[mdlug] Suggestions for games for an elderly parent?

[Garry Stahl]

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.
>
>  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?
>
>   
Not being a game type myself might I suggest Free Civ.  It could even be
in the package already.  Those I know that play the game are fanatical
about it.


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