games

For various reasons, after using computers (and playing computer games) for 20 years now, I have finally decided to give in and buy a game console. Perhaps the main reason is that I’m fed up with the constant upgrades that are required in order to be able to enjoy the latest PC games. The console hardware only changes when a new version is released every 5 years or so, and in the mean time all games written for this console can be expected to perform well and take advantage of all the available features that the hardware offers....

As I mentioned in my previous posting, I am currently in the process of converting my main desktop from Windows XP to Linux. One of the main things I know I will struggle with (unless I just give up and live with an annoying dual-boot situation) is support for computer games. In many ways I am sick of PC gaming anyway. Don’t get me wrong: I still love computer games. The only thing I am increasingly annoyed with are the constant upgrades that are required in order to be able to run the latest games, as well as the amount of tweaking that is often necessary to get a game working acceptably using particular hardware (particularly the video card, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro in my case)....

I just came across this article on Boing Boing about the new Paranoia XP pen & paper RPG, which was publicly developed using open source methodologies, including a Wiki and blogs. This mostly caught my eye because I actually used to play this RPG about 15 years ago as a teenager… ;) Games * Design * Art * Culture has a more detailed blog entry about Paranoia XP, including the history of the game as well as other interesting links....

I just noticed that Thief: Deadly Shadows, the third installment in the awesome Thief “first person sneaker” computer game series has been released a few days ago. I have been looking forward to this game for a while, so I’ll probably order it tomorrow or pick it up at a local store. Not that I actually have any time to play it right now, since we are in the middle of buying a house and I haven’t even had much of a chance to play the last few games that I bought (Far Cry, Battlefield Vietnam, and Unreal Tournament 2004), but there’s no way around it....