[mdlug] Suggestions for games for an elderly parent?

[Aaron Kulkis]

Ingles, Raymond 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.

RailRoad Tycoon II is supposed to run well under WINE.


> 
>  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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