Comments on: Sparking enthusiasm for Linux games

By: A heaping helping of Linux games « Motho ke motho ka botho

A heaping helping of Linux games « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:16:28 +0000

[...] said once, if you want toast, you buy a toaster. The context was playing Microsoft-published games, which [...]

By: Quick note: The second bundle « Motho ke motho ka botho

Quick note: The second bundle « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:47:16 +0000

[...] only have time for a short note today, and since I mentioned the first one, I should probably mention the second one too: There’s a second Humble Indie Bundle in the [...]

By: sirion

sirion — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:48:05 +0000

What really bugs me about Linux games (and that is something that might have absolutely no influence on the success) is that I cannot hit Ctrl-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-Del or Alt-Tab (or whatever) to quickly change to the desktop and take a look at my IM/Newsticker/etc.

I only start Windows for games, and I happily gave 30$ for the Humble Bundle. I sure hope Linux gaming will evolve.

By: mulenmar

mulenmar — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:41:25 +0000

I played Alien Arena for a while, until the kernel stopped playing nice with the FGLRX driver. (Arch Linux, you may have guessed — and correctly.) Good enough that I don’t have much interest in Xbox Live.

I doubt I could play on Xbox Live anyway — I don’t have a 360, just two v1.6 Xboxes, both modded.

I should probably try again to get XLink working, come to think of it…

By: Nobody Important

Nobody Important — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:54:09 +0000

Oh, and also: I happily bought the Humble Indie pack for $15. Great games for a great cause.

By: Nobody Important

Nobody Important — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:50:24 +0000

Actually it was your older blogs on Neverwinter Nights that made me dig out my Diamond edition DVD and throw it onto my Ubuntu install. Ahh, good stuff. I have very few PC games (mostly NWN, plus a couple of Blizzard games and a copy of Enemy Territory quake Wars for Linux), but I’ll borrow a friend’s disc sometimes and play through anything that interests me.

And rumors may have solidified into reality: Steam may be coming to Linux. The DRM may be a little bit fruity, but heck, with games as good as Portal they can slap me upside the head and I’d be okay. The Half-Life series in particular is incredibly good.

I have an Xbox 360 that gets played very rarely; we use it more for DVD’s. I’m more of a PlayStation 2 guy. Only a decade old, yet dirt cheap and filled with inventive games to play.