Violent Video Game Ban Passed in Illinois House

By GBGames, on May 31st, 2005%

I read this article in the Chicago Sun-Times. Apparently the Illinois House passed the law 100-6.

Someone on the Indie Gamer forums posted a link to the FTC study that gets cited a lot by the Governor. Let’s look at the findings:

Ability of a minor to purchase an Electronic Game: 85% in 2000, . . . → Read More: Violent Video Game Ban Passed in Illinois House

Open Source Business Models

By GBGames, on May 28th, 2005%

Forbes.com’s article “The Open Source Heretic” is about Larry McVoy, the CEO of Bitmover, and his comments on how open source business models are not sustainable.

Bitmover makes BitKeeper, a version control system system ideal for distributed developers. The Linux kernel currently uses it, and it has been given to the open source community . . . → Read More: Open Source Business Models

Support for Gnu/Linux Systems

By GBGames, on May 27th, 2005%

People who use Windows have a couple of huge advantages over people who use Gnu/Linux: games and hardware/service support.

Defeating the no-help desk is an article on Newsforge that talks about how to get around tech support that isn’t helpful if you run something other than what is explicitly supported.

What you should . . . → Read More: Support for Gnu/Linux Systems

Video Game Manifestos

By GBGames, on May 26th, 2005%

I found A Gamer’s Manifesto at Game Girl Advance. It’s humorous and hits home. I’ve always had Nintendo systems so I never really dealt with long load times before, but PC Games and apparently Playstation and XBox titles are plagued by developers who think that long loading times are great. Another valid complaint is the . . . → Read More: Video Game Manifestos

MAKE: 10 Things to Do With Old PCs

By GBGames, on May 24th, 2005%

People have been fairly excited about the new Make magazine. From the page:

The first magazine devoted to digital projects, hardware hacks, and D.I.Y. inspiration.

They actually have a blog where they post interesting projects. Today I found an entry on 10 Things to Do With Old PCs. I was amused that out of all . . . → Read More: MAKE: 10 Things to Do With Old PCs