A sad day in Linux gaming history could soon be upon us, as the owner of LinuxGames.com currently plans to shut it down. Although one of their contributors wants to continue it, and Icculus has offered to buy the domain.
I really do hope the owner comes around, as LinuxGames along with the now defunct Happy Penguin website were my inspirations for starting GamingOnLinux.
Writing on the website the owner "Marv" said this:
TimeDoctor, one of their only contributors in recent times offered to take it over, as the news obviously came out of nowhere for him, but the owner doesn't seem to want it continued, sad times.
Hopefully this will tempt the owner a bit more:
Good old Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, what a dude. I really do hope something comes out of it, as it would be a serious shame for one of my original inspirations to just fade away like the rest. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I really do hope the owner comes around, as LinuxGames along with the now defunct Happy Penguin website were my inspirations for starting GamingOnLinux.
Writing on the website the owner "Marv" said this:
QuoteAfter 17 years on the Internet, AtomicGamer, the site who has been hosting LinuxGames is shutting down at the end of the month. I think it is time also that we put LinuxGames to bed as well. It has been a wild and fascinating ride all these years watching the Linux community mature and come to age. The passion that created this site has left me years ago and I know it is time to put the site to rest.
I would like to personally thanks Dustin and Al for all their support thru the many years and well as the countless people who have contributed to this site over the years.
TimeDoctor, one of their only contributors in recent times offered to take it over, as the news obviously came out of nowhere for him, but the owner doesn't seem to want it continued, sad times.
@TimeDoctor hope you get the keys for the linuxgames website, a real shame if the guy just shuts it down
— GamingOnLinux (@gamingonlinux) July 16, 2015
@TimeDoctor @gamingonlinux We are putting it to rest. Thanks for support and interest.
— Marvin Malkowski Jr (@mmalkowskijr) July 16, 2015
Hopefully this will tempt the owner a bit more:
@mmalkowskijr @TimeDoctor @gamingonlinux Wait, even if it doesn't continue, I'd like to keep the historical site. Can I buy the domain name?
— Ryan C. Gordon (@icculus) July 16, 2015Good old Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, what a dude. I really do hope something comes out of it, as it would be a serious shame for one of my original inspirations to just fade away like the rest. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Honestly, I didn't even know about the site. Though that doesn't mean it wasn't a big deal. I hope Ryan can buy the domain.
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Honestly, I didn't even know about the site. Though that doesn't mean it wasn't a big deal. I hope Ryan can buy the domain.
Honestly, I hope buying it isn't needed.
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Perkeleen_Vittupää 16 Jul 2015
There's this new Linux gaming site coming up: http://www.linux-gamers.net/
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There's this new Linux gaming site coming up: http://www.linux-gamers.net/
That's hilarious, April 1st.
Edit: Just for reference, they aren't new. They were my other inspiration.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 16 Jul 2015 at 4:49 pm UTC
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That's sad news, and it's a shame if TimeDoctor can't continue to contribute if he's still motivated to do so. :(
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I remember going to this site in the old days, sad day indeed. Also the one with guy smoking the pipe? Does anyone remember what the name of that site was? I
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jedidiah_lnx 16 Jul 2015
I remember going to this site in the old days, sad day indeed. Also the one with guy smoking the pipe? Does anyone remember what the name of that site was? I
That was the Linux Game Tome and it provided a very useful database of games. It's something that should be replicated by someone else. Linux Games can suffer from lack of visibility.
That's why this site is important. I have bought a number of games after reading about them here.
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I remember going to this site in the old days, sad day indeed. Also the one with guy smoking the pipe? Does anyone remember what the name of that site was? I
That was the Linux Game Tome and it provided a very useful database of games. It's something that should be replicated by someone else. Linux Games can suffer from lack of visibility.
That's why this site is important. I have bought a number of games after reading about them here.
