Where are the big games for GNU/Linux?
GNUMitch Meyran has started an interesting discussion over at Free Software Magazine about the lack of big budget games for the GNU/Linux platform. Mitch asks some good questions: How hard could it be...
View ArticleThe Best of FOSS Gaming
Neverball: Who says FOSS games are primitive?Terry Hancock of Free Software Magazine has published a wonderful review of several free software games for the GNU/Linux platform--and the best part is, he...
View ArticleWindows Solitaire: The #1 Computer Game in the World Overhauled for Vista?
Although we're all avid gamers here who would most likely enjoy playing Robotron or M.U.L.E. as much as the latest first-person shooter featuring humanoids with working pituitary glands, I bet most of...
View ArticleDirt Cheap GNU/Linux PCs
There's some buzz at some of my other blog haunts about two dirt cheap GNU/Linux PCs: Wal-Mart's Everex TC2502 Green PC and the XO Laptop.read more
View ArticleMoving on with Linux, a "Man Bag" and the Repurposing of Older Computers and...
After repeated abuse from our daughters - mostly our one and a half year old - my wife's expanded Twinhead Durabook (Intel Pentium M 1.73Ghz Celeron) running Windows XP wasn't doing so well (toughbook...
View ArticleThe Humble Indie Bundle - "Buy" it Now! (World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru...
This is a great idea for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux users, and while some losers may choose to pay these guys NOTHING - in fact, doing what amounts to piracy for what is truly a generous act - I'm...
View ArticleCaanoo Handheld.
Here is my look at the Caanoo handheld the latest offerings from Gamepark Holdings.read more
View ArticleThree for the Road: Knytt, Frogatto & Friends, and Digital: A Love Story
· · ·· November 21st, 2010: Knytt, Frogatto & Friends, and Digital: A Love Story·· · ·Another week and another three great freeware games for you to check out. A couple of them are even cross...
View ArticleThe Humble Indie Bundle #2 - Another Amazing Deal for Windows, Macintosh and...
Back in May of this year, I talked about the great deal that was The Humble Indie Bundle, where you could name your own price for a collection of great indie games for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, and...
View ArticleQuick Peeks: F-1 Spirit: The way to Formula-1
[ DEC . 22 . 2010 ] Way back in the golden age of video games, the humble racing game was nary more then a line on either side of the screen with an amorphous blob in the center to denote your "car"....
View ArticleThree for the Road: February 27th, 2011
[ FEB . 27 . 2011 ] Greetings folks! Welcome to the February 27th, 2011 edition of Three for the Road. This week, I take a look at an eleven year old DOS based BBS door-game which has only recently...
View ArticleThe Humble Indie Bundle #3 (Frozenbyte) - Another Amazing Deal for Windows,...
Just like we talked about the last two "Humble Bundles", we couldn't help but mention this latest one. Pay what you want for three awesome DRM-free games on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux: Trine,...
View ArticleBack in my day we used something called a "desktop computer" that stayed in...
I had recently written about what I perceive to be the false notion of console gaming holding PC gaming back (and, frankly, with a recent release like L.A. Noire and future releases like Skyrim, again,...
View ArticleThe Humble Indie Bundle #3 Mach 2 - Another Amazing Deal for Windows,...
One of our favorite "Pay What You Want", "DRM Free", "Cross Platform", and "Helps Charity" offers, The Humble Indie Bundle, is back for the third time (though, I think they already used #3!). The games...
View ArticleThe Humble Indie Bundle #4 - Seven more Mac, Linux and Windows games for a...
There's a new Humble Indie Bundle, #4, so of course we couldn't help but mention it. Contribute what you want for a bundle of up to seven awesome DRM-free games on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux: Shank,...
View ArticleLinux as a Desktop OS - how is it this time around?
Ever since the early 90s I have been experimenting with Linux. Editing the xconfig file with VI with all sorts of refresh rates and resolution values making sure not to make my monitor go poof in the...
View ArticleGameMID Android Handheld Review - an 1hr in depth look (including gameplay &...
A review of the GameMID Android Handheld produced by REP Electronics Ltd (Hong Kong based) that will be brought to the market by various vendors under various brands. My unit comes with 8Gb of memory,...
View ArticleMy Experiences With The OUYA, What Are Yours?
OUYA Game ConsoleA couple of months in I really really want to like it but I don't. I really don't. The concept is very cool, the Indie games for it are really cool and there's some great emulators out...
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