Comments on: My top ten quick and free (as in beer and freedom) games http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games  louisa at louisaparry dot co dot uk Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: louisa http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games/comment-page-1#comment-30898 louisa Wed, 07 May 2008 11:57:39 +0000 http://louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games#comment-30898 To-may-to, To-mar-to :) To-may-to, To-mar-to :)

]]> By: Donny Viszneki http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games/comment-page-1#comment-30896 Donny Viszneki Wed, 07 May 2008 11:48:32 +0000 http://louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games#comment-30896 This article gives FOSS gaming a bad name. The following GPL games EASILY best the same number of games from your list: Battle For Wesnoth Super Tux Urban Terror Kobo Deluxe Descent II Globulation 2 Nexuiz Super Mario War Granted, about half of those games have their roots in commercial development: Urban Terror is a FOSS "full game mod" for Quake 3 Arena which was released under the GPL by ID Software; Nexuiz is a significant modification of some previous iteration of the Quake engine by ID Software; Descent I and II were released under the GPL by Parallax software; and a great deal of the multimedia in Super Mario War is directly taken from commercial, albeit antiquated (or 'classic' if you prefer,) video games. This does NOT make them NOT free software, though. Seriously Louisa Parry, what the hell? Are you trying to sabotage the FOSS community? Someone reading your blog would come away with the impression that the FOSS community doesn't have a respectable taste in gaming! This article gives FOSS gaming a bad name. The following GPL games EASILY best the same number of games from your list:

Battle For Wesnoth
Super Tux
Urban Terror
Kobo Deluxe
Descent II
Globulation 2
Nexuiz
Super Mario War

Granted, about half of those games have their roots in commercial development: Urban Terror is a FOSS “full game mod” for Quake 3 Arena which was released under the GPL by ID Software; Nexuiz is a significant modification of some previous iteration of the Quake engine by ID Software; Descent I and II were released under the GPL by Parallax software; and a great deal of the multimedia in Super Mario War is directly taken from commercial, albeit antiquated (or ‘classic’ if you prefer,) video games.

This does NOT make them NOT free software, though. Seriously Louisa Parry, what the hell? Are you trying to sabotage the FOSS community? Someone reading your blog would come away with the impression that the FOSS community doesn’t have a respectable taste in gaming!

]]> By: Louisa Parry :: Journal » Lurking http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games/comment-page-1#comment-12669 Louisa Parry :: Journal » Lurking Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:16:12 +0000 http://louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games#comment-12669 [...] I don’t know if I’ll end up contributing any more than the current occasional bug report or blog entry about random software, but I figure I’m way more likely to get involved now that I see what is going on than I was before. [...] [...] I don’t know if I’ll end up contributing any more than the current occasional bug report or blog entry about random software, but I figure I’m way more likely to get involved now that I see what is going on than I was before. [...]

]]> By: Listerate » Blog Archive » Top ten quick and free games http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games/comment-page-1#comment-9830 Listerate » Blog Archive » Top ten quick and free games Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:18:51 +0000 http://louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games#comment-9830 [...] Louisa Parry :: Journal » My top ten quick and free (as in beer and freedom) games : free as in Ubuntu games to keep your mind alert, engaged and entertained. [...] [...] Louisa Parry :: Journal » My top ten quick and free (as in beer and freedom) games : free as in Ubuntu games to keep your mind alert, engaged and entertained. [...]

]]> By: John Leach’s Blog » Top ten quick FOSS games http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games/comment-page-1#comment-9463 John Leach’s Blog » Top ten quick FOSS games Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:53:23 +0000 http://louisaparry.co.uk/journal/archives/2007-02-16/my-top-ten-quick-and-free-as-in-beer-and-freedom-games#comment-9463 [...] Louisa wrote about her top ten favourite quick FOSS games.  All available in Ubuntu universe.  They’re all very addictive though, so beware.  My favourite is Frozen Bubble, but Neverball looks awesome so I’ll have to give that a go.  Tetrinet is great if you have some friends to play against too. [...] [...] Louisa wrote about her top ten favourite quick FOSS games.  All available in Ubuntu universe.  They’re all very addictive though, so beware.  My favourite is Frozen Bubble, but Neverball looks awesome so I’ll have to give that a go.  Tetrinet is great if you have some friends to play against too. [...]

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