ;-)
>

Oh, I love how the 'activity box' includes an in-dash cell phone.
Guess that toy would be illegal in Georgia now if the device 'supports' 
texting.

-- 
Chris Kloiber

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