Saturday, April 21, 2001

Loki: Not Quite Dead -- 4:49 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

ITWorld did an interview with Loki's Scott Draeker on why things have been so quiet at Loki lately and where the Linux gaming market is heading. One of his comments which I'm sure will attract a lot of discussion is this one:

One of the things that I am personally concerned about is that you've got two camps out there, who are ostensibly working on the Linux desktop. You've got the GNOME group, and Helix Code and those folks, on one side, and you've got the KDE folks on the other side. From where we sit, the GNOME people see the desktop as a GNOME desktop and the KDE people see it as a KDE desktop. Nobody is really working on a Linux desktop, per se.

Things seem to be turning around for Loki with the release of the Tribes 2 port and the Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack. I've been enjoying their port of Soldier of Fortune quite a bit myself. Thanks Linux Games.

J.t.Qbe comments: I was encouraged to read that Loki already has enough of a market to stay afloat. That's good news. Loki does good work (currently playing their port of Heroes of Might & Magic III and it's good stuff). You can go to Linux and still have top-quality games, the same games your Windows-running (or maybe Windows-limping) friends are playing. Support 'em, Linux geeks!

News for 04/21/2001

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