Posted by
michael
on from the chopping-off-heads dept.
nicku writes: "According to this email to retailers that was leaked, LokiGames is closing on January 31. I'm sad to see them go, I own 3 of their excellent ports..."
Re:I'm not sad to see them go.
by
JohnG
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· Score: 2, Funny
My job is not to 'support the concept of Linux gaming'. It's to buy games.
You get paid to buy games? That's pretty cool!:)
what happened to press releases
by
ab0mb88
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· Score: 2, Funny
Does anyone actually put out press releases any more, or does every company just leak an internal email when they have news?
Sad news
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 0, Funny
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - game porting company Loki Software was found dead in it's Tuskin home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss them - even if you didn't buy their games (and not many people did), there's no denying their contributions to the Linux community. Truly an American icon.
Re:Use operating systems for what they're good for
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garett_spencley
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· Score: 4, Funny
I always laugh when I hear someone say that Linux was not designed to play games (or that Linux is not a gaming/desktop OS or whatever.....)
Here's the thing:
Linux was created to be a UNIX-like OS on a 386 when the only option at the time was minix which was very sub-par.
UNIX was created by Ken Thompson to play games on his PDP-7
Therefore I would argue that Linux was, in fact, designed to play games. Just on a 386 not a PDP-7:O)
we all know programmers drive Ferarris and do lots of coke
Well, it certainly explains Daikatana...
-- It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Re:How this impacts *my* company
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xtremex
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· Score: 2, Funny
Why would you use Outlook with friends? and Pine for everything else? WHy the hell should THEY care what you use!!?? It's like saying "I use the blue phone when I call friends, but when I make a business call. the blue phone will NEVER do. I use the RED phone"
-- If you're not a Liberal in your 20's, then you have no heart.If you're still a Liberal in your 30's you have no brain.
that is an atari 2600 controller. NOT a n64 controller. Please get your retro gaming icon name right. I played the Atari 2600, I loved those oblong big ass pixels...
-- Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
AOL/TW, step up to the line
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Rogerborg
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· Score: 5, Funny
It occurs to me that if AOL/TW do actually want ship a Linux OS that can actually wean AOLusers off of Windows entirely, then they could do a lot worse than to use some pocket lint to buy Loki and help make Linux a viable games platform.
Picture the difference:
Hello, nVidia, this is Joe from Loki calling about your shitty Linux drivers, if you've got a minute, sir, please, please god, don't hang up on me again...
THE AOL/TW COLLECTIVE DEMANDS BETTER SUPPORT FOR AOLINUX. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
-- If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
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You get paid to buy games? That's pretty cool! :)
Does anyone actually put out press releases any more, or does every company just leak an internal email when they have news?
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - game porting company Loki Software was found dead in it's Tuskin home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss them - even if you didn't buy their games (and not many people did), there's no denying their contributions to the Linux community. Truly an American icon.
I always laugh when I hear someone say that Linux was not designed to play games (or that Linux is not a gaming/desktop OS or whatever.....)
:O)
Here's the thing:
Linux was created to be a UNIX-like OS on a 386 when the only option at the time was minix which was very sub-par.
UNIX was created by Ken Thompson to play games on his PDP-7
Therefore I would argue that Linux was, in fact, designed to play games. Just on a 386 not a PDP-7
--
Garett
Now we're talking a real icon for gaming. Screw that new technology. Give me vector graphics!
You wimp. If someone comes in with an Outlook problem, steer them toward a manual typewriter.
we all know programmers drive Ferarris and do lots of coke
Well, it certainly explains Daikatana...
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Why would you use Outlook with friends? and Pine for everything else? WHy the hell should THEY care what you use!!?? It's like saying "I use the blue phone when I call friends, but when I make a business call. the blue phone will NEVER do. I use the RED phone"
If you're not a Liberal in your 20's, then you have no heart.If you're still a Liberal in your 30's you have no brain.
that is an atari 2600 controller. NOT a n64 controller. Please get your retro gaming icon name right. I played the Atari 2600, I loved those oblong big ass pixels...
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
It occurs to me that if AOL/TW do actually want ship a Linux OS that can actually wean AOLusers off of Windows entirely, then they could do a lot worse than to use some pocket lint to buy Loki and help make Linux a viable games platform.
Picture the difference:
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.