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rizzeh wrote:
For me though, QuakeLive is still then king of linux games
Yes, love me some QuakeLive too... I used to be a beast in Team Arena, but some of these guys seemed like they never stopped playing! My skills have gone way down since the TA days.
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Eren wrote:
Anybody plays some free or paid mmorpgs?
I play WoW on Latin America Servers.
I've been trying to play air mech, but I seem to never be able to get into a match.
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One of my favorite games lately is a Quake 1 mod called RetroBlazer.
It has a standalone Linux version, so no Quake files needed. Multiplayer is to come.
edit: I don't think there is a standalone Linux version. Looks like, for the native Linux game, you'd have to download this and then the Dark Places engine. The win standalone works in WINE, however.
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Definitely going to try out RetroBlazer, thanks for the link ominousG!
Personally I like to play Minecraft, Stone Soup (a roguelike), and Vex. Starting to get into Dwarf Fortress, but it's a little tough right now.
It's funny, I used to really be into AAA videogames, the latest and greatest etc, but I can definitely have just as much if not more fun playing roguelikes and Minecraft. I own an Xbox, so I have some games on there. But primarily, I've found theres nothing wrong with some of the more 'retro' games.
Plus when you can do that, you suddenly have no need for a great computer, and can focus on other attributes that you like (for example the battery life of a notebook, weight, size, or price). It's more than a little freeing.
just call me...
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I just started playing some linux native games, WTF, VVVVVV defines the term "rage quit", a term I only saw a few times on the internet when guys were talking about a frustrating game 
Im addicted to this game, and yet Im sure the neighbors are going to call the cops about my screaming in utter frustration when I die in the same spot for a 1/2 hour straight.
Thanks supremanade for pointing out this game, or should I be thanking you considering my blood pressure because of this game is through the roof
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- berkough
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ominousG wrote:
One of my favorite games lately is a Quake 1 mod called RetroBlazer.
It has a standalone Linux version, so no Quake files needed. Multiplayer is to come.
edit: I don't think there is a standalone Linux version. Looks like, for the native Linux game, you'd have to download this and then the Dark Places engine. The win standalone works in WINE, however.
Retroblazer looks awesome!
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Is someone else watching the live/webcam at humblebundle.com seeing notch, major minecraft developer and his team, programming within 60 hours a brand new game?
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i don't frequent this thread because i'm not much of a gamer. but have you guys seen this: http://stabyourself.net/mari0/#download ? free, native Linux too.
and what is pretty cool too:
sudo apt-get install love(to make it work 
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- earnil
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I would like to suggest a multiplayer flash-based browser game called Transformice 
The thing is get a cheese and enter the hole, but it is not that easy because of troll shamans and tricky maps!
And a little video that make you smile: Meet the mouse
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cphayes0882 wrote:
VVVVVV defines the term "rage quit"... Im sure the neighbors are going to call the cops about my screaming in utter frustration when I die in the same spot for a 1/2 hour straight.
Same experience. But I like how it lets you restart very near your failure in most places, encourages you to keep trying. Though it also chains the screaming... oh does it chain the screaming...
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I'm playing Diablo 2 and the Thief 1 on my windows PC. My friend gave me Thief 1-3 recently so I should start sneaking through them when I'm on my Easter break next week. I'm using #! on my old laptop (which I use mostly) and I havn't replaced W7 with GNU/Linux on the pc yet because I had a lot of trouble running Skyrim on Wine 1.2 before S: DOVAHKIIIIIIN! I'll definitely look into wine gaming again next week. Y'know if Diablo 3 runs well in Wine when it comes out... > _> *Ahem* Blizzard *Ahem*
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I mostly play a lot of Interactive Fiction titles (text adventures if you like), using Gargoyle and Hugo. Some of the finest include Anchorhead (a horror in the vein of Lovecraft), Future Boy! (a comic book adventure feturing some graphics and voice acting), and classics like A Mind Forever Voyaging (one of Infocom's finest).
Mass Effect 2 also runs nicely with a no-cd crack. I'm slightly averse to Wine... while I think it's great that we can play windows games through Wine, I feel that it rather hinders true native Linux game development. to that end, I will buy native wherever I can. Some great examples include Frictional Games' "Penumbra" series and "Amnesia: The Dark Descent". the great thing about Frictional is that they offer the executables for all platforms on their website; so If you bought the windows version originally, you can just download the linux executable and use the data from your windows install.
There's also a fiendishly addictive game in the repos called B.A.L.L.Z. I highly recommend it if you liked VVVVVV. And of course Alex the Allegator (sic). Takes me back to my childhood.
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rhowaldt wrote:
i don't frequent this thread because i'm not much of a gamer. but have you guys seen this: http://stabyourself.net/mari0/#download ? free, native Linux too.
Getting this now!
Eren wrote:
Anybody plays OpenArena? If plays, we'll hang out together in multiplayer.
I wish. Ping times are too high.
2Karl wrote:
[Wine], I feel that it rather hinders true native Linux game development. to that end, I will buy native wherever I can.
Agreed. Man it's been a while since I played any IF. I do love a good story
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Guys, is nexuiz no more ? The only game I can afford. 
I was planning to download it over the weekend to try it out.....
Any other recommendations?
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- hhh
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Maybe the website was down. The packages are in Debian...
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=nexuiz
... and it looks like the website's had a makeover...
http://www.nexuiz.com/
-edit- Nexuiz Classic website...
http://www.alientrap.org/games/nexuiz
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Dwarf Fortress, Nethack, OpenTyrian, Cave Story, N, I Wanna Be The Guy (not native but seems more stable in Wine than under Windows...), Battle for Wesnoth.
Little word of warning though, some are likely to eat your life if you let them.
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hhh wrote:
Maybe the website was down. The packages are in Debian...
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=nexuiz... and it looks like the website's had a makeover...
http://www.nexuiz.com/-edit- Nexuiz Classic website...
http://www.alientrap.org/games/nexuiz
So do this mean the game has been turned into a propietery applicsation for consoles and computers?
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Thanks for that
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http://www.xonotic.org/download/
Crunchbangers can use 'Lower quality download', it is less bloat
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smoki wrote:
http://www.xonotic.org/download/
Crunchbangers can use 'Lower quality download', it is less bloat
Thanks for that.
Reserving saturday for this activity.. Oooh I am regaining my geek qualities once again...:D
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