Tux Vs Clippy - New XBox Game

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Tux Vs Clippy - New XBox Game

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday October 6, 2002 @08:09AM 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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Weird by flewp · 2002-10-06 08:14 · 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?
Shit... by Dark+Lord+Seth · 2002-10-06 08:16 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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Here's the meteor combo by xcomputer_man · 2002-10-06 08:19 · 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 · 2002-10-06 09:27 · 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
An older rivalry by CaptTrips · 2002-10-06 08:20 · 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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Developers developers developers developers by httpamphibio.us · 2002-10-06 08:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Arrraarrrrahhhh!!!!

Developers developers developers developers

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Question? by ilyag · 2002-10-06 08:28 · Score: 5, Funny

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

"Are you SURE you want to play as Clippy"?
It looks like you're trying to fire a missile. by Anonnymous+Coward · 2002-10-06 08:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Would you like some help with that?
Trouble playing RMS... by stefanlasiewski · 2002-10-06 08:55 · 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."
Re:Why not ESR? by Yorrike · 2002-10-06 09:16 · 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?
No...oooooooooo! Not Nethack! by pq · 2002-10-06 11:39 · 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 · 2002-10-06 12:00 · 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.