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Loki to Release Heretic II and Heavy Gear II
Violator writes that Loki announced that they will be continuing their partnership with Activision - Heretic II and Heavy Gear II will be ported to Linux. The beta-testing for Heretic II begins soon. While I'm on my soap box, check out WomenGamers.com. Cool site.
Oh, if only. It would just be too much to port a game I play like crazy :)
On another note, bioware is developing neverwinter nights on win/linux/mac at the same time. Wee, they make good games( ie. Baldur's Gate), I can hardly wait.
Interesting indeed, but what then?
Meta-moderate the moderators of the front page?
Ick... sounds hairy
Still rather interesting though.
With this implemented, all thats left is to
accept submission for slashdot boxes and
rate them too.
Now take a step back and look at the bigger
picture... pretty darn awesome, innit?
Ah... significance out of chaos, gotta love
that.
WTF am I mumbling about
-W
It's true...Womens' dedicated sites ARE stupid. From what I see on the net, most of this Webgrrrls and women specific site stuff is put up by lesbians and other mysandronistic scrags anywayz, not anybody who you'd really classify as actual women. More like guys born in womens' bodies who are extremely resentful of that fact. ;-)
These are all "regular" gaming sites:
http://www.pcxl.com
http://www.exxtreme3d.com/topbabe
http://www.shugashack.com/onearticle.x/2089
http://fi.ugo.com/fashionable/default.htm
http://www.gotm.org/girlfriends.htm
...I've got plenty more if you are not satisfied.
Atari
WomenGamers.Com
http://www.womengamers.com
Yeah, this was posted already, but a lot more than just the installer is covered in this.. bad or good? dunno.
-palp
nah its not THE fastest...the fastest was a week or so ago when hemos posted something on a topic roblimo (i THINK it was roblimo anyway) posted, and they were right next to each other (hemos' post was 2nd IIRC)
"There is no spoon" - Neo, The Matrix
As the AC, of course, not to hurt my "Karma"... But /. is losing a lot of its appeal. We are supposed to be "creative" and write "insightful" comments. My Insights stop working when I'm bored from reading the same newz twice. Come on dudes!
We just keep getting more and more games for Linux. Brings a tear to my eye. (:
I will most certaily be purchasing a copy of Heretic II. (Can someone give me the skinny on Heavy Gear II? I haven't played it. Is it any good?)
I think the community should make an effort to support those companies that put out games for Linux. Support them with your wallet! If you like the game, buy it. I pre-ordered a copy of CivCTP from Loki and was pleased with it. And I will probably buy a copy of Heretic II. (And I can't wait to go to a store and buy a boxed copy of q3 for linux from our friends at id one day).
Show the world that the Linux community isn't a bunch of freeloaders. Buy a copy of the good games that come out. Companies will see this and continue to port high quality games.
This sig is false.
The least Hemos and Taco could do is make a cursory glance over the front page. 'course, you can't really complain about something free.
See you, space cowboy...
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The other news (eg: Heretic II) sounds great! The more games, the better.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
We should be able to moderate stories in the same way we can moderate comments. This would help cut down on redundant junk.
Just a thought.
# Zoot
As long stereotypes about women and computers, and women and computer games, persist, there will be a place for sites like that. As long as people are hostile to women who use computers or play computer games, there will really be a need for sites like that.
Try playing quake online with a "female" nick sometime. I guarantee you'll change your attitude.
Paying isn't the point. These are ideas that could make
I'd love to see a moderator-like method of voting for stories, personally. Of course, we'd still probably retain the hand picked method too, since the editors (ususally) do a good job selecting stories.
Don't get me wrong I love Heretic II. It's just that heretic 2 already works flawlessly in wine for me, and I already beat it on hard. I would much rather have them spend some time porting a non Quake-engine style game, maybe an rpg or racing game(ie. planescape:torment,need for speed: high stakes). Oh well, I guess for all of those unfortunate enough to have not played it, Heretic 2 is as good as anything - at least it's not a total quake clone, nice change of setting, nice gameplay, rpg elements. I had fun playing it, I was just rooting for something newer and/or different.
I just can't help feeling that gender-specific sites are a little bit silly. I'm sure women are at least as welcome as men (plus transsexuals and gender-less aliens, for that matter) on any of the "regular" gaming sites. I don't see www.malegamers.com or www.gameguys.com anywhere...
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It was hemos who posted the second m10 story and now the loki installer story. I just hope this is just one of those freak things.
(no disrepect to hemos of course)
try to compare the installer with rpms. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a graphical rpm installation versus a loiki setup installation? Try to also highlight the deficiencies of both rpm and setup.
:-)
That would be very informational.
My $0.02
CP
Come on people. so this happens occasionally.
is it too hard to just read the article twice?
It's not a big deal.
besides, how much are you paying for slashdot?
You should only complain if you have paid for
this service... even then... what's the big deal?
I'm not a big fan of a first person shooters, but after playing Heavy Gear II on my friends system, well, I just had to get a copy for myself, buy a new videocard and pick up a joystick.
I was impressed with a number of things, the water rippling as you slid through it, the AI's noticing that and wasteing you, the fact that you could run, drop into a crouch, then prone, and sneak up on the computer, the fact that you can almost perfectly mimic actions and movements that you (the flesh and blood you) could do... Spin from cover, pop off some rounds, and then spin right back.
I swear, this game is what Mech Warrior was meant to be.
Gahhh, it is soo damn cool.
Felix.
OK, I am really wishing that I could moderate articles instead of the comments, this is getting a little ridiculous. I know this is a free service, but come on, a simple scan over of the articles on the front page would solve this problem. I'm not naming names, but come on, guys, it's thirty seconds of scanning to avoid a day's worth of flame-mail.
The 2-year, 5-game deal is more interesting (to me) than the specific titles. According to one interview, Civ:CTP isn't part of that deal, which means there are three more guaranteed Activision games. Anyone care to guess?
Similarly, the news about the remaining (unannounced) games of 1999 are that one is an RPG. There is a rumor (in the latest Linux Magazine) that a Sim game may be the other. Speculation, anyone? I'm hoping for SimCity3000 for the latter =)
It is such a pleasure to be able to go home and play games on my Linux box...
This
All the posts seem to be about the article being submitted twice, not the article itself. Come on guys, get a life. Yeah, the Slashdot crew goofed again. But they usually fix it, and everyone noticed. I read discussions because I want to see what people think about the article, not what they think about Hemos' left sock. Move on. The fact that you took the time to post about THAT . . . (I'm taking the time because this happens too often, and it bothers me a little). I mean, I KNOW I don't have a life, but . . . .
;-)
Guess I just up the threshold.
And incidentally, this IS great. I'll likely pick up Heavy Gear II. But I'm STILL waiting for that Drakan port so I can re-format my Win98 partition . . .
Bad things often happen to good people,
It is up to them to see that they remain good.
I end up having to boot into win95 to fly an F-16 or an AH-64.
This leads to the question of whether everyone should be able to moderate a story, or if we'll have the same concept of moderators for stories.
I believe that allowing all users to moderate a story wouldn't work too well, so perhaps allowing the oldest two thirds of users that aren't compulsive Slashdot readers and aren't casual readers to moderate would work well.
This could really allow stories that would normally fall through the cracks to be seen by everyone. This is a Good Thing(tm). Opinions?
# Zoot