Re: Linux Games

2011-11-23 Thread Michael Havens
Perfect the list is already made. Very COOL! On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Stephen wrote: > also a pretty good list of games that have Linux ports > > http://icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php?license=commercial > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Stephen wrote: > >

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-23 Thread Stephen
also a pretty good list of games that have Linux ports http://icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php?license=commercial On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Stephen wrote: > Its kind of a cheater way out... but really some folks have done an > amazing job of updating  your exact list >

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-23 Thread Stephen
wrote: > well let's have some names. > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Stephen wrote: >> >> if you want to get a 20something gamer interested in Linux as a >> platform look at crossover games. >> >> In reality that is where most Linux gaming does re

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-23 Thread Michael Havens
well let's have some names. On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Stephen wrote: > if you want to get a 20something gamer interested in Linux as a > platform look at crossover games. > > In reality that is where most Linux gaming does reside, that weird > middle-ground. &

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-23 Thread Stephen
if you want to get a 20something gamer interested in Linux as a platform look at crossover games. In reality that is where most Linux gaming does reside, that weird middle-ground. not allot of high end titles really develop on Linux anymore, and it is a shame, because each one i have seen that

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-23 Thread Michael Havens
Well, I'm not so much interested ion what I would like as a 20 something gamer to get them interested in Linux. On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:49 AM, JD Austin wrote: > There are games; some are pretty good.. a lot are free.. certainly enough > to keep you busy when you're bore

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-23 Thread JD Austin
There are games; some are pretty good.. a lot are free.. certainly enough to keep you busy when you're bored (Google search 'best Linux Games'): http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080510052539217/Games.html http://www.penguspy.com/#/All/free_and_commercial/open_closed/sort=1/view

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-23 Thread Michael Havens
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Re: Linux Games

2011-11-22 Thread Stephen
gt;> not > >> based on demons or monsters of some kind, but so far that has been > >> impossible. > >> > >> The Humble Bundles so far have had some really fun games that work great > >> with > >> linux, but what games are you playing? > &g

Re: games

2011-11-22 Thread Dazed_75
at documentary on WOW. I had no clue what WOW was > until > a few months ago and I saw the documentary and watched it. > > I have purposely bought laptops with the Intel chipset because > (1) they have awesome support with linux graphics > (2) most little games I want to play, incl

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-22 Thread Bryan O'Neal
e. I would very much like to find a fun RPG that is >> not >> based on demons or monsters of some kind, but so far that has been >> impossible. >> >> The Humble Bundles so far have had some really fun games that work great >> with >> linux, but what ga

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-22 Thread Joseph Sinclair
ood role playing game that is linux based, no > wine, that is playable. I would very much like to find a fun RPG that is not > based on demons or monsters of some kind, but so far that has been impossible. > > The Humble Bundles so far have had some really fun games that work great

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-22 Thread Michael Havens
I want to be able to show people this list and say, "These games run on Linux currently."n And the list will grow as games are made to work on Linux. Perhaps Alan would be good enough to put this list on the website. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > let'

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-22 Thread Nathan England
On Tuesday, November 22, 2011 19:35:11 you wrote: > let's start a list of Games that work with Linux. I don't mean minesweeper > and simple games like that but rather complex games that 20 something kids > like. > A list with links and descriptions on the plug sit

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-22 Thread Stephen
hat is linux based, no > wine, that is playable. I would very much like to find a fun RPG that is not > based on demons or monsters of some kind, but so far that has been impossible. > > The Humble Bundles so far have had some really fun games that work great with > linux, but what

Re: Linux Games

2011-11-22 Thread Michael Havens
let's start a list of Games that work with Linux. I don't mean minesweeper and simple games like that but rather complex games that 20 something kids like. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Nathan England wrote: > > I have been searching for a good role playing game that is linux

Linux Games

2011-11-22 Thread Nathan England
I have been searching for a good role playing game that is linux based, no wine, that is playable. I would very much like to find a fun RPG that is not based on demons or monsters of some kind, but so far that has been impossible. The Humble Bundles so far have had some really fun games that

