[mdlug] Suggestions for games for an elderly parent?

[Wolfger]

Neverwinter Nights (D&D) has a Linux version, and you can get the
"Diamond Pack" (original plus 3 expansions) for $20 at Best Buy. The
box contains the Windows disks, but the instructions on the official
website for making it run natively on Linux are pretty simple to
follow. Not a twitch game at all.

Careful... NWN works on Linux, but NWN2 does not. So far as I know, it
still isn't working under Wine, either.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Ingles, Raymond
<Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:
> My dad has asked me for some computer games for his birthday... this
> Sunday. (Oy.)
>
>  He's intelligent and has a sense of humor, but has limited computer
> gaming experience and tends to learn 'computer things' by rote. My
> parents run Ubuntu Linux, so any games I got for them would have to be
> Linux-based or run well under Wine. He's healthy but doesn't have the
> twitch reflexes (or the interest in violence and gore) of the typical
> teenager, so FPS games aren't going to fly.
>
>  He's enjoyed Peggle and a few Flash games. I'm thinking an RTS or a
> turn-based strategy game might work. A driving simulator with a
> force-feedback steering wheel might work, given that it ran well under
> Wine or had a native Linux version.
>
>  So... any suggestions, or genres I haven't come up with?
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  Ray Ingles                                               (313) 227-2317
>
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