Glad you like our stuff :)
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Makes me sad when anything Linux fails, but a website needs to be taken care of and nurtured, otherwise it will just fade away. And that is exactly what has happened. I do hope that LinuxGames contributors and editors will find a new place to write a lot of exciting stuff. Like this one is pretty decent. :)
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ElectricPrism 16 Jul 2015
I kindof always saw GamingOnLinux as the next evolutionary transcendence of LinuxGames and Linux Game Tome.
Those sites earned their place in history.
They should pass the Torch as that is the GPL way - but sadly interior politics will likely prevail and some domain snatcher will pick it up and want $10,000 for it later.
Those sites earned their place in history.
They should pass the Torch as that is the GPL way - but sadly interior politics will likely prevail and some domain snatcher will pick it up and want $10,000 for it later.
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Until I came across this site by accident, LinuxGames was were I got all my information from, I remember reading about the "next great" Loki game to come out and the time Loki dead.
Damn, been doing this Linux gaming lark a bloody long time now, I've noticed for a good while now that this site was very very quiet, but still proudly top of my "linux-gaming" RSS feed menu.
Hopefully Ryan takes it over, probably quite a bit about him on there from the early days "wow SDL sounds good, should be out soon.."
Damn, been doing this Linux gaming lark a bloody long time now, I've noticed for a good while now that this site was very very quiet, but still proudly top of my "linux-gaming" RSS feed menu.
Hopefully Ryan takes it over, probably quite a bit about him on there from the early days "wow SDL sounds good, should be out soon.."
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That was the Linux Game Tome and it provided a very useful database of games. It's something that should be replicated by somepony else.[Le Bottin des Jeux Linux](http://www.lebottindesjeuxlinux.tuxfamily.org/) provide a database of existing Linux games, it used to by only in French and only as an offline database (which is still available) but now it's in English too and online too.
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I tried to get into this site, but besides the fact news was almost always months delayed, they felt like making it their plug for personal opinions that may or may not be relevant (beyond game review type of stuff). In a way it's sad to see it die, but GamingOnLinux has been far better in my view.
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TimeDoctor 17 Jul 2015
I tried to get into this site, but besides the fact news was almost always months delayed, they felt like making it their plug for personal opinions that may or may not be relevant (beyond game review type of stuff). In a way it's sad to see it die, but GamingOnLinux has been far better in my view.
I think I only posted one editorial on linuxgames.com in the past 15 years, and that was too much for this guy!
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I tried to get into this site, but besides the fact news was almost always months delayed, they felt like making it their plug for personal opinions that may or may not be relevant (beyond game review type of stuff). In a way it's sad to see it die, but GamingOnLinux has been far better in my view.
I think I only posted one editorial on linuxgames.com in the past 15 years, and that was too much for this guy!
I thought that was a great article and not out of place. Thanks for writing that.
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I tried to get into this site, but besides the fact news was almost always months delayed, they felt like making it their plug for personal opinions that may or may not be relevant (beyond game review type of stuff). In a way it's sad to see it die, but GamingOnLinux has been far better in my view.
I think I only posted one editorial on linuxgames.com in the past 15 years, and that was too much for this guy!
Google, define "editorial":
a newspaper article expressing the editor's opinion on a topical issue.
Looks fine to me :)
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oldrocker99 17 Jul 2015
It used to be a site I checked out a couple of times a week; I'm sad :'( that it's going away, but I'm certainly glad that GOL
has stepped up!
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has stepped up!Last edited by oldrocker99 on 17 Jul 2015 at 6:43 pm UTC
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Its indeed a sad day.
Long time ago, LinuxGames and HappyPenguin (Linux Game Tome) ruled my (Linux) RSS feed.
Its sad to see them go.
On the up side, GOL is a worthy replacement and hopefully it'll continue to grow and thrive.
- Gilboa
Long time ago, LinuxGames and HappyPenguin (Linux Game Tome) ruled my (Linux) RSS feed.
Its sad to see them go.
On the up side, GOL is a worthy replacement and hopefully it'll continue to grow and thrive.
- Gilboa
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