Archive for the ‘Commercial Games’ tag

Heroes of Newerth, Commercial GNU/Linux Game, Open Beta Now Live!

Introduction

First off, go here to get in on the open beta.

Second off, this is a commercial game that is releasing on GNU/Linux. For more information see the wikipedia entry for the game here.

If you want to help encourage mainstream gaming on the GNU/Linux system I recommend spending the $30 dollars to order or pre-order this game.

I will be doing a review of this game once it is out of beta (beta testers appear to be under a non-disclosure agreement).

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The Fallout 3 Renaissance (Wo)Man Character Building Guide

A Beginning, The Renaissance (Wo)Man’s Inception

With this char­ac­ter you are going to be able to play through­out the entire game pick up and switch to any weapon as you come upon it and use it with a high level of pro­fi­ciency. This char­ac­ter is highly adapt­able.

This character was originally going to utilize explosives as the primary weapon. After starting I found out that this was not feasible due to grenades being a bit too scarce early on and their tendency to bounce awkwardly, missing the target entirely, or just winging them, even if the to hit chance was 95%. I switched from using grenades primarily to using small guns once I got the terrible shotgun. I then switched again to using energy weapons when I got an unique plasma rifle. I switched a final time when I got the Chinese stealth armor and the unique electric sword, the dart gun, and an unique, heavy hitting, laser rifle for those hard to kill enemies. This is how I’m currently playing my character.

Read the rest at my new site, Anihil.org!