Copy of BEEP to give away from Gameolith!

Looks like fedvasu and helios are in the lead as it were. At least, that is how I call it.

Because:
I deserve it and my kids too... and I feel lucky
:)
Really, I'm teaching my kids the Linux world, they love it right now, and a nice game will be the cherry on top.
Regards
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I want that game because i don't give a BEEP about this competition!

I would love a beeping copy of beep. I only use beeping linux on my beeping laptop and beeping desktop. Winning a beeping copy would be beeping great!

thanks

"So the question to win is...Why do you want a copy? "

It's for my kids - if teenagers can be called kids anymore!

I have always tried to find games for them that stretched their minds a little bit more than "Frag 'em" type games are capable of. They love to play those kind of games, it's probably human nature. But part of a parent's duty is to provide some options, so that they can develop in ways that they don't yet know that they need.

Way back when I still had Windows in the house, it was Myst and Riven. Plenty of conflict, but not a gorefest. Now, with only Linux in the house, I have tried to find alternatives to the kinds of things they play on the Internet. My 13 year old is a major Minecraft fan. The 17 year old prefers programming and FPS games. Oh, well. Recently, I have taken to getting most of the Humble Bundle sets. They really liked Worlds of Goo, Gish, Lugaru, And Yet it Moves, Atom Zombie Smasher, Blocks that Matter and Voxatron. I liked Samorost and Machinarium. But then, I am still satisfied with Angband/Nethack, Rocks 'n' Diamonds and some form of Mahjohng puzzle.

At least they aren't stuck with all violent games. I would like to raise kids that know how to get along with other people.

Now Beep looks like it gives people options. It is a very attractive game visually. It has a broad range of game play, not just puzzles or shooting or exploration. It would offer something besides straight shoot-em-ups. It would be another option for my boys development.

The downside is that I would finally have to buy a modern graphics card. Drat! ;-)

Okay, not trying to start a flame war, but I make a few points?

I am all in favour of being open minded about games and not participating in genre chauvinism, and Linux is definitely good to you in this regard, as it does encourage you to play games of all sorts. Which is why I am leery of comments like the ones above, especially the kind of negative perception of shooter and especially first person shooter games. Now, this is my favourite genre, and not just for any kind of visceral thrill. I like the first person perspective and find it one of the best ways to interact with a game enviroment.

It is also a surprisingly good medium as a storyteller, in some ways better than some other genres as it is very good at placing you in the world at your own devices. That is not a complaint against other genres, a lot of them do it well in many different ways, but in my experience FPS games have offered me the best of these experiences. Even in games with no cut-scense or NPCs the exploration of a fluid world has always been very palpable to me. I remember playing Hexen II a long time ago when I was considerably younger just messing around, bashing barrels, destroying the moat, seeing what I could do.

In fact, I think that hits it on the head. Interactive actions games are probably unequalled in the amount it just allows you to mess around with the game enviroment. True, there are some genres based entirely on this principle, such as your classic adventure, but these games are often too scripted to offer you the same amount of freedom. There are also sim games where you can build your own world which can capture this fairly well, but there is a difference between exploring and building and I think both are valuable for any child or anyone growing up with games to experience.

I know for a fact that playing it was playing Doom which got me to learn how to program. Playing Blood and Shogo, believe it or not, helped my writing no end. Plus the innate technical side coupled to such games is also a valuable asset in teaching people how computers and games work, and I sincerely believe that if you just come into it to play games and not learn about them you have missed the point. I see your seventeen year old is into programming games, which I find very good, and which may have been encouraged by some of the shooter games he has played, as well as others. I do know that it was games like Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, and Quake that made the modding scene what it is today and created many of the talented programmers we have today.

And, while it is good that your kids (can I really refer to another seventeen year old as a kid?) are into many different genres, I would be careful in making statements such as "I would like to raise kids that know how to get along with other people." That has nothing to do with the games they play but the world they live in and how the learn to react. And I think many gamers would be insulted by that premise. You seem to have been a really caring parent, so I doubt you really have to worry about your kids turning into physcos. Playing Doom or Quake or whatever young people today are playing is not going to do that to them. The fact that you took care of them and yes, played games with them, should ensure that.

And one final note, I notice you included Lugaru in your list up there. While it is a very good and skilful game, it is a bit of a strange choice to pick a game of which the premise is rabbits beating on each other. In fact, I would say it is more violent than my almost daily Quake 3 matches. Just saying.

Hamish I think you are looking into it a bit too much, it's a bit of fun :)

Hey, I am here to never takes things too lightly. :p

Anyhow, carry one people.

I'd love to have a copy of Beep. I have a ton of Windows games that may or may not work in Wine, but I'd love to increase my library of native games.

I want a copy of BEEP because I need something to play on my Linux Mint Laptop during the holidays.

Or because I love you, take your pick.