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Platform Independent Gaming?

Posted by michael on from the pipe-dream dept.

klocwerk writes "At the game developers conference, Sun is releasing a white paper on their new "Java Games Profile." Their ultimate goal? To have one CD you could pop into an Xbox, a PS2, a Windows machine, or a Linux machine, and play the same game on them all. If they get full support for it I can finally get rid of that windows gaming partition!" Sun's got an article on their site describing what they hope to accomplish.

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  1. More information here... by ImaLamer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've seen this story of before

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  2. Amusing coincidence by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two consecutive Slashdot stories:

    -- Platform Independent Gaming?

    -- Ask Slashdot: Most Outrageous Vendor Lie Ever Told?

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  3. And I suppose it will be named... by mikeee · · Score: 3, Funny

    IndirectX?