Full Steam Ahead For those of you who have been abroad the Linux Steam train since the early betas late last year, things are really on the up & up. Valve has just released its February, 2013 Steam Hardware & Software Survey, and the results are absolutely mind blowing. Linux is now standing strong as [...]
[How To] Install Anodyne In Ubuntu 12.04 And 12.10
Anodyne, an amazing Zelda-esque action RPG, has just been released, and you can get in now as part of a promotion at The Pirate Bay. Only problem is, it is an Adobe Air application. This is bad on two levels; 1) Adobe Air was abondoned by Adobe quite some time ago, and 2) Adobe Air [...]
Anodyne, A 16-Bit Style Action RPG, Released For Linux
If you visited The Pirate Bay today, you probably noticed a nice little promo going on involving the new game Anodyne. Anodyne is a Zelda-esque style action RPG, with the charm of my favorite RPG ever Earthbound. Well, it’s not just charm; it really feels like it is part of the Earthbound/Mother series. We haven’t [...]
GetDeb, PlayDeb Return, Ubuntu Gamers Rejoice
That abysmal moment when you want to play a little Marathon and your favorite games repository is down.. Some of you may have experience the discomfort of this is late December with GetDeb — and subsequently PlayDeb — went down for the count. Get Deb and PlayDeb had been around for years and has been [...]
Open Source Handheld GCW-Zero Nears Kickstarter Goal
There’s only 8 days until the end of Game Consoles Worldwide’s Kickstarter campaign for their open source handheld, GCW-Zero. With another $28,000 to go, the GCW-Zero is very close to hitting it’s funding goal of $130,000; but also dangerously close to missing it. GCW-Zero The GCW-Zero is based on an Ingenic JZ4770 1 GHz MIPS CPU, [...]
Building Doom 3 BFG Edition From Source (Part 1)
Hey gang, recently we wrote about the availability of Doom 3 BFG Edition for Linux, which is awesome! But what good is a bunch of source code if you don’t have it in a compiled, playable form? That’s what we’re here for. We are going to show you how to successful build the latest sources [...]
American Epic Meriwether Coming To Linux, With Your Help
An American Epic Software firm Sortasoft LLC, of Brooklyn, NY, aims to bring a fresh and innovative RPG to Linux, and it’s not too short of it’s financial backing goals; but it hasn’t reached them either. In order to accomplish its financial goals, Sortasoft has looked to engage its future audience using the Internet darling [...]
Humble Indie Bundle 7 Will Be Worst Humble Bundle Ever For Linux
Clarification — It seems that the Humble Botanical Bundle was originally referred to as “Humble Indie Bundle 7“. The games mentioned in this article are not accurate, rather the result of a drunken Google session and a “Jump To Conclusions” mat. Our apologies. Running Out Of Ideas Those that are feeling a little miffed by [...]
Ingress: Doing Google’s Legwork, Literally
If you’re at all plugged into the world of social networking and/or Android, you’ve almost certainly heard of Google’s latest experiment: the invite-only and Android exclusive meta-game, Ingress. Thanks to a fierce marketing campaign including multiple tie-in websites and heavy promotion on Google+, the buzz about Ingress is incredibly strong; especially considering most people don’t even know [...]
How To Install NES Games In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal
From the awesome things you could be doing right now file Integrating the classics So gang, what’s cooler that being able to play your classic NES roms in Linux rather than on your dusty old NES Control Deck? Installing them alongside your other apps, that’s what. And that’s just what we set out to do! [...]