The Drunken Lizard Pub

Certainly they've always been about the graphics effects etc, BehindTimes. But the difference is that once a game had to be a good game, regardless of the graphics - now it seems that that graphics and effects by themselves are often the only concern.

I think that the bottom line is that, more and more, game developers are getting the opportunity to use more and more grandiose graphics and sound for their games, and this is what they're getting hung up on. Talk to anyone playing games now - do they talk about the game and how you play it? No, the...

Yes, it's really good to see game developers seriously considering the Linux market. I suppose the major developers just don't care, but for smaller developers like Basilisk, the Linux market could appreciably augment their sales - and for Basilisk, I certainly hope it does.

Well, saskwach, as I said, I'm using an ATI 9800 XT with the current 7.11 fglrx driver and the demo runs perfectly for me (no tile edges visible, no sound problems). The only 'problem' I have is that, like you, clicking the 'Buy Now' link closes the game and doesn't launch the URL. It could be, of c...

Well, FWIW I've just spent 1/2 hour or so playing the demo and it's running perfectly. I'm running Gutsy on a machine with an AMD 3200+, a Radeon 9800 XT with the current 7.11 fglrx driver and 1GB RAM. I see no tiles! No sound problems, either. The only thing that doesn't work is when I click on the...