I want something for lonely evenings in the hotel room to play on the laptop. It's a pretty decent spec although not a pure gaming machine, but there's no mouse so FPS are probably out.

Something absorbing, a bit of strategy maybe but not epic war campaigns. I really loved Sim City 4 with rush hour last time I bought a game like this, but I'm just too good at that now.

buy a bluetooth travel mouse with built in dongle.

problem solved.

There was a pretty good pirate adventure game on steam for about a tenner a few weeks back, fairly funny.

As are sam and max hit series

I really think you should get this.

I really enjoyed Safecracker…

Def-Con was good as well.

I'm browsing steam atm.

Coming soon:

http://www.civilization5.com/

The pirate game must be Monkey Island?

Civ is worse than smack, crack and fags all rolled into one. Avoid.

CIV 5?!? Heaven help us all…do not bring it home or you know what will happen…

Get a cheap USB or bluetooth mouse and then download a copy of Portal from Steam.

Most of the Half Life series (inc portal) dont need an immense spec in order to run

Deus Ex!!! old amezzin FPS RPG from the 90s

If you haven't already tried World of Goo, I highly recommend it – very innovative puzzle/strategy game from a couple of years ago. Available on Steam fairly cheaply I think.

Another vote for Monkey Island and Sam & Max – funny, weird, and sometimes maddeningly frustrating.

Lol!

Personally I don't care much for Civ, but I know someone who does 🙂

I still haven't finished Half Life 2 🙁

Deus Ex was a game and a half – massively long and very absorbing – it would keep you going many a night if it'll run on your laptop.

As a recovering addict I beg of you please don't bring civ5 home if you ever want to see your daughter or have sex again!

Lol 🙂

On the week I have off from work, I'll bring it home and you can play it all the time, I'll take care of Jnr Grips 🙂

My brain can't quite absorb the idea of a grown woman playing computer games.

a grown woman

Are you calling me fat?!

😉

Does that help re-sort things out for you? 🙂 😉

And don't even wave the Oblivion disk in my face or I may just riot…

My brain can't quite absorb the idea of a grown woman playing computer games.

Whyever not?

My brain can't quite absorb the idea of a grown woman playing computer games.

It's because you are sexist, they like this sort of thing:

Do you cut the ponies up with swords?

Or maybe you 'upgrade' them into unicorns and then winged horses or double fish tailed horses and slay gods or something? —I like the sound of this! Ok Boys go to it make me a game!

This may be relevant to your interests.

And apparently 40% of gamers are women. So pfffft!

As a recovering addict I beg of you please don't bring civ5 home if you ever want to see your daughter or have sex again!

My first reading of that I didn't see the 'or' and thought WHAT???? on rereading I realised my mistake.

MrsToast – seriously LOL at that game. A world of WIN!

I will work on Mrs Grips' idea.

Try the command and conquer games, they're usually quite fune and the later ones have a fair bit of strategy in them.

Galactive Civilisations 2 could probably keep you going a while (http://www.galciv2.com/index.aspx). Space empire 4X stuff, reminded me a lot of Master of Orion / MOO2.

Steam is awesome ofc, and watch out for their sales, you can pick up some real bargains in those.

http://www.oolite.org/ ?

Whyever not?

I find it odd enough for men beyond their twenties to be playing computer games, but I can understand it as there's an element of childishness in most blokes. I thought women had more sense 😆

Mrs Toast 🙂 Enjoyed that, as did Little Grips. She kept trying to touch the screen. Her next words may be 'robot unicorn' 😉 🙂

Worms reloaded. It's out today forgot to set the download away this am and can't be arsed to get back up.

You want Das Boot in a tin…

I'm going to recomend an old game for a thinking man's mixture of strategy and action… lots of tension, good mix of simulation and gaming, good graphics (for it's era) and very satisfying.

Newer versions are also good (although SH5 still needs a good dose of patching and community mods) – but are less laptop friendly. SH3 with the GWX expansion is still the definative in many eyes and is very playable on a good laptop.

Silent Hunter 3 – should be able to pick it up for £3-4. linky

Needs to be patched 1.4 patch

And then – essential, needs the Grey Wolves expansion pack… GWX 3 Gold

improves (nearly) all the little things the devs didn't really do justice to.

GWX 3

http://www.oolite.org/ ?

Ooh, that looks interesting, elite was a great gamne, I'll give that a go.

New Halo game is out soon.

Right then, next question – what mouse?

The laptop's got bluetooth, so a bluetooth mouse would be nice, but wireless mice seem to be out of favour for gamers. Bear in mind tho that I am not playing elite level CS online… any FPS I might play would be single player.

Right then, next question – what mouse?

The laptop's got bluetooth, so a bluetooth mouse would be nice, but wireless mice seem to be out of favour for gamers. Bear in mind tho that I am not playing elite level CS online… any FPS I might play would be single player.

It's just going to add a certain latency to any mouse movements you make. I can notice it even using Word or whatever with my Logitech bluetooth mouse, so I'd imagine it to be unpleasant for gaming with.

http://www.oolite.org/ ?

Plums. There goes the weekend….

I've got a fairly old bluetooth mouse for my desktop, it seems fine when you're using it, but if you stop for a minute, there's a distinct lag when it starts broadcasting again.

Remember Transport Tycoon?