Tag Archive for 'games'

Physics Games

I have been wanting to write about this for a while (well, since Roo first wrote his post) but wasnt sure whether to just point to Roo’s post, or whether to repeat the contents of it here. I have decided that posting the 4 videos would feel too much like plagarism, so check out Roo’s post: rooreynolds.com: Physics Games

It is a collection of Physics based computer games - “Boring” you may think, but in fact they are quite cool (very cool in fact). Don’t think about out, click the link above and watch the videos. I have downloaded Phun, and it is indeed a lot of fun. The thing in common with all the games is that they all have somewhat realistic physics engines (in fact that is the main part of all the games).

Linux Gaming

It seems like linux gaming is finally becoming a reality. So far most games seem to be simple ones (not that that makes them bad - the linux card games are far superior than any windows ones I have seen) or multiplayer based (few have good AI’s).

Linux Gamers have a review of Open Source 3D Shoot-em-ups

http://www.linux-gamers.net/smartsection.item.81/comparison-of-free-software-shooters.html

While Linux Journal has a more general review of Free Games for Linux

http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000435

I really need to get my 3d card running properly again, as some of those mutliplayer shoot-em-ups look rather good, and I definitely need to try out that racing game!