Geometry Wars PC!

[A Black Falcon]

I don't emulate as much as I used to, but when I do, it's mostly NES-SNES, both of which have simple enough controls that hey control just fine with a keyboard.

NES maybe, but SNES? Eight buttons? NO WAY!

I don't even know what you're referring to there...

Erm... PC games that are best played with gamepads, perhaps? Obviously? ?

Yes, they exist. And some of them are pretty great. For instance, Grim Fandango, the best adventure game ever made... playing it with keyboard is horrible...

I don't own a single one. I'd almost univerally rather play a game on a console than a PC, unless certain circumstances forbid it (such as not owning that console, such is the case with Oblivion).

No, I'm not counting PC games ported to consoles like Oblivion, that's different -- most of those games were originally designed for keyboard and mouse, not gamepads. Well, in that case it's kind of tricky because it was simultaneously developed for both PCs and consoles, and the interface is consoleish I think, but the major advantages of the PC version such as moddability make owning (or, at least, playing; if you've got the money and really want several versions of the game go ahead, but the PC definitely should be the main one) the console version pretty stupid for anyone with a PC that can play the game.

Anyway, that is why I said "better PC versions". Because they are. The only advantage of console versions of games (unless something goes horribly wrong like with Beyond Good & Evil) is that they are easier to find. PC versions have higher resolutions, better graphics, more control options, sometimes have modding or customizable elements, have lower prices, etc...

Perhaps, but I don't really play those either.

You're confusing the means with the end. It's not that I don't play those kind of games because I don't have a pad. I don't have a pad because I don't play those games.

Not playing great games and calling it "choice" is an incredibly lousy excuse and you know it.