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Tux Vs Clippy - New XBox Game

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-if-it-has-explosions dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just submitted on the XBox developers list, a new Xbox game (iso) is available. 'The battle for world dominance is raging. And now, you can play the game on your xbox(tm). Choose alliance with either Tux or Clippy, and finish the mother of all disputes right here and right now. This game is free (as in beer), and will run on any xbox that has been modified for use with the GNU/Linux operating system. The game runs on top of xbox-linux from Sourceforge's xbox-linux project.' The game features include: Industry heroes like CLIPPY, TUX, BIL, STV, RMS, LNS; Battle cries, each unique to the in-game characters, ranging from "Developers! Developers! Developers!" to "GNU!"; Anti aliased alpha-transparency graphics; Explosions." I have no idea if they're serious, and it doesn't matter.

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  1. Wow by Junky191 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is quite possibly the nerdiest thing I have ever heard of. Dorkahedrons unite!

  2. Weird by flewp · · Score: 5, Funny

    that the penquin is shooting X-Box logos to destroy Clippy. It should be shooting copies of Outlook around if it wants to cause some damage.

    So, anyone got some better links? The one provided is pretty slim on details.

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    WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
  3. Shit... by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 5, Funny

    As usual, the best games are only released on a console...

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    Hate me!
  4. Here's the meteor combo by xcomputer_man · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you press down-left-down-right and then press X three times rapidly, clippy will grow to ten times his normal size and say:

    "IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE WRITING A LETTER!"

    Tux will then explode into tiny little fragments.

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    Am I a hipster-doofus?
    1. Re:Here's the meteor combo by MoneyT · · Score: 5, Funny

      The greatest question ever asked by clippy

      (with apologies to kordy)

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      T Money
      World Domination with a plastic spoon since 1984
    2. Re:Here's the meteor combo by Ctrl-Z · · Score: 3, Funny


      I tried that, but all I got was "Nothing happens." Am I doing something wrong?

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      www.timcoleman.com is a total waste of your time. Never go there.
  5. An older rivalry by CaptTrips · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I get the Mozilla lizard versus Netscape Lizard versus rotating Earth from I.E. versus AOL spinner in a WWF smack down limited edition?

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    grep >= ! == $your
  6. Developers developers developers developers by httpamphibio.us · · Score: 4, Funny

    Arrraarrrrahhhh!!!!

    Developers developers developers developers

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    sig.
  7. Question? by ilyag · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you choose to paly as Clippy, does it tell you:

    "Are you SURE you want to play as Clippy"?

    1. Re:Question? by Raven42rac · · Score: 3, Funny

      or will it say "get started playing clippy"

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      I hate sigs.
  8. nooooo. not clippy! by Nevrar · · Score: 2, Funny

    ok. no offense to the game writers (it looks like a cool game), but if I so much as glimse a clippy then my blood pressure rises, and I see quite clearly how someone can suddenly turn into a psychopathic killer. Which may help me playing the game of course, but then again, I might finally lose it. :)

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    Nevrar
  9. It looks like you're trying to fire a missile. by Anonnymous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would you like some help with that?

  10. Trouble playing RMS... by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 5, Funny

    I tried playing the RMS character, but I couldn't figure out if 'Escape-Ctrl-Shift-S Ctrl-Alt-Escape-T' meant "Shoot Target" or "Highlight Region and Step-on Toe".

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    "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
  11. TDR? by mirabilos · · Score: 2, Funny

    Theo deRaadt? Yay, I know why he isn't in.

    He's biking and doing other physical stuff all day
    when other people sleep, thus he's fitter than the
    rest (RMS stumbling over his beard, or TUX just
    fatly waddling around, waiting febblemindedly(sp?)
    grinning for the daemon's fork to impale him.

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    My Karma isn't excellent, damn it! (And /. still does not get UTF-8 right in 2012. Wow.)
  12. ATTN by redhotchil · · Score: 0, Funny

    If you value your friends, your free time, or otherwise the bit of real life you have left, do not, I repeat, do not play this game.

  13. Re:Wow... I'm impressed by praxim · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd have quite a laugh if MS sued to maintain their exclusive rights to Clippy.

  14. Re:Why not ESR? by Yorrike · · Score: 4, Funny
    Where the hell is Steve Jobs in this mess? I want to see how well his gun interfaces work: "No, no, no. The trigger should be on the top of the gun, that way it's easier to get to. Paint it blue too. With slowy pulsating lights."

    I also hope the GNU weapons evolve to fit the situation.

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    Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?

  15. Re:ah, evolution by daeley · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only problem is it will released on Mac 6 months later with no multiplayer or level editing capabilities. ;)

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    I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  16. ducks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, they are both mallardjusted.

  17. no... by BaconLT · · Score: 2, Funny
    No, it gives you a blue screen and says:

    General Protection Fault at...
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    Who mediates your information?
  18. No...oooooooooo! Not Nethack! by pq · · Score: 5, Funny
    Don't touch Nethack - just don't do it.

    It looks lame and silly to begin with, and you play a few rounds with a casual "Oh what's the harm" shrug - and before you know it, sunlight makes you blink, your girlfriend has dumped you, you have no friends, no job, no life, and you're gibbering in your sleep about invisible stalkers and the horror of Demogorgon.

    When you have dreams in ascii (I speak from experience), with a solitary "@" surrounded by h and & and D and L and you're running low on your ! and / and ?, and you wake up in a cold sweat, you'll realize it's not worth it. If it were simply the best strategy / role playing game there was, that would be one thing, but Nethack is an addiction.

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    "I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way."
    1. Re:No...oooooooooo! Not Nethack! by dasunt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey now, the h was my pet. Or perhaps I was its pet. Anyways, it was great, killing most things in one round by brainlessness. 20 @'s finally took it out. Oh well, a ?SoG dipped into a !PoHW removed all of the non-friendly h's from the game shortly thereafter.

      Also had a grey D for awhile but a a blue T finally killed it on its third ressurection. Died over water, so I didn't even have a chance to get the raw materials for a [GDSM. Oh well, that's what a /WoW is for. Well, for that, and a blessed (MM to write myself another ?SoG to take out all those nasty L's.

      This, btw, makes perfect sense to those who play. This is why you shouldn't start playing.

    2. Re:No...oooooooooo! Not Nethack! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Dude, I saw that "Lord of the Rings" movie. I've been playing Nethack for what seems like centuries. I have never read the books by Tolkein. When the Nazgul were introduced (or rather, were named, since I had no idea the ring wraiths were the Nazgul) the first thing I said was...

      "No WAY those are Nazgul, Nazgul's look like 'W' !"

  19. Re:MS started this, not Linux by Martin+Marvinski · · Score: 3, Funny

    'This game is free (as in beer)'.

    Where do you get free beer? The last time I checked, beer costs money...unless of course you are a hot chick..

  20. Re:whys it only running on an xbox? by Dalcius · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I'm working on a patch for Open Office and AbiWord.

    Tux waddles onto the screen:
    "Hi! If you need any help, RTFM! Have a nice day!" ...and waddles off again.

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    ~Dalcius
    Rome wasn't burnt in a day.