Thanks for the insight and the ideas, everyone (except one of you). I have a few PC games for which I've beenusing a gamepad and I enjoy the experience better. It's just a personalpreference. And when I do need to do some tricky aiming in a FPS I will use the mouse as I've found it to be more responsive and accurate in that capacity. I find with the gamepad, keyboard and mouse,I can kick some serious ass in whatever I play.

And to the smartass who pigeon-holed me as a console gamer and hopes that I'll go away if everyone ignores me, let's take a look at a couple of things here, OK?

Computers were designed with home computing in mind. And despite the evolution of GUI, keyboards still exist for typing words and numbers and mice exist primarily to support GUI functions. PC gamesare stillan after thought. That's why in order to play all these nifty games many of us need extra processors and upgraded video cards and such. PCs exist and function plenty without PC games, but PC games need a PC

Gaming consoles are designed specifically for a gaming experience and they come from the factory with controllers and not keyboards and mice. They come with everything they need for regular gaming. The controls are ergonomically contoured for best gaming functionality and a more natural experience. Gamepads and joysticks are the norm for most people.

So let's not treat me like I'm the weird one, OK?

Thanks again to everyone else here. I'm sure the rest of you are all very nice mature people.

I just installed and found I'm presently unable to use joystick controls for COD4. I can't imagine spending $50 on a state-of-the-art game these days and being limited to only keyboard and mouse use - especially when gaming consoles (Xbox 360 and PS3) offer similar games which offerjoystick controls.

Can anyone help me enable joystick controls for COD4 so I can bring the game play into the 21st century please?