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thafreakMorning Ohio13:48
andygraybealheya man13:55
thafreakThere are some linux gamers in here right?20:06
paultagif programming is a game20:06
paultagthen yes20:06
jandruskSure, Nethack rules!20:07
thafreaknah...FPS is my bag20:07
thafreakso no is the answer i'm infering from your responses20:07
jandruskNethack in Emacs rocks.20:07
paultagtetris-bsd20:07
thafreakok...let me rephrase...want to stop using my xbox, but don't want to go to windows pc games...20:08
paultagpostal2 is fun20:08
thafreakis there like wine magic that works with COD...or is there like a haven for linux native games that are similar20:08
thafreaklike has anything good been released since like unreal 2004, back in...well 2004?20:09
thafreakwould rather give my hard earned money to companies who give a shit about linux, instead of EA, Activision, etc20:10
paultagmmmm20:11
paultaghumble bundle games20:11
canthus13l4D2 should be good. :)20:18
* canthus13 's wife is a linux gamer. :)20:18
Unit193Valve sure does seem handy.20:19
thafreakvalve? like the steam people20:22
Unit193Yeah, haven't you been keeping up?20:27
Unit193Bleh..20:27
thafreaki thought their faq says they have no plans to support linux20:28
Unit193http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/steamd-penguins/  -  http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=valve_linux_sdl&num=120:31
thafreakyeah just saw that20:39
thafreakbut..."we're going to start doing X" is alot different than, "Here's X, go and play with it"20:39
thafreakI've been waiting like 8 years for some one to start making top teir games for linux20:40
thafreakspeaking of which...how's ATI graphics these days for gaming on linux? Anyone know?20:40
thafreakeverything i find on google is years old20:42
yanoapparently better than Nvidia, http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/nvidia-linus-torvald/20:44
Unit193Meh.20:44
thafreakyeah...i'm aware of that20:45
yano:-p20:45
yanoso it could be worse20:45
thafreakso do you go with the ones trying harder to support open source, or the ones who can actually perform well with 3D20:45
yanoi flip a coin20:47

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