iPod Gaming?

Gizmodo reports that some hardcore gaming options may soon be coming to your iPod Nano.

The news comes in the form of a human resources-related rumor. Apparently Apple has been heavily recruiting programmers with gaming backgrounds.

I wonder whether the iPod’s scroll wheel is really optimal for gaming. I’m by no means an expert in hardware-software interfaces, but I’m a little skeptical that serious gamers would be at all satisfied. Of course, simple interfaces are all the rage these days, just look at the salivating masses waiting for the release of Nintendo’s new Wii gaming system.