""How can gaming on linux be taken seriously when the same tired old ports and poor quality games dominate the "top" list by user reviews?"" Well, the answer t

""How can gaming on linux be taken seriously when the same tired old ports and poor quality games dominate the "top" list by user reviews?"" Well, the answer to this question is this: those making bleeding-edge interesting games for Linux, or those playing them, learn about sites like this and decide to publish reviews. Anything that makes that happen can only be a good thing, right? There are tons of nice games for Linux, or at least buildable on Linux, out in the universe .. its no longer a dirth of 'good games', its just a matter of knowing what and where to find what you like and get it running. I personally am a huge fan of Linux gaming, both on Ubuntu and Android, and as a developer myself have absolutely no problems getting into any game, either distributed or in source form, and getting it running on my system. I rarely game on anything but Linux. In the last few days, my sons and I have played: * WorldWarVi (fantastic retro shooter) * crrcsim (I play this on OpenPandora nowadays.. the boys have the big-screen Linux machine with the bluetooth gamepads .. we fly and are trying to make models, not there yet) * PacPac (we're making new levels..) * OpenCity (it needs love, but entertains..) * PangZero (nice and easy) * TORCS (makes me puke, the boys now want a proper drivers wheel) * Faster Than Light (mostly me) * Cave Story (mostly the wife) * Serious Sam (also makes me puke, we boys get in trouble for playing it right now tho', but we do sneak..) * Garden Of Colored Lights (very fun!) * FlightGear (mostly me, and I also need a decent controller) * AtomicTanks (mostly me and the elder son) * Voxatron (we play this most of all lately, its just cute fun) So, with many of those games .. the source is available. Or at least the ability to edit levels. Some games not so much, but where it exists .. we always poke at it. And thats not a bad thing for kids who game with their Dads on Linux to be learning. So maybe the answer to your question is, if you're not satisfied with Gaming on Linux right now, wait until another generation grows up with it first, it'll continue to keep improving .. (PS; I'll go review the games above at the new site, I personally love it when things like this get a kick, its certainly worth watching when new game releasers/developers start utilizing these things .. in point of fact, merely keep an eye on http://repo.openpandora.org http://repo.openpandora.org if you want to know where the bleeding edge Linux gaming is happening .. oh and here is my personal favourite Linux game-review site right now: http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=all&cat=Game&s=new&ipp=all http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=all&cat=Game&s=new... ') edit: list formatting edit2: Found another great tome of Linux games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_games