Master of Orion 3 Released

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Posted by michael on Wednesday February 26, 2003 @05:49AM from the master-of-the-cash-register dept.

Kintaro writes "The long awaited Master of Orion 3 is now in stores. The reviews so far have been unusually mixed, but rest assured the game is still complex - in fact that seems to be a recurring complaint among those that don't like it. And as an added bonus, the game actually runs on Linux right out of the box."

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well there goes another bzillion hours by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-26 05:51 · Score: 1, Funny

Well there goes another bzillion hours of my time... sigh..
1. Re:well there goes another bzillion hours by war3rd · 2003-02-26 05:53 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  No kidding, I can feel my social skills beginning to atrophy already....
  
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2. Re:well there goes another bzillion hours by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-26 16:19 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Kinda puts slashdot time consumption in perspective, doesn't it?
finally! by borgdows · 2003-02-26 05:51 · Score: 2, Funny

It's time for DukeNukem Forever now!
great by haedesch · 2003-02-26 05:52 · Score: 4, Funny

I was afraid I might actually pass this year :-)
1. Re:great by MilitaryIntel · 2003-02-26 05:57 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Finish late CS labs or play MOO3? This is definately a tough decision here. Say bye bye to the grades.
finally..... by iamsoscrewed · 2003-02-26 05:53 · Score: 5, Funny

I can stop wondering when it will come out, and finally have my wife deny letting me buy it.
1. Re:finally..... by jagilbertvt · 2003-02-26 06:53 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Talk about pussywhipped. If you are the one bringing home the money, then just go buy it. Lazy housewives should have no say in what you purchase. Put them in their place (namely, on their knees). Granted, these opinions may explain why I'm a single father.
2. Re:finally..... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-26 13:55 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Crap, chicks can get pregnant from going down on you now?!?!
  
  she might be pulling a fast one on you...
Re:"actually runs on linux" by Jonny+Ringo · 2003-02-26 05:56 · Score: 5, Funny

What a fantastic quote. They should slap that on retail boxes for linux software every where.
Didn't Sun *just* announce this yesterday? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-26 06:06 · Score: 1, Funny

Wow! Now that was fast.

Perhaps they aren't going down for the third time. Strange they should rest all their hopes in a game though.

Oh. Wait....
Re:Yay for MOO!!!! by ClippyHater · 2003-02-26 06:08 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm picking it up tonight on my way home :-)

...and it was months before Jerdie was seen or heard from again. 100 days later, a friend finds Jerdie--hair down to knees, pasty-white skin, and 1000-yard stare--emerge from the house, blinking in wonder at the fiery orb up in the blue, blue sky. :)
doesn't work by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-26 06:15 · Score: 4, Funny

# apt-get install moo3
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package moo3
# apt-get install master-of-orion-3
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package master-of-orion-3

OK, so what's it called then?
1. Re:doesn't work by RPoet · 2003-02-26 06:43 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You got it wrong. Try:
  
  # apt-get moo
  
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2. Re:doesn't work by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-26 10:04 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  (__) (oo) /------\/ / | || * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ ...."Have you mooed today?"...
Ha. Moo... by Stanl · 2003-02-26 06:26 · Score: 2, Funny

Here's an indication I need my morning coffee. I am reading all of your posts with Moo this and Moo that, and I think to myself, aren't they supposed to be talking about .. Master Of Orion Then it dawned upon me what was going on. At first I was thinking cows...perhaps it's because I live in the dairy state
Re:Bah! by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · 2003-02-26 06:41 · Score: 2, Funny

Significantly expanded? So what does one more game equal? A 25% increase?

I kid, I kid, sorry... :)

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Re:Yay for MOO!!!! by DNS-and-BIND · 2003-02-26 06:47 · Score: 4, Funny

The yellow face! It hurtsss us! It hurtsss us, precious!

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Re:Bah! by Anonvmous+Coward · 2003-02-26 07:33 · Score: 3, Funny

"Significantly expanded? So what does one more game equal? A 25% increase?"

Oh, I dunno if I'd say that. But it did up the number of genres available for Linux gaming to 4!

Here's the current list:

1.) FPS ports from the most popular Windows releases.
2.) Penguin Racing
3.) M.A.M.E.
4.) All new! Strategy game set in space provided you have Wine up and running.

Yep, Linux now has 4 incredibly broad genres of games to play!

(I hope the Linux mods have a sense of humor today.)
Re:Loved... by jas79 · 2003-02-26 09:02 · Score: 2, Funny

so, it got an AI which cannot be turned off and it looked like a spreadsheet.

Are you sure you aren't mistaking it for Microsoft Excel?
Re:Bah! by Rebar · 2003-02-26 10:50 · Score: 3, Funny

More genres than that even.

The Linux games I find myself playing most often:

1.) Kernel Patch Forever
2.) The Hunt for Related Libraries (apt-get is considered cheating)
3.) Theme Manager
4.) Recompile the Compiler - a traditional UNIX strategy game

It beats playing Windows-based games like Reboot-after-simple-install which I also find myself playing pretty often.