DirectX needs to be tamed.

Remember the days of trying to game on Windows 9x?  You'd have games, each with their own version of DirectX, and they'd freely overwrite each other on installation without even asking you.  Before you knew it, your graphical capabilities were FUBAR.

Then for a while, things calmed down.  Games asked you if you wanted to install DirectX, and the installer even told you if it was really necessary or not.  Beautiful.

But now, it looks like we're back to DX just barging in like it owns the place.  Unless you've got experience with registry tweaking, recovering from a corrupt DX installation is virtually impossible.

Why hasn't the program's design philosophy changed, I have no fucking idea.  I mean, how complicated would it be to make it plugin-based?  You get a standard core of DX files from MS, then the programs you install plug their own bank of files in only for whenever they run, instead of overwriting the core.  This way no program steps on each other's toes.

Because then windows would work correctly and not be broken

>>2

CURSES!  Foiled again!

Your fault for supporting developers that rely on user helpnessess. Get a free operating system.

>>4
Well then, I guess the only viable solution is to install Linux and play a Minesweeper clone all day long AMIRITE?

>>5
don't forget about sokoban and nethack

because the linux system where every program requires a different version of the same runtime libraries installed in the same place is different and better, amirite?

>>5,7
The problem is people don't have the concept of paying for professional support. You can do anything in Linux if you have the money AND you are not relying on anything proprietary.

>>8
Gotta love those non-proprietary video games.

>>3
>>1
Right! Games should be written in nCURSES!