Category: games

why mess with this old game? (it is on steam… for some countries) because it has it can be run on GNU Linux online multiplayer a lot of game modes such as “onslaught” (build & defend bases) capture the flag […]

first always say something positive: runs Ubuntu per default (can also run Win10 for Win based games) THE DESIGN IS GREAT the controller seams to be good (sold separately?) THE HARDWARE is (performance wise) okay Atari seems to ship updates […]

Yes! Being amongst the stars, exploring new worlds, is a great adventure… … even better if one brings some friends. and with mods… imho Kerbal Space Program is more than a game… it is a simulation and as such, it […]

… it IS NOT a fast paced action game, it is a rather tedious simulator (survival mode, creative mode + blueprints might be different story, but not many servers use creative mode) … never met a single other player online […]

“Knights, Orks and Skeletons (of course)” Severance Blade of Darkness (2001) is an very very old (almost 20 (!!!) years now) open world adventure game almost a “Lara Croft” in “the middle ages” meeting Orks from “Lord of the Rings” […]

… design your own space and air (!) craft or both? X-D Kerbal Space Program is AMAZING hard core scientific space engineering simulation while being ludicrous creative and crazy. A lot of navigation has to be “eyeballed” (because on Kerbal […]

“first Benchmarks of the KX-6780A. China just developed it’s own x86 CPU with the performance of a Intel Core i7 2600 (4C/8T, 1,401 points) from 2011 the eight-core CPU-Z achieves 171 points in single-core and 1,396 points in Multi-Core comparison […]

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/ Crysis 1 – was not only – another shooter – it had a unique idea: what if one had a suite – like Iron Man? (why is there no Iron Man game? oh hang on … there is one) […]

Almost 10 years after it’s release – Mass Effect 2 grafix are still pretty pretty 🙂 the Mass Effect 2 setup was not working. When one inserts DVD2 and hits “retry” nothing happens. “simply copy all the files from the […]

while the Unreal Engine has a great reputation for being very realistic looking (despite the name X-D) but physics was often neglected or lacking at all. not so anymore? what was great about red faction 1 (THQ (2001–2013)) – you […]

tested on: Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core) CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7 Kernel: Linux 4.15.9 Architecture: x86-64 # using vboxmanage –version 5.2.6r120293 ah lovely isn’t it? BSOD Win98 style… errors were NOT the exception, they were THE NORM (and still […]

web3d awesome! you can walk here with cursor buttons and tilt up and down with mouse wheel: and even upload your own pictures:   http://www.spacegoo.com/tiananmen/# marbleous: But the website itself is pretty impressive: unfortunately the tux web flying simulator did […]

bash games – you must be kidding me! no! bash is a serious language X-D while it might not be your first choice when it comes to creating games. it’s awesome what people put together on the command line! bash […]

#wtf (first?) virtual concert in Game FortNite 29,473,363 views

Updates: harnessing the power of the GPU for deep learning https://openai.com/blog/openai-pytorch/ Robot learned via OpenAI to solve rubic cube single handed will AI share our values? “some robots will eat some jobs and some robots will kill humans” (for example […]

update: 2019-10: what it does: one can install a very decent Debian and have okay working speed so yes it can be seen as a very energy efficient (5V based) and still usable (definately faster than pi2) desktop system (99% […]

cool apt-get install fortune cowsay; # will have to be installed first then you can let your dinosaur speak 😀  /usr/games/cowsay -f stegosaurus “Hello World”  _____________ < Hello World >  ————- \                             .       .  \                           / `.   .’ ”   […]

Side-Scrolling shooters were a classic – back in the times – when individuals or a handful of guys could actually bring their creative ideas to live – and create a video game in few weeks. (no multi-million 3d grafix, just […]

Wow! 2 Millions on in CrowdFunding from Kickstarter Star Citizen Live Stats: Funds Raised 142,400,560 USD By Star Citizens: 1,732,349 Don’t tell me that ain’t sufficient 😀 https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game/spaceflight Hide PC requirements Windows 7 (64 bit) – Service Pack 1, Windows […]

Some game mag titled it “GTA on Mars” – well i guess that kind of nails it, because in Part 3 “TerraForming” is not possible any more… just “buildings” not mountains. I loved RedFaction1 and RedFaction2 (in this two titles […]

Mir ist zwar nicht genau klar inwiefern sich die Lernergebnisse auf JavaScript, Java und C++ dann anwenden lassen… aber ein kreativer Umgang mit der Technologie und direkte optisches Feedback sind jedenfalls wichtig um die Motivation beim Programmieren nicht verstummen zu […]

Looks pretty cool 🙂 But not playable on mobile 🙂 ? Argh :-p http://pacman.shaunew.com/play/

I WANT TO DO MORE GAMES 🙂 But so far the only game i have done (in two days in FLASH :-D) is MULTIPLAYER: PONG! Player1: Cursor Up/Down Player2: W / S I think i have to REDO in JavaScript […]

Why do the most useless projects get the most funding? don’t get me wrong… i am not envying anyone… i am just asking questions: Why do projects that you play 5min then dump in the trash causes people to donate […]

does it make sense to port desktop games to the browser? … if we really get bandwidths like heck… then maybe… otherwise it will stay the buy downloadable-setup, install… update, update process. Here are two examples, both are using WebGL, […]

Das wirklich geniale an dem Spiel: Steuerung und Physik sind in Ordnung – man hat das Gefühl einen sich relativ realistisch verhaltenden also “echten” Wagen zu fahren…. welcher driftet… quietscht und raucht… und beim Sprung über die Rampe sich realistisch […]

So what is actually so great about iwar? 1. controls + physics – because of the inertia (taking seconds to accelerate, then drifting) you have the feeling of steering a really large ship. Also the docking-manouveres are genious! 2. Details […]