On Linux Games

The impossible happened: you’ve got some minutes on your own. What are you going to do? Game.

These are some of my favorite linux games:

• jumpnbump – there’s nothing like a bunch of psycho-killer rabbits that try to frag each other mario-like. At least two players are needed.
• Battle for Wesnoth – is a great round based strategy game which is expandable through modules. Settled in a fantasy world it has most of hexagon-based *-General features. While the graphic engine is not that smashing, all graphics are done carefully and with lots of love.
• UFO: Alien Invasion – this is one of the more advanced UFO clones. Isometric, roundbased, great so far but still in development. Try out one of their technology previews!

I’m still hoping that some commercial games (with released source code) will make it to the linux platform. Especially Microsoft’s Mech Commander 2 under linux would be great. Thanks for releasing the code Microsoft.

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