On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:40:52AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > I've also got "Air Traffic Controller" (atc) and "Sail" under > > Games/Simulation (plus "Railroad Tycoon 2" and "Simcity 3k").
> These aren't in Debian, at least not that I can see... The former two are part of the bsdgames package. (The latter two are not in Debian, which is why I had them in parentheses.) > > I think csmash and gtkpool should move to Sports, as should gav, race, > > trophy, tuxkart and tuxracer. I think lincity, acm/acm4, gl-117, and > > sabre/xsabre should move to Simulation, as, possibly, should freeciv. > This would limit Games/Simulation to simulations of airplanes and life (or > whatever that's called). Lincity and freeciv? And, so? Most of the simulators we have right now *are* flight simulators. That's what people have written. But with the popularity of The Sims, I expect to see more and different free simulation games in the not-to-distant future. OTOH, I share the doubt that Conway's Life belongs in Simulations -- I think Toys might be more appropriate. > I don't see the reason why billards/pool games fit in sports and > airplane simulations do. (I assume you meant "airplane simulations don't".) Sports usually involve competition. An airplane racing game (as opposed to a more typical flight simulator) might well fit in Sports. I think a good rule of thumb would be, if you can imagine Television Sports News Reporters covering a real-life game of this sort, then perhaps it could/should go in Games/Sports. (Obviously my own battleball package is pushing the line here, but I think it fits.) > Neither of them are Olympic, for example[1]. Motocross games could > fit in Games/Simulation as well. There are lots of potential cases for overlap already; most of these games *could* go in Arcade or Strategy too, but Arcade and Strategy are overcrowded as it is. I don't think a little a little ambiguity (and flexibility) will kill us. Chess could go in Strategy, but we put our chess games in Games/Board. > I said "I think the notion of games-slash-sports is kinda silly." > and that's that. In the world of video games, sports-games is a huge and very popular category. We don't have very many yet in Debian, but again, I think it may grow. In fact, I have a couple of projects along this line in the planning stage myself. > Just a vague feeling. Well, I'm not firmly tied to any of this either, really. Just tossing out ideas for debate. cheers -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra- osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico- to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku
