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ScummVM 0.5.0 Out, With Some Official Game Support
Ndr_Amigo writes "ScummVM (an interpreter for several different adventure game engines, like Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2, the LucasArts' SCUMM adventures and Beneath a Steel Sky, earlier Slashdot story) just released version 0.5.0. Among the usual bugfixes, new game support, etc, the interesting thing about this version is that the developers of one of our target games (Beneath a Steel Sky, by Revolution Software) actually supported us. To the extent of not only supplying us with the original assembly source code, but later deciding to release the game as Freeware to coincide with our reimplementation of their engine. This is a complete turnaround from our prior experiences, and shows that there are still a few smaller active game developers out there that are willing to help keep the classics alive for their fans... And of course you can download ScummVM and the freeware release of Beneath a Steel Sky from the ScummVM homepage :)"
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2001: A SLASHDOT ODYSSEY
the dawn of osm
it was a scarce time on the internet. osm surfed from one link to the next in search of something, anything, of interest. the porn was cheap and raunchy. there was no gnutella yet, so mp3s were difficult to obtain. there was no quake iii for linux, so games were boring. day after day, week after week, osm searched the internet in vain.
too lazy to move, he toileted in the cat-box. he picked fleas off of the cats for sustenance. he showered by sticking his head out the window when it rained and he drank from the rainwater he collected in a rusted pale. yes, it was a wretched, barren existence.
it was a typical evening. osm had just showered, thanks to a particularly severe thunderstorm. he even had the luxury of a nice wind afterward, which he used to blow dry his hair. having found nothing on the internet, osm decided to go to sleep early. he shut off the monitor and fell asleep.
usually, osm slept until two or three in the afternoon. but something woke him early on this particular morning. in his sleep, osm felt something compelling him to life. slowly, he left his dreams and floated into the real world. he felt a presence behind him. he swung his chair around.
osm was shocked by the astonishing object. a giant, black statue of natalie portman stood behind him. it was as though it was watching over him. osm sank out of his chair, terrified, and crawled over to the statue. he touched its unnaturally smooth surface, pulling his hand back quickly. he did this several times, before he had the courage to run his hand along the smooth teen leg. he put his face to the statue and licked it with his tongue. he smelled the object and put his ear to it, listening for anything familiar.
several days passed and osm had grown comfortable with the graceful figure of natalie portman watching over him. one night, he loaded up netscape and began browsing the internet. suddenly, a thought entered his mind. he looked at the statue, knowing that it had planted the thought. osm pointed his cursor at the "location" box in netscape. he typed in the string: "http://slashdot.org" and hit enter. osm's life changed forever.
three days later, the natalie portman statue was gone.
the geek compound
rob malda sat in his office, strumming his guitar in an attempt to relax. the pressures of the constant battle with the trolls, the hardware failures, the slash bugs and the threats from microsoft had weighed heavily upon his shoulders for several months now.
rob's phone started beeping loudly. startled, he dropped his guitar. he looked at the phone, debating himself as to whether he should answer. he hesitated before picking up the receiver, "yeah."
"rob, this is jeff. meet me in the hallway, immediately, you're not going to believe this!"
rob hung up the phone and rubbed his temple before pulling himself out of the chair, "What now?!"
rob left his office and walked down the hall. jeff appeared from the corner, "rob, we were cleaning out some old junk from the storage closet... you're not going to believe what we found buried in there!"
rob picked up his pace as jeff led him to the closet. jeff opened the door. rob's jaw dropped. the tall, black statue of natalie portman peered out over them. rob reached out to touch the statue, "what the hell?"
suddenly, the statue began emitting a piercing shriek. rob slammed the door shut, barely muffling the sound, "where the hell did that come from?"
jeff shook his head, "there's only one person who can solve this mystery..."
rob shuddered, "goddamnit. i hate that guy!"
the portman mission
hemos and rob determined that the transmission from the statue was aimed at albany, new york. they bought a winnebago and modified it with the latest in technology. the new vehicle was renamed the geekebago and osm was hired to travel in it to
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