Today I learned about the next generation of Microsoft's Flight Simulator. Flight Simulator 2004 was aka FS9. This new version is dubbed FSX. It looks like I'm going to have to upgrade my PC. It ships on DVD, not CD. I have a DVD drive, but there are other things that I must check out. FS9 continually crashed my computer. Therefore I've basically stayed with FS 2002, since Supercar works so well in that program.

Generally speaking, I am not in to "games" so much. For a long time I took issue with people who referred to Flight Simulator as a game. There is no opponent, there is no scoring of points; one "wins" if they successfully land on the runway they are aiming at. That takes some skill within the confines of the program. For me it has been an educational experience. I've learned about aviation, geography and (via the Internet) the culture of the places I visited, viturally.

When it comes down to games, I normally say that the moment I find that I am in one, I leave.