# What game are you playing today?

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**Category:** gaming\
**Created:** [April 5, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/what-game-are-you-playing-today/1147 "2016-04-05T17:48:17Z")\
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For the record, I am totally garbage at _X-Wing_ but have some questions:

- How many keys do you really need to ‘know’? After playing a few hours, I got the hang of the basics: Switching weapons (and modes), changing targeting, some energy reallocation. But I haven’t touched a bunch of oddball keys for comms and such.
- Is [this](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002EAA36/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1) totally worthless, or at least better than a mouse for flight sims?
- I got the [GoG.com](http://GoG.com) edition because, hey, it was $3. On Mac, this gets me three downloads: The original '93 release, the '94 CD-Rom release, and a '98 Edition which looks to have upgraded the graphics quite a bit. The Steam release is only the Special Edition: Any idea if this will get the better graphics on Mac?
- Any other tips?

It’s still a fun game even if the graphics are kind of garbage. Putting on my big over-the-ear headset to zone out for a bit really helps de-stress and not feel like I’m doing work if I happen to be at my desk.

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