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Posted by michael on from the how-to-be-1ee7-without-attracting-the-fbi dept.

miracle69 writes: "Well, it looks like the perfect convergence for the average Slashdot reader. What we've got here is a game that is approaching the Slashdot Enthusiast's Valhalla. It's released under Windows and Linux, costs a mere 25 USDs, and has no middleman to jack prices up. Of course, that means it's not available in stores, nor will it be seen on TV, but according to Newsforge, it's got great gameplay. So, will 25 bucks, a fresh game idea, and a Linux release make others in the gaming world stand up and take notice?"

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  1. Re:Cyber-Terrorist Training Tool? by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    you really should be moderated +5 funny. as I hope that you arent that dense to think that ANYONE can learn to hack from this or anyone could learn to fly from Flightsim.

    "hacking" which is so wrong of a title. is a helluva lot harder than clicking on a button. If you want to hace a target you need to spend weeks gaining information about them.

    I doubt there is a dumpster diving section in the game, or a social engineering section, or the plethora of other skillz needed to sucessfully crack a system. portscanning and brue force attacks or scripts are NOT cracking in any way shape or form. It is just luZers or script kiddiez. If you want to have a nice refrence for hacking? get every technical manual in existance and start reading. Learne electronics, learn how "capt. crunch" started hacking the phone systems, read the back history of hacking (the real stuff not the made for TV crap on the shelves.)

    Sorry, you want a hacking simulator? buy 5-6 computers a couple of routers a switch and install linux windows and BSD, secure them as well as you can from online sources and then hack yourself. THAT is a hacking simulator, not some silly game.

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    Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
  2. Quick review and advice by Lord_Pall · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Uplink is a phenomenal game. I picked it up a month or 3 ago when i came across the demo..

    I ordered the full version, received it about 3 weeks later, and played the crap out of it.

    Take everything from the demo and amplify it by an order of magnitude.. Not only did they add all kidns of extremely advanced missions, there's a cool as all hell overriding plot line..

    AND.. Its a plot line that you get to dynamically control.. Similiar to the branching fallout did (but a little more freeform)

    All in all a great product.. IF you get it, make sure to dig up the "hidden" development journals..

    And make SURE to get the patch. It fixed a big recurring crash i was having..

    Great game from a teeny tiny developer..