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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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This one looks better!

[Rolo Tomasi]

Parsec is non-commercial and will be free (as beer)! Finally a state of the art online action game that for Linux (and MacOS X). CS is dead, long live Parsec! Unfortunately it's not finished yet.

Me too

[glowingspleen]

I made a game too. It won't be in stores, but I blame "the man" and "the system" for that. It may not have great graphics or great gameplay, but I am still selling it.

Did I mention that it is also revolutionary?

Re:Another game I suggest

[Tackhead]

> > It's called "Internet". My friend came over and installed it on my computer. It's amazing! It's like a virtual copy of our world in the computer. For example you type cnn.com, and you get plausible computer generated news, like if there were a mirror copy of the world inside the computer!
>
> I tried that game. In my version, the World Trade Center got blown up by terrorists, starting a war in Afghanistan. Pretty far out, huh?

Shit, I must have made the same fuckup you did back in the '80s. The walkthrough even warned me about using cheat codes in Afghanistan-80s, but did I listen? Nope.

Ah well, blow 'em to hell. Pretty kewl graphics when those 15000-pounders go off at the mouths of their caves!

> > The best are these "chat" areas where you can talk to AI programs. Also, there are weblogs that detail the daily life of some simulated people. Much more convincing than the SIMS! But it doesn't show you the people inside the computer as often as the SIMS. Very cool stuff! Am I supposed to tell you guys that you're only AI programs running on my P3 800MHz?

Shyeaaaah, right. I tried the chat rooms, and the game's AI sucks goat ass. My 4.77 MHz 8086 could outthink the AIs in the chat rooms.

Re:how to play without a CD?

[HamNRye]

A CD Drive is $300?? I just bought a cd-re-writer for $84.00. Give me your address, and I'll send one to you half price, only $150. Whatta Deal.

Re:Fun

[BrookHarty]

Funny thing when a iso sites are better review sites than commerical websites sites.

Re:how to play without a CD?

[reverius]

I suspect his Vaio is a laptop... used as a desktop computer. In which case a CD-ROM drive really would be $300 (and also that's why he wouldn't already have one)

Re:How dare you?!

[deaddrunk]

Slashdot has really gone downhill lately. Far too many posters complain about the Linux bias of Slashdot, when, they could just go to another site and leave us obsessive zealots to it.