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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. 403 Forbidden? by TheOnlyCoolTim · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is this site coming up 403 Forbidden for anyone else or have they just decided they want to ban all Verizon DSL users such as myself?

    Tim

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    Omnia vestra castrorum habetur nobis.
  2. ahh! by pctainto · · Score: 0, Redundant

    looks like someone got a little too into the game, cuz i can't get on the page (access forbidden)

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    I think my principles are reachin' an all time low
  3. Slashdotted by "Zow" · · Score: 0, Redundant
    What we've got here is a game that is approaching the Slashdot Enthusiast's Valhalla.

    So "the Slashdot Enthusiast's Valhalla" is 403: "Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server."

    Um. . . no.

  4. Re:don't think so by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Ah, but you see, that is the Achilles heel of the big companies.

    They can not move as fast as the little guys usually and, that is how, very often, little companies are able to become big companies. They come up with an ingenious idea which is ignored by the big fish and then, using this idea, they either create a whole new market or come to dominate an old market.

    Look at The Blair Witch Project, for example. No major movie studio would touch the idea. Then, blammo! Through ingenious guerrilla marketing, it became an amazing hit (I won't go into the what was done to the sequel...)

    Although more out in the open and watched, this is how I believe Linux will one day come to rule the world: it will become MUCH better than windows with lots of cool apps but little notice among mainstream people. Then, one day, an event will happen - may be a new game or a news article or a critical virus or SOMETHING. It will be the catalyst which brings the mass market to Linux.

    Time frame? What do I look like? A magic 8-ball? ;-)