From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LUH0T-0002dH-Jj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:51:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9447DE02C3; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 08:51:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51B50E02C3 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 08:51:43 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.37,371,1231113600"; d="scan'208";a="67732794" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 03 Feb 2009 08:51:42 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (unknown [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52907137995 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 08:51:40 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200902030639.16456.a@gaydenko.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: games-fps without blood Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 08:51:35 +0000 References: <200902030226.19077.a@gaydenko.com> <200902030620.24589.a@gaydenko.com> <200902030639.16456.a@gaydenko.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Archives-Salt: e6144f31-b053-4931-b80d-779ed7397b17 X-Archives-Hash: bf1ca1726d83d544ffd943f1b8c53ece On 3 Feb 2009, at 03:39, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > On Tuesday 03 February 2009 06:24:40 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> Difficult to find an FPS without violence. Even in Consoles and MS >> Windows. Why? FPS = First Person *Shooter*. Shooter = guns and >> kills ;) You're making me wish for a FPS in which Tux the penguin throws snowballs at BSD gremlins. > Ups.. He-he... :-) I have thought it is "frame per second" - is > related to "3D > reality reconstruction", where GL, *fps* and such are needed, used, > told > about. Fine! Probably there are not-FPS :-) beauty ("rich 3D") games > for > little boy, are not they? I would like to second Tux Racer, which has already been mentioned. If it's *games* you're after then secondhand Gamecubes are very cheap around here these days, as are disks for them, many of which are very friendly indeed to younger kids. Think of Mario Brothers, Harvest Moon and other such colourful worlds. But as a responsible parent you probably hope that games on the computer will lead to more serious uses of the PC. ;| Stroller.