Before the Xbox 360 arrived in 2006, using a gamepad on PC was a pretty annoying experience. You'd have to manually configure buttons, games wouldn't detect the controller or show the correct icons, ...
[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=31667773#p31667773:2cdtucxd said: JimmiG[/url]":2cdtucxd]I use a regular, wired Xbox 360 controller. Works great ...