Re: games

2011-11-22 Thread Nathan England
OW. I had no clue what WOW was until a few months ago and I saw the documentary and watched it. I have purposely bought laptops with the Intel chipset because (1) they have awesome support with linux graphics (2) most little games I want to play, including most from the Humble Indie Bundles, I can p

Re: games

2011-11-22 Thread Phillip Waclawski
"you can only play real games on windows", borrowed a windows laptop (I don't do windows at home) got a char up to 19, taught the summer camp, and gave the laptop back. But I kept a copy of the files to continue using some of the machinima tools (as those worked on linux). I got bo

Re: games

2011-11-22 Thread Derek Trotter
All I know about that game is that it must be very addictive. I used to know a guy in Phoenix was was unemployed yet would still pay money to play it online. Go figure. On 11/22/2011 15:19, Phillip Waclawski wrote: As many have said, certain of the newer, high end games are problematic. I

Re: games

2011-11-22 Thread Stephen
... very familiar... On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Phillip Waclawski wrote: > As many have said, certain of the newer, high end games are problematic. I > have been playing World of Warcraft on Linux for...far too long. :P > > One note, while Intel Graphics cards are not a gr

Re: games

2011-11-22 Thread Phillip Waclawski
As many have said, certain of the newer, high end games are problematic. I have been playing World of Warcraft on Linux for...far too long. :P One note, while Intel Graphics cards are not a great idea for Windows gaming, they're usually a death knell for any hopes of getting a game runni

Re: games

2011-11-22 Thread Stephen
I can honestly say City of heroes works and world of warcraft work under wine, usually when updates are made you do need to make some allowances for tinkering to get it back in place. I have also seen steam and steam games running as well. I am getting to the point of revisiting my Gaming to a

Re: games

2011-11-22 Thread Andrew Harris
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Michael Butash wrote: > Game friendly?  Yes, much more so of late, system and drivers are mostly up > to snuff.  Are there games to play?  Nothing mainstream... don't expect to > play COD4 or MW3 on it anytime soon. > > That said, I play lo

Re: games

2011-11-22 Thread Michael Butash
Game friendly? Yes, much more so of late, system and drivers are mostly up to snuff. Are there games to play? Nothing mainstream... don't expect to play COD4 or MW3 on it anytime soon. That said, I play lots of games on linux. Minecraft (client and server), Heroes of Newerth, Nexuiz

games

2011-11-22 Thread Michael Havens
I hate telling people that with Linux they won't be able to be a gamer. Is Linux any more game friendly than it used to be? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change

Re: OT: How to get college football games streaming?

2011-09-03 Thread keith smith
Yes!!  I could not agree more!! Keith Smith --- On Sat, 9/3/11, Dazed_75 wrote: From: Dazed_75 Subject: Re: OT: How to get college football games streaming? To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Saturday, September 3, 2011, 8:37 AM Dump Homeland Securi

Re: OT: How to get college football games streaming?

2011-09-03 Thread Dazed_75
Dump Homeland Security? Reign them in with the Constitution? On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:43 PM, wrote: > > Last year, I was able to get most college football games on my computer > via a website called channelsurfing.net. But when I tried that URL this > year, there is a big notice

OT: How to get college football games streaming?

2011-09-02 Thread joe
Last year, I was able to get most college football games on my computer via a website called channelsurfing.net. But when I tried that URL this year, there is a big notice stating that homeland securities has seized this domain name and it is no longer available. So, I searched for an option

traditional games

2011-08-18 Thread der.hans
moin moin, guess I'm ready for the community center when I get there as this is my preferred game set as well :). http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/five-traditional-games-and-pastimes-linux-style/2935 ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHan

Off-topic: strategy board games / war games

2009-12-22 Thread Kirk Bauer
some gaming. I live in far Northwest Peoria, but sometimes we game at somebody's house at 101 and 7th St. If you live near or are willing to travel to either of these locations, and if you like board games such as Euro/German strategy games (1-2 hour games, e.g. Settlers of Catan, Puerto

