on good software (was: Gaming... for three-year-olds...)

2009-12-18 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Ben Scott writes: > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > > http://www.softpanorama.org/Bulletin/Humor/hired_interviews_gsg_founder.shtml Not to be confused with: http://codeoffsets.com/ -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr." ___

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

2009-12-18 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: >> World of Goo, from 2dboy.  It's commercial, but reasonably priced ($20) >> and no DRM > > http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/commercial-floss.html http://www.softpanorama.org/Bulletin/Humor/hired_interviews_gsg_founder.shtml -- Ben

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

2009-12-18 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Stephen Ryan writes: > > On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 23:31 -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > > Okay. Kenette 2.0 is approx. 3.5 years in age. She's currently getting > > into games on her "laptop," a Fisher Price doohickey that even has a > > "mouse." Anyway, suggestions on games that might run on a so

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 23:31 -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > Okay. Kenette 2.0 is approx. 3.5 years in age. She's currently getting > into games on her "laptop," a Fisher Price doohickey that even has a > "mouse." Anyway, suggestions on games that might run on a somewhat more > open architecture

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

2009-12-16 Thread Alan Johnson
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Tom Buskey wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > >> Okay. Kenette 2.0 is approx. 3.5 years in age. She's currently getting >> into games on her "laptop," a Fisher Price doohickey that even has a >> "mouse." Anyway, suggestions

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

2009-12-16 Thread G Rundlett
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > Okay.  Kenette 2.0 is approx. 3.5 years in age.  She's currently getting > into games on her "laptop," a Fisher Price doohickey that even has a > "mouse."  Anyway, suggestions on games that might run on a somewhat more > open architecture l

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

2009-12-16 Thread Ben Scott
I have nothing specific to add to this discussion, but I have an anecdote: A friend of mine with kids that age (circa 5 years old) had put together an old clunker computer for the kids to play with. It was old enough that it couldn't run a useful Windows well, so he installed Linux and a bunc

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

2009-12-16 Thread Tom Buskey
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > Okay. Kenette 2.0 is approx. 3.5 years in age. She's currently getting > into games on her "laptop," a Fisher Price doohickey that even has a > "mouse." Anyway, suggestions on games that might run on a somewhat more > open architecture

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

2009-12-16 Thread Cole Tuininga
Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > Okay. Kenette 2.0 is approx. 3.5 years in age. She's currently getting > into games on her "laptop," a Fisher Price doohickey that even has a > "mouse." Anyway, suggestions on games that might run on a somewhat more > open architecture like, say... Linux? Specific packag

Gaming... for three-year-olds...

2009-12-15 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Okay. Kenette 2.0 is approx. 3.5 years in age. She's currently getting into games on her "laptop," a Fisher Price doohickey that even has a "mouse." Anyway, suggestions on games that might run on a somewhat more open architecture like, say... Linux? Thanks! -Ken -- This message has been sca