New Open Source FPS Blood Frontier Shows Promise

Softhaus writes "The guys at Blood Frontier have been busy for the last two years working on a new FPS called (surprise) Blood Frontier . This game is an enhanced Cube 2 engine with original artwork and new gameplay (including a kid-mode, which optionally turns off the blood — a nice option for a change). Add the new paintball mode and you have a real 'game community' here. The code is all there (complete for you to play with), the team listens to feedback from the community, and the game is great! It's nice to see these talented guys showing a true free software attitude. They've mentioned that the first actual release is scheduled for next Friday. Does anyone know of other great open source games that are truly 'open?'"

Comments

Everybody Hates Jews

[Anonymous Coward]

I wish there was a first person shooter where all you did was shoot hook-nosed kikes.

Re:Everybody Hates Jews

[grub]

There's a game called Ethnic Cleansing you may find to your liking.
Never played it, just remember the stir it caused when it came out.

Re:Alphabetical_list_of_open_source_games

[Anonymous Coward]

Never forget, computers are wonderful tools, but for most subjects students learn at that point in their lives (middle/high school in the US), computers aren't necessary. Think about the primary subjects - Math, Science, and Literature/Writing - where do you see the benefits in using computers? Obviously for English classes, having access to computers to type papers is handy, but it's hardly necessary. Computers can be used in math to help illustrate concepts, but you don't want the students using computers to do their work, otherwise they won't know how to do it without them. And much of science is math - again, not something you want students using computers for.

(This is mfh posting as AC for oblivious reasons)

Re:Slashdotted

[SpitfireSMS]

Or the kind of servers that open source software companies can buy and manage. Or should I say server..
Unfortunately, they dont have a huge repetour of games and donations to fund better servers.
They never stood a chance against /.

N64 games look more visually impressive

[Anonymous Coward]

OSS gaming = laughable

Re:Alphabetical_list_of_open_source_games

[Anonymous Coward]

Check out the High Seas add on. It's like Sid Meyer's Pirates! meets Wesnoth.

It's like Penis! meets Vagina.

Firs7 4ost

[Anonymous Coward]

800 8hz machine already deadw. It is

Re:Blood optional

[causality]

I'd ask "who modded this flamebait" and ask them to speak up, but they won't (not even as AC to preserve the mod) because they have already shown that they lack the courage to take me on and point out why they believe I am wrong. That's not because I am so great and intimidating (I am not, nor do I care to be) but because they cannot identify a flaw in what I said. They just did not like hearing it and so that must mean I did something wrong. Isn't that how it works when you think that your likes and dislikes are the universal yardstick? You don't see the arrogance of that, do you?

So why was this flamebait? Because I said that there are ignorant parents who do damage to their children by failing to prepare them for the world despite all good intentions? Look at the world around you and tell me if you really doubt that this is the case. Then tell me if there is not a mentality and a process by which things became this way which must be dealt with first if anything is to change.

So I ask again, why is this flamebait? Because I took a controversy like the one about violence in video games and showed how trivial it is? The idea that there needs to be a rehashed controversy every time it becomes generally noticed that a video game is violent is just one idea out of many, many possible ideas. The laws of physics don't mandate that this must be the case. There are other ways of doing things.

Here's the part I think some of you might have a real problem with. You want to entertain this idea that all viewpoints are equally valid and are the sole business of the people who hold them. That does sound nice, I wonder what could be wrong with that? There is such a thing as truth; if you claim that there isn't I will merely ask you "really? is that ... true?" and it will contradict itself. A well-reasoned viewpoint that is rooted in truth and open to new information, even if it may contradict existing beliefs, is always superior (that is, leads to a more harmonious life with less needless suffering) compared to a more fantastic viewpoint. All viewpoints are not equal. These silly controversies like the one over violent video games always come down to the most vocal group trying to decide what is appropriate for everyone else -- usually this is expressed in the form of censorship. So, this also fails the "sole business of the people who hold them" criteria as well and replaces it with something much uglier. That uglier thing is "we know what's good for you." I'm sure their intentions are pure.

Just to clear up any remaining confusion, I'll quote the definition of "Flamebait" from the Slashdot FAQ. The section is called "What do the choices in the moderation drop-down boxes mean?" Even for people who have a hard time seeing a spade and calling it a spade, It's quite reasonable that this outlines how the term "Flamebait" is intended to be used on this site:

Flamebait -- Flamebait refers to comments whose sole purpose is to insult and enrage. If someone is not-so-subtly picking a fight (racial insults are a dead giveaway), it's Flamebait.

I challenge anyone to demonstrate for me how my posts in this thread remotely fit this definition. I only ask that you understand the meaning of "sole purpose" before you attempt this. It would not surprise me if some wise guy responds with a joke. It would really surprise me if anyone had the courage to seriously try it because you know and I know that this just isn't the case. I'm betting the mods know it too, and when they don't act in accordance with that knowledge, let them wonder why they have doublemindedness and inner conflict. What, you thought only big important things could cause those?