Re: FS games at SCaLE

2009-02-19 Thread Tameek Henderson
t: FS games at SCaLE moin moin, anyone want to go to the Free Software video games presentation at SCaLE and give us a report on what was covered? http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/conference-info/speakers/joseph-guarino ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHan

FS games at SCaLE

2009-02-19 Thread der.hans
moin moin, anyone want to go to the Free Software video games presentation at SCaLE and give us a report on what was covered? http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/conference-info/speakers/joseph-guarino ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes

Re: Linux as a Server for Games

2008-08-03 Thread der.hans
Am 03. Aug, 2008 schwätzte Patrick C so: I'm glad to say that I'm glad the entire home-hosted party of around 16 people went without a single hiccup (for the first time in years) and again say that I'd be glad to do a presentation on both sides of the client/server fence for PLUG if there is suf

Re: Linux as a Server for Games

2008-08-03 Thread Patrick C
stall and I was able to do absolutely everything necessary for the LAN party without ever touching (or even installing) Windows, from big things like 3D acceleration all the way down to the CD/DVD drive emulation I use at LAN parties to install games. The games all performed well and ran withou

Re: Linux as a Server for Games

2008-07-31 Thread Patrick C
t;) > Player Limit: 22 > > I recommend updating your Tremulous binaries with those at Trem-Servers.com > (http://www.trem-servers.com/index.php?page=downloads#client). On Ubuntu > (and probably Debian), replace /usr/games/tremulous with the > "tremulous-t971.ARCH" file and copy

Re: Linux as a Server for Games

2008-07-30 Thread Patrick C
vers.com/index.php?page=downloads#client). On Ubuntu (and probably Debian), replace /usr/games/tremulous with the "tremulous-t971.ARCH" file and copy "vms-1.1.t971.pk3" into /usr/share/tremulous/base/. You don't have to do this, but it fixes a rather annoying bug (can&#x

Re: Linux as a Server for Games

2008-07-28 Thread Dazed_75
the process of once again setting > up several servers (in the software sense) on the machine. I'm wondering if > there's significant interest within PLUG for me to put together some guide > documentation and maybe a presentation. I'm also willing to do something for > the cl

Re: Linux as a Server for Games

2008-07-28 Thread Matt Graham
t; into their installfests. I'm a FPS and RTS guy, we have our share of WoW > and Eve Online players, we discuss things from time to time but never really > see things happen at events. How could we tastefully mix gaming into our > current curriculum? Tastefully? Probably shouldn&#x

Re: Linux as a Server for Games

2008-07-28 Thread alexanderhenry
"der.hans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 28. Jul, 2008 schwätzte Patrick C so: > > > I'm going to be throwing a LAN party celebrating my birthday next weekend, > > and I recently reinstalled the operating system on my old PC to use it as a > > server for the party. [...] > > A presentati

Re: Linux as a Server for Games

2008-07-28 Thread der.hans
r us to have more info on game playing using GNU/Linux. the client side, because all of the games at the party are playable on Linux. In fact, I've been Linux-only at every LAN party I've attended or hosted in the past year. Anyhow, here are the game servers I'm setting up: Cool

Linux as a Server for Games

2008-07-28 Thread Patrick C
chine. I'm wondering if there's significant interest within PLUG for me to put together some guide documentation and maybe a presentation. I'm also willing to do something for the client side, because all of the games at the party are playable on Linux. In fact, I've been Linux-only at ev

"42 of the Best Free Linux Games"

2008-05-27 Thread Jared Anderson
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080510052539217/Games.html --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-disc

Slashdot article: playing games on Vista vs. on Linux (w/Wine)

2008-02-07 Thread Mike Schwartz
This article is comparing gaming on Vista to that on Linux using Wine: http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/02/02/0236200.shtml [quote from the intro:] "(XP is still king though)" -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] --