Re: For The Gamers

On 21 Dec 2024 19:02:35 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
<lsohmbFpkocU3@mid.individual.net>:

https://www.wired.com/story/2024-was-the-year-the-bottom-fell-out-of-

the-

games-industry/
 
I'd seen a few articles but never paid much attention. RPI put a lot of
effort into their video game degree program and thought the spinoffs
might revitalize the upstate NY economy. I wonder if they missed the
boat or if the industry will spring back?
 
Linux: who really cares if games run on Linux? It's a serious OS for
serious people.

One of the best ways to really crank on a kernel is to run a game.

And:  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Some people stare at the boob toob.  Some people game, which uses
the brain cells a bit more.

I play Elite Dangerous on Linux, which has just finished up a
banner year. I know that's the exception rather than the rule,
but a lot of players came back because of the new "Power Play 2.0"
that was added to the game recently. And the final Thargoid
mothership -- which took up station over Earth and was menacing
the Sol system -- is now no more.

Fly dangerous!

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