Category Archives: Games
Interview with John Knottenbelt of Introversion Software
John Knottenbelt is a Director with Introversion Software, currently leading development on the multiplayer game destined for a Linux or OS X computer near you: Multiwinia. For the better part of an hour he answers my questions about the game … Continue reading
Toribash – The Video Game That Dismembers Players – Joint by Joint
Have you ever felt like ripping the arms off an annoying co-worker and beating them silly with their own limbs? I personally haven’t had the urge, but hey – if you have, you definitely will love Toribash. It’s the most … Continue reading
Would You Like to Play a Game of… DEFCON?
DEFCON is short for Defense Condition, on a numerical scale, with 1 being the highest level of alert or readiness. It also happens to be the name of a video game that lives up to the origins, the movie WarGames, … Continue reading
How To: Run Call of Duty 4 (COD4): Modern Combat in Linux
Here in the city I affectionately call Salt Lake Shitty, Utah – it’s about as cold as a witch wearing an iron cupped bra doing push ups in the snow. To offset this chilly weather, my best friend in the … Continue reading
How To: Run World Of Warcraft (WoW) in Linux Using Wine
World Of Warcraft is one of the most successful games in history, with 9.3 million subscribers and counting. Believe it or not, the beta test of World of Warcraft actually had a Linux client. It’s true! When the game shipped, … Continue reading
Unreal Tournament 3 Linux Server Available… Finally!
About 30 days late, but judging from the response on the UT3 mailing list, everyone is really excited to finally have a Linux server for UT3. From the mailing list: Thanks for your patience, everyone. The Linux server is now … Continue reading
Unreal Tournament 3 Linux Status
For those of you who are not subscribed to the mailing list, here’s the email verbaitim from Ryan Gordon, the man behind the curtain who is responsible for the Linux port of UT3 Linux server and client binary distribution… which … Continue reading
Win My Copy Of Unreal Tournament 3 Collector Edition
Fsckin.com is giving away a copy of Unreal Tournament 3 Collector’s Edition. Just make a comment on this post with a valid email address and I’ll randomly select the winner. I’ll have it to your door by Christmas. Want to … Continue reading
The Email Gabe Newell From Valve Software Never Responded To
I wrote a letter to Gabe Newell about a month back, a few days after I published an article about running the Orange Box using WINE. He personally requested feedback during the Developer Commentary within the game, and as I … Continue reading
How To: Run Team Fortress 2 (TF2), Portal, Half-Life 2, HL2 EP 1&2, and Counter-Strike In Ubuntu Using Wine
For those of you who are not familiar with The Orange Box, it’s five games in one box. It contains Half-Life 2, Half Life 2 Episode 1, Half-Life 2 Episode 2, Portal, and the one everyone has been waiting for: … Continue reading