It was never made for Gaming

The keyboard was designed to allow you to type, not game. Gaming on a computer was never even conceived when the keyboard layout was designed. Heck, even COMPUTERS weren't conceived when the keyboard layout was designed. It's an archaic layout that hasn't been changed since Manual Typewriters were first standardized.

Just because it's a PC game doesn't mean you should have to use a keyboard to play. It's uncomfortable to use and completely devoid of ergenomics. Left hand mouse users can also benefit from using a reversable gamepad.

This group is dedicated to finding games that can be played just as well or better without the Keyboard, either by using the mouse by itself, a gamepad, or a gamepad and mouse together, and then playing them that way. It would be great if we could petition Developers to include support for gamepads (or gamepad and mouse combinations for games that require aiming or pointing) but the group would have to be a lot bigger before it could be taken seriously.

FPS have long been held up as proof of KB+mouse controlls over gamepad, but the advantage the keyboard gives is only in quantity of buttons for macros, the mouse is where the primary advantage in control stems from. 90% of the time, the keyboard buttons can be mapped to a controller for a more natural and comfortable playstyle, or could be if the developers offered support for mapping keybindings to a controller instead of only to a keyboard.


KILL YOUR KEYBOARD ON THESE GAMES!

GAMEPAD ONLY:
Braid, Cave Story, Everyday Shooter, Gish, Mr. Robot, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Saints Row 2, Stepmania, & Trackmania Nations Forever

MOUSE ONLY:
Audiosurf, Crayon Physics, Fl0w, The Path, & World of Goo

GAMEPAD+MOUSE:
Half Life, HL: Blue Shift, HL: Opposing Force, Half Life 2, HL2:Episode 1, HL2: Episode 2, Portal, Psychonauts, Team Fortress 2(almost), Theif: Deadly Shadows, Tomb Raider Anneversary, Tomb Raider Legend, & nearly any Source or Gold Source Mod.

This list is always growing with each new or old game that is found to not need the keyboard to play. Do you have another good game that you know doesn't need a keyboard to enjoy? Join up and let me know what it is and how to set it up for use without the keyboard.

Xbox360 Gamepad Emulator[http//steam]
Playstation2 to USB adapter for under $6[www.dealextreme.com]