DirectX 9.0c on Linux with Wine

December 16th, 2007 | Games, Linux by th | 1 Comment

DirectX 9.0c on Linux with Wine.

Fun arcade and action games for Linux

November 8th, 2007 | Games, Linux by th | 2 Comments

Mini-lookup to some small fun Linux games!

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Linux gaming: Another top list

August 15th, 2007 | Games, Linux by th | 1 Comment

Someone else has been digging Linux games too, check out Top 21 Linux Games Of 2007.

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch on Linux

August 11th, 2007 | Ubuntu, Games, Linux by th | 4 Comments

Tips and tricks to get Half-Life 2: Deathmatch running on Linux.

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Microsoft thinks they’re above Swedish laws

July 25th, 2007 | Games, Microsoft by th | 1 Comment

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Microsoft has been under fire recently because of faulty Xbox360 consoles and lost over 1 billion US dollars to fix hardware faults. Well, they also think they’re above the domestic laws and are strictly liable for the faults only under Microsoft’s user policy and not Swedish law.

Quote from the conversation:

I ask:
Are you above swedish law??

She answers:
Yes we do, as soon as you are in contact with us our policy
applies, not swedish law
!

Read the full story at Maxconsole.

The 10 Hardest PC Games

July 19th, 2007 | Games by th | No Comments

CustomPC has collected a list of the hardest PC games. And I just have to disagree with this list. If you seriously thinkg GTA: San Andreas is one of the hardest PC games ‘ever made’, you probably haven’t played much games. System Shock 2? Homeworld 2? Far Cry? Final Doom? The only game I can agree being hard in the list, is the number 1: Alien vs Predator (The original). It was a challenging game years back. But most of that ‘challenge’ was because you couldn’t save during the levels. Now there’s a wussy version available which lets you save a few times during the levels (lame).

Linux gaming, part four: massive multiplayer online games

June 26th, 2007 | Games, Linux by th | 28 Comments

Massive Multiplayer Online Games are hugely popular nowadays, especially thanks to the World of Warcraft which brought online gaming to the mainstream. So what’s the state of online games on Linux?

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Linux gaming, part three: strategy games (continued)

June 21st, 2007 | Games, Linux by th | 35 Comments

As many readers pointed out, there are many cool strategy games available for Linux that weren’t mentioned in the part two. These games are simply too good to be missed, so here’s take two for the strategy games.

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Linux gaming, part two: strategy games

June 19th, 2007 | Games, Linux by th | 41 Comments

Part one covered first person shooters on Linux. Blizzard just announced Starcraft 2 for Windows and Macintosh, but how’s the strategy gaming on Linux?

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Linux gaming, part one: first person shooters

June 16th, 2007 | Games, Linux by th | 32 Comments

Linux might not have as much games as Windows (or game consoles) but people enjoying this wonderful open source operating system can have fun with games too, as there are a lot of free games for Linux available, even some huge commercial ones. Even Linux games are a niche market, Linux gaming has got a pretty colorful history so far. So what’s the state of Linux gaming?

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