Apple copied Xerox GUI and why modern games have lost their magic.

There are many people that say Apple invented the computer mouse as well as the windows and icons interface but the Xerox Star computer system from 1981 had that long before the Apple Macintosh computer had desktop icons and a mouse. There was even a demonstration of video conferencing and the keyboard and mouse interface … Read more

Valve planning to release the Steam service on Linux. A good thing for *NIX gamers or not?

Valve are planning to release a Linux version of the online Steam service allowing users of the many disparate Linux distributions to play the many games available on the Steam service. Older games such as Doom are available for Linux, but the actual IWADs that allow you to play the original Doom, Ultimate Doom and … Read more