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Linux Gaming World Linux Gaming World Supporting the commercial video game scene, and promoting independent Linux entertainment developers. 
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Entertainment Consumers Association
2008-01-07 00:11:00 Speaking of gaming advocacy, information about Entertainment Consumers Association came across the desk today. ECA is a new, US-based, non-profit organization that advocates for gamers at the state and local level. For example stopping the legislation preventing sale and use of video games, such as the DCMA. Most of their web site ...
Eschalon: Book I
2007-12-24 19:25:00 Basilisk Games announced, just in time for the Winter Holiday, the RPG title Eschalon. The title will be released in a trilogy of episodes, and this first release is entitled, “Book I”. Eschalon: Book I is an exciting release because of the complete absence of commercial RPG game titles. Not since Spiderweb ...
Flashback: Holiday Shopping
2007-12-19 18:25:00 Has it been a year already? Seems like yesterday LGW was talking about Christmas 2006. The holidays are upon us again, and much of what was said last year still holds true. We introduce our first “Flashback ” feature where we revisit some of the articles posted in this month last year. ... More About: Shopping , Holiday
Dell?s New Machines
2007-12-19 03:11:00 Speaking of DVDs, Dell announced that their next series of Ubuntu [v7.10] computers will have LinDVD pre-installed. This will enable encrypted DVD playback, such as video store movie rentals, for example. In some countries, notably the USA - Dell’s primary market, encrypted DVD playback is illegal due to laws against electronic restriction circumvention. ... More About: Machines , Mach
Video Game Politics
2007-12-10 21:05:00 The subject of video games has been fair game for politicians, especially when they need an excuse for disturbed children. Game Politic s is a website that covers those issues. Two interesting articles appeared, in the last week: The policies of American presidential candidates on restrictive video game legislation and the European video game developers ... More About: Video , Video Game
Recording a DVD of Your Own
2007-12-10 04:40:00 After playing around with the tools this weekend for a Linux gaming promotion, we wanted to share how easy and available it is creating your own DVD-video. Many consider DVD-video to be the exclusive realm of big-name media publishers, but you have the tools and, with some time, you too can be creating handmade ... More About: Recording , Cord
Developer Quick Links
2007-12-08 08:10:00 Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols makes the claim that Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs, with that whole market ready to tip. With the gOS PCs flying off the selves and with the ASUS Eee laptops a hot commodity, it is hard to argue with his logic. Is your game ... More About: Developer , Links , Quick
Robots
2007-12-07 22:25:00 Say hello to your new violin-playing robot overmasters. (Original story link and .FLV video download.) More About: Robots
Quick Update
2007-12-02 22:56:00 Nice, short, and personal review of two commercial Linux games for kids. Ubuntu This & Ubuntu That looks at Professor Fizzwizzle and the Molten Mystery and Fizzball by Grubby Games. The 10th Annual Independent Games Festival has announced the finalists for their main competition. Past winners have gone on to convert their victorious titles ... More About: Update , Quick
AstroMenace
2007-11-28 04:30:00 Viewizard initially released AstroMenace in April of this year and just released their second update earlier this month. While not breaking new ground with the shoot-em slider gameplay, AstroMenace is extremely polished and fits onto a Linux system like a glove, boasting support for both wide-screen resolutions and 64-bit distributions. What really makes ...
$200 Linux Computer
2007-11-25 21:34:00 To everyone trying to jury-rig a Linux installation their PCs and their friends PCs, there is a simpler way to run an introductory Linux desktop than trying to get it onto a PC designed for Windows. Buy a low-cost PC computer designed to run Linux! In the past, there were few PC computer ... More About: Computer
In-Game Music
2007-11-25 00:34:00 LGW received this offer to Linux game developers: Hi, I am a amateur musician and I am looking for a game I could make some music. I started making music not long ago - this August to be precise - and already tried out some different styles like hip hop, techno, classic and ... More About: Music , Game
Freedomware Gamefest 2007
2007-11-24 23:55:00 Let the games begin! Freedomware Gamefest 2007, an international online event featuring a multitude of tournaments, kicked off today. Promoting Free Software gaming as well as gaming on Free Operating Systems such as GNU/Linux, the gamefest hopes to show that the gaming world at large is not limited to proprietary offerings on proprietary ...
Unreal Tournament 3
2007-11-21 07:03:00 Another huge game released for your Linux gaming system! Unreal Tournament 3 is available today, published by the legendary Epic Games in their ever successful, flagship Unreal series. [Update: Linux Hardware reports game on hold, no release date. Disregard this article.] As well as the excellent multiplayer maps, UT3 includes a single player campaign, as ... More About: Unreal Tournament 3 , Amen
Phoronix on Video Drivers
2007-11-13 16:46:00 Phoronix has published an overview of video device drivers, for people new to Linux or are still understanding the different Linux graphics drivers available. The state of video drivers for desktops is a fast-paced world where significant improvements are announced each month. This article provides a solid overview of this point in time. More About: Video , Drivers
Quick Update
2007-11-11 21:01:00 We haven’t have a Quick Update in a while. Time to off-load a number of links we have been saving that never turned into articles… Nine-hundred and seventy Slideshow Presentations on Linux and many are technical tutorials. A valuable resource! The Linux-based Google operating system, Android, has the web commentators buzzing about the possibility of ...
