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Postal III, Source Engine Still Coming To Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the better-late-than-never dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It appears that the Source Engine Postal III game is coming to Linux as was originally planned and is slated for release in May, according to the Running With Scissors CEO. 'Yes we are still planning a Linux release. We, that is RWS, are waiting for a final beta from our production team in Moscow. Like you and yours, we are anxious and frustrated. ... It looks like May if all goes well. We are hopeful to reach a distribution deal at GDC and [worst] case we go [direct download] and will find another team [for] Linux.'"

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  1. and they say by Nyder · · Score: 2

    linux don't get good games.

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    1. Re:and they say by Tom · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I disagree quite heavily.

      Postal is the only game series where your quest is to buy some milk, and then you go out and kill everything that moves. Does that kind of remind you of your typical MMO quest, except it's a lot more honest about the "yeah, we only make up a thin excuse of a story so you don't feel like it's mindless killing" part?

      They also made fun of terrorists back when everyone else was afraid of them.

      It's certainly not a masterpiece, but there's a bit more in it than what you make out, and it rightfully has its fans.

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    2. Re:and they say by Schadrach · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The funny part being that it possible to get a significant part of the way through the game, if not complete it, without killing anyone. Which just shows you how bloodthirsty you really are. =p

    3. Re:and they say by elrous0 · · Score: 2

      Say what you want, but Postal 2 was one of the most hilarious games I've ever played. The shootout involving Gary Coleman capped off what had to be the funniest sidequest in videogame history.

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    4. Re:and they say by elrous0 · · Score: 2

      Postal was the first Uwe Boll movie that seemed consciously funny. It was actually pretty funny.

      And Postal 2 was hilarious. I don't care if the game was technically great or not, it was funny as hell. I got way more entertainment out of that and Apocalypse Weekend than I ever got out of any award-winning game. Fuck Master Chief, I'll take The Postal Dude any day.

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      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  2. woot, Postal 3 by Tom · · Score: 2

    Didn't even know it was coming. Very cool.

    Looking forward to a game that makes no stupid excuses. Let's shoot some innocents in the head. It's a game, after all.

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  3. I'll believe it when I see it by LingNoi · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is coming from the same site that said Steam was coming to linux too. Don't get too hyped up just yet..

    1. Re:I'll believe it when I see it by DrXym · · Score: 2

      Why would I want Steam on Linux? Hell will freeze over before I'll install that.

      To play commercial games on Linux? Steam already works through WINE but the game support is pretty ropey - some games work others won't even start.

      I'm surprised that Codeweavers or Transgaming hasn't approached Valve to produce a a free but supported version of Steam for Linux with games running under emulation. They'd get a % cut of the sales for supporting the product. Transgaming's Cider is the tech that most OS X game ports use anyway.

  4. Re:What? by WorBlux · · Score: 2

    Steam on Linux? *Shivers*

  5. Big Mac Index by tepples · · Score: 2

    Thanks for letting me know that you outsourced the game to foreigners. So you can pay them nothing compared to an American programmer.

    Then perhaps the problem is with foreign farmers, who are paid nothing compared to an American farmer. Cheaper food means cheaper land, and both mean a foreign programmer can earn less and still live in reasonable comfort. Are you comparing wages using exchange rate with U.S. dollars, as I suspect, or are you comparing them using purchasing power parity measures such as the exchange rate with Big Mac sandwiches? If the former, all you're telling me is that some foreign currencies are temporarily undervalued vs. the U.S. dollar.

  6. Re:Foreign program team? by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Russian programmer just fine. You like much. You like much or Yuri break arm.

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  7. Portal by fahlesr1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I read the story title and thought it said "Portal III, Source Engine Still Coming to Linux". I was so full of happiness and joy! A triple hit! Another Portal game, Source and Linux IN THE SAME STORY. Perhaps, once Portal was on Linux valve would port Counterstrike Source and I could forever abandon Windows! I saw a vision of a broken window, and through it poured fresh, pine scented air and butterflies and hypo-allergenic puppies. It was the happiest moment of my life.

    Then I read the title again and I cried.