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Loki Files For Chapter 11 Protection
yamla writes: "Loki is dead!" and points to a Linux Review article which says the gaming company has filed for protection from creditors under bankruptcy laws. Yamla continues: "Read about it here. This is terrible news! I have paid for some of their games and they were always at least as good as the Windows versions. I hope Loki can pull out of bankruptcy and keep going but if not, it will be our loss." There is also a story at LinuxToday (pointed out by reader Beee) which draws from the Linux Review report. Meanwhile, the Loki site appears business-as-usual. Filing for bankruptcy protection is not the same as being "out of business," but it's uncomfortably close.
Er ... I don't even play games. Probably the majority of Slashdot readers don't play games. Why the hell should we buy them?
I suppose we could have also saved pets.com if every Slashdot reader had bought just one 50-pound sack of dog food.
Games over food
Your priorities are sure straight!
Long live Windows!
This just proves that Linux is not viable on the desktop. Please just get over it.
Leftist idealists with no firm grounding in real-world economics have no legitimate reason to run a company... just look at VA!
Shame on you for kicking a puppy only trying to serve the community while it's down.
That's the most f*cked up metaphor I've read in a while. Think it through next time.
I, for one, am stunned. By stunned, I of course mean "not surprised at all".
...of the Linux desktop. Don't believe me? Look at Slashdot, the bustling haven for all the Linux bigots of the world; a full 50% of them are running IE on Windows! The mediocre, uncaring crew of Slashdot is officially a dismal failure in bringing people to Linux. My God, I understand that a lot of you people are too lazy to type 'Linux' at the Lilo prompt, but IE? For crying out loud, after the gazillion security holes in IE, after understanding that IE is yet another tool for MS to rob you of your freedom, after understanding that the damn thing constantly calls home to MS, after realizing that you're a "geek" that uses THE SAME MORONIC BROWSER AS YOUR GRANDMOTHER, I'm totally disappointed with the fact that so many Slashdotters are *still* using IE. What a bunch of weak little impotent posers you are.
Here's the question - Is Loki dying because NOBODY ACTUALLY USES LINUX? Lots of people are buying games - yeah, even you just bought a game - for windows, though, because you're too stupid to get it set up in Linux, which isn't hard if you can read... Which Operating System are YOU reading this with RIGHT NOW? Yeah, that's what I thought. You intellectual peasant. You're weak and stupid. You brain is starved for oxygen. You WANT to be smart enough to master Linux and become a strong, independent somebody, but you're not. You're a retard. But retarded people are smarter than you, and that's with their genetic defects holding them back. What's holding YOU back? Oh, I know! The fact that you're a COMPLETE LOSER is holding you back!
I guess it's human nature to tend towards stupidity.
This is the most valuable lesson Slashdot has taught me. That, and that Slashdot readers tend towards hypocrisy as well as stupidity. You talk about Linux constantly, you debate freedom issues, but in the end, you don't care if you're free or not. You HAVE the choice right now. And you're not smart enough to take the step into freedom. The half of you who are forced to use Windows for browsing due to their low IQ and complete lack of discipline (browsing is a pretty straightforward feat in Linux, by the way, idiot) are probably too dumb to even use BeOS.
What a bunch of lazy-assed pimple faced masturbation-addicted pr0n fiends. You all suck. Yes, that's you, windows boy. Today is the last day of the rest of your 'free' life. Get ready to enjoy the biggest sodomization treat Bill Gates ever planted in your ass, because you're bending over for him right now, you windows loving idiot, and you don't even know it.
FPS meaning "first-person shooter", not "frames-per-second", dumbass.
I think it would just be wonderfully ironic if we started a movement demanding Loki open source any of their libraries and ported games if they go out of business. hehe. They're just in a hostile environment. Why would I pay $50 for a stupid game that only runs on Windows when I didn't pay that much for my entire operating system? Besides, the Windows version is usually out sooner and if it's a good game I would've bought it for that already. FREE THE CODE LOKI!
They may not be dead yet, but (IMHO) Loki should die. I don't mean to be mean spirited about it. I love the idea of Loki, but it just doesn't seem practical to me anymore.
I virtually stopped buying games for my PC back when I upgraded from Sega Genesis to Sony Playstation. For me, gaming has moved into the appliance faze.
A Linux PC is (and should be) the farthest thing from an appliance. Of course the technologies in it can be used to build appliances, but this Linux PC on my desktop isn't an appliance, and I don't want it to be.
For gaming, I want an appliance. Sure, the console market isn't perfect, but it's good enough and it is getting better.
(In point of fact, I do use my PC for gaming. I play Same GNOME whenever I need a little mind-numbing escape from the grind. I definately use my PC a lot to support my non-computer-RPG habit. But for the serious shell-out-sixty-bucks gaming, it's PS2 all the way. Oh, wait -- I do use my PC to look up tips and cheat codes on the web...)