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Re: A mouse is obviously the superior pointing and clicking device. by Arbit 10/22/2010, 1:45pm PDT
Jerry Whorebach wrote:

Since (not coincidentally?) most popular PC games are exercises in pointing at things and clicking on them, yeah, I would have to agree with you. You've got your disembodied gun games about clicking on heads to make them explode like watermelons, your disembodied general games about clicking on little men and telling them to go over there, your disembodied trenchcoat games about dragging every item in your inventory onto every interactive hotspot on the screen until one of them solves a puzzle, and your Diablo-style Fantasy Adventure Games (which are basically disembodied general games, except your general has taken a liking to one little man in particular and started dressing him up and telling him when to drink things). For any game involving direct control of a human/car/plane/robot/abstract geometric shape, though, a mouse and keyboard is usually sub-optimal.

A pair of thumbsticks is better than a mouse and keyboard for control of a human being? On what basis do you make that assertion? Because you can argue that thumbsticks are closer to a steering wheel or flightstick than M&K, but either are about a billion miles away from actual control of a human being.
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    A mouse is obviously the superior pointing and clicking device. by Jerry Whorebach 10/22/2010, 12:46pm PDT NEW
        Re: A mouse is obviously the superior pointing and clicking device. by Arbit 10/22/2010, 1:45pm PDT NEW
            Mario, Zelda, Prince of Persia, Metroidvania, Devil May Cry, God Hand, Robotron by These are my basis 8) 10/22/2010, 2:29pm PDT NEW
                Psh, if you'll call those human. NT by Jrdano, the only hinted at 3rd Cabl 10/22/2010, 5:57pm PDT NEW
                Everything set in the first person NT by Entropy Stew 10/22/2010, 10:41pm PDT NEW
                    Like Mirror's Edge? Or do you mean your typical floating turret games? NT by Because I already covered those 8) 10/22/2010, 10:52pm PDT NEW
                        Yes, you already covered that. by Arbit 10/23/2010, 8:43am PDT NEW
                            It's easy to feel disembodied when the game neglects to give you a body. by Jerry Whorebach 10/23/2010, 9:54am PDT NEW
 
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