Fashion Cents Deluxe
2007-11-10 10:18:00 My Game Company is celebrating the 4th anniversary of our popular dress-up game for girls with the release of Fash ion Cents Deluxe . This enhanced version provides many new features and is available for the first time ever on Mac OS X and Linux, as well as Windows. Like the original game, Fashion Cents Deluxe gives you ...
FizzPack
2007-11-09 07:29:00 Grubby Games has announced a special offer of all three of Professor Fizzwizzle’s award-winning games on a single CD-ROM, with the FizzPack! Collector’s Edition Read on to learn about all the games and the extra content contained in this special collection. Three amazing games… o Professor Fizzwizzle: Award ...
Sixth Floor Labs
2007-11-07 19:06:00 A new development firm opened it’s doors this week, with the mission to create more high-quality games for Linux. Sixth Floor Labs will use a novel publishing model: “Sixth Floor Labs, LLC, is a for-profit company committed to developing and improving the Linux gaming scene. We intend to do this through the creation of high-quality ...
Advertise Your Title
2007-11-05 20:05:00 Regular visitors will notice the addition on Google advertisements throughout the site. Honestly, we rather keep the site running through commercial Linux game developer ad revenue, but we wonder how prevalent the idea of marketing is to developers. Advertising is often wrongly treated as something that can be done by word of mouth. ... More About: Title , Advertise , Vert
Game Development and Taxes
2007-11-05 19:32:00 Game Politics covers the tax benefits of setting up your game development corporation in the US State of Connecticut. Seems that, so far, no game development firms have taken advantage of the tax-exemptions. More About: Taxes , Development , Game
Gaming Miniconf @ LCA2008
2007-11-02 07:44:00 Mithro informs LGW of a Call for Participation (not just presentations!) The Gaming Miniconf is glad to announce it has open it’s Call for Participation! We are not just after presentations, but a variety of cool people. The Open Source Gaming and Game Development Miniconf (Gaming Miniconf for short) is a single day event, on ... More About: 2008 , Nico
Ore Explorer
2007-11-01 17:02:00 Ur PC Game has released a logic-based side-scroller entitled, Ore Explorer . Jack, the young explorer, has decided to collect a kind of ore for his country. This kind of ore is very rare in the world, only being distributed in forests, deserts, icebergs, volcanoes, and outer space. Meanwhile a lot of monsters are already starting ... More About: Xplorer
Contributing To Linux and Feeling Good about using Free Software
2007-10-26 01:33:00 There is not one fan of Linux who hasn’t considered all the great ways they’ve benefited from Free Software and wished they could contribute more to the effort. At some time, you too have thought about how to contribute a “fair share”. Once you understand the effort required to produce high-quality, useful code, ... More About: Free Software , Good
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
2007-10-24 06:05:00 It’s here!! Enemy Territory: Quake Wars has been released for Linux clients! More About: Quake Wars , Enemy Territory
The Freedomware Gaming Festival
2007-10-23 03:57:00 jhansonxi wrote, The Freedomware Gaming Festival is a gaming tournament involving a number of great quality Freedomware Games such as Nexuiz, OpenArena, Tremulous, BZFlag, Battle for Wesnoth and Armagetron Advanced and perhaps even more if YOU desire so, which through competitive matches celebrates the growing world of Freedomware Gaming, especially on platforms usually perceived ...
Ubuntu Release Day
2007-10-19 00:05:00 The anticipated release of Canonical’s Ubuntu is available for general download. The release, entitled 7.10: Gutsy Gibbon, will update the 7.04: Feisty Fawn release. Update instructions can be found here. A list of features is below. GNOME 2.20 with desktop search, better theme support, and more accurate laptop battery monitoring. Compiz Fusion packages are ... More About: Release
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Demo
2007-10-17 19:47:00 With the official Linux-supported release of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars coming up soon, id has officially released the game demo for the Linux client. More About: Demo , Quake Wars
Platinum Arts Sandbox
2007-10-15 17:09:00 linuX-gamers covers Platinum Arts Sandbox 1.2, an open-source game design tool that allows users to quickly and easily create their own worlds and models, even cooperatively.
Garage Games Acquired by IAC
More articles from this author:2007-10-12 21:33:00 Garage Games , famous for their Torque Engine, was acquired by IAC yesterday. Together, they will for InstantAction.com, a web-based video game network. On Garage Game’s blog, Tunnell emphasizes how after the dust settles, IAC will “allow us to keep doing things the way we are, i.e. making game development accessible to everyone, and ... More About: Garage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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