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    One of the things I have been doing very little of for the last several years is PC gaming.  This is probably mostly due to a complete lack of a Windows machine in my life.  Plus with all of the great games available for Android my needs as a casual gamer are more than met.


    However, this years humble bundled has reignited my interest in PC gaming.  I got it and installed a couple of the games on my Ubuntu machine.  So far they are a lot of fun especially VVVVVV.  This got me asking "what else can I play on Ubuntu?"  Turns out there is a plethora of free open source games, some awesome, some not so much.  Many are available from the  Ubuntu Software Center and many you have to hunt down around the web.


    One thing that keeps many Windows users from Ubuntu (or any Linux OS for that matter) is a supposed lack of games.  This is simply not the case.  While yes many of the commercial PC games are only available for Windows or at best OS X, there are many free open source games that are a ton of fun.  I am convinced that the average gamer would not miss Windows if they could find a handful of awesome games on Ubuntu.  Who knows if enough gamers move to using Ubuntu maybe we will see a few major releases for Ubuntu in the future.  We have already seen this happen with many smaller commercial games like World of Goo and Minecraft.


    So, I will be trying to find great games available to play on Ubuntu and write about them here.  I'll be reviewing games with stable releases and write about upcoming games that I am excited about.  As I have mentioned before I am a casual gamer.  I at most get a handful of hours of gaming in a week.  So just to warn upfront I will be writing from the perspective of a mostly casual gamer.  As much as I am able I will try and find a wide range of game types and styles that hopefully everyone can enjoy.
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  1. JoshDecember 28, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    Most promising native Linux game I've played in a while.

    http://www.unknown-horizons.org/

    I played last spring and it was really fun but incomplete. They just did this past Summer of Code so it's a safe bet that things are better now.

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  2. Daniel PolehnDecember 28, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    Awesome thanks I'll have to check that out. I haven't even heard of Unknown Horizons, looks fun. I like city/empire building games.

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