Blender’s first open game, codename “Apricot” and featuring the characters from Blender’s open movie “Big Buck Bunny”, is making great strides forward, with the first playable demo now released to the public.

Shortname = ‘C:\Users\Chuzzy\Desktop\655_AP~1\apricot\blender.exe’ Compiled with Python version 2.5. Checking for installed Python… got it! freeing: blo_freefiledata ” opening: blo_openblenderfile…

Whether they’re creating content for sites like YouTube and Wikipedia, viewer-submitted news services like CNN’s iReport or videogames like Spore and LittleBigPlanet, today’s most valuable employees will most likely never set foot inside the building?or collect a paycheck.

Yet is it really a sweatshop if none of the workers is complaining? They're certainly not complaining about Spore'unless it's about how long it's taken videogame creator Will Wright and his team to complete the…

Fewer college students are pursuing computer-related degrees at a time when demand is increasing and thousands of baby boomers are retiring from technical jobs. The colliding trends have some business leaders worried that they won’t find enough workers needed to maintain expected growth…

Enrollment in undergraduate degree programs in computer sciences is more than 50 percent lower than it was five years ago, the group said. Between 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 the number of new students declaring computer sciences as a major…

The industry has been shrinking to a handful of big players that use large teams of in-house programmers.But Silva is a one-man game maker. He’s among a growing number of independents working to distribute their games to Internet-connected consoles with the help of game box makers seeking to meet demand for titles beyond the us

The growth of digital distribution parallels consolidation among video game publishers. It takes many years and millions of dollars to develop a hit franchise like "Grand Theft Auto." With so much invested, companies are…

Isn’t the iPhone AppStore launching next week? Here is one of the first iPhone games announced

WindowsWindows 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XPInternet Connection RecommendedEnjoyed Lumen?Fiery Ferret specializes in software development. If you enjoyed Lumen, why don't you contact us to see how easy it can be to have us develop your…

After careful deliberation, we have whittled down the recommendations to a list of 42 more highly compelling Linux games

We have permitted one game to be included which strictly does not meet the above criteria. While Hexen II: Hammer of Thrion is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), it requires an original copy of the commercial game…

Tired of your friends and family telling you to get a girlfriend? Want to make that certain someone a little jealous? Need a confidence boost? Just feeling lonely sometimes?
If your lonely like me, this is the perfect solution!

Just make up how you met and include any details about yourself that you want your new girlfriend to know. Within days you'll receive personalized love letters by mail, e-mails, photos, special gifts… even phone messages or online chat….

This is a prototype of a Javascript Mario Kart-like racing game.
It uses the canvas element to do most of the rendering and should work in both FF2, FF3, Opera 9.27 and Safari 3.1.1.

@Christian Heilmann: It's pretty much the same principle as mode 7, I believe. The blurryness is because of the scaling done by the canvas and the low res map used.@makken skeyes: Sure. http://www.nihilogic.dk/labs/mariokart/mariokart.js

Warow is an FPS computer game, aimed at network gaming; it is characterized by specific graphics and an emphasis on tricks and good fun.

After looking at Warow in terms of graphics, one thinks of two adjectives: cartoon-like and cyberpunk. Cartoon-like, that is unrealistic, created out of simple geometric figures and glittering with a multitude of colors. Comic-like…

Jagged Alliance 2 is a tactical role-playing game for PC, released in 1999 for Windows, and later ported to Linux by Tribsoft.

The graphics in JA2 are, well, they're from 1999. The resolution is limited to 640 × 480, and though I'm not sure you'd actually need to go higher to get any more information, the display seems somewhat pixelated and blocky…

Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Phun, a free open-source, cross-platform 2D physics simulator, makes you want to pick up blocks, or maybe crayons, and learn more about the way things fall and move under pressure.

Regarding this game, I think it is great. I've actually been thinking for the last few years about interactive software education for highschool and college level classes to teach advanced concept of Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics,…

In 1991 a Finnish university student named Linus Torvalds began working on a new operating system in his spare time.He didnt work in isolation, nor did hemake a big deal about what he was doing; rather, he modestly invitedprogrammers from all over the world to join his project, which he dubbed Linux.?
In 1991 a Finnish university student named

The Input Subsystem The input subsystem receives the users commands through an input device (like the keyboard or a joystick) and records these commands for further processing. While input device programming is not di cult, it should be…

There have been rumors since last year that Valve may be serious about porting Source games to Linux after Valve Software began seeking a senior software engineer with the responsibility of porting Windows-based games to the Linux platform.

Valve Software's other major component that they use for their own games and over time has been opened up to its licensees is Steam. Steam is Valve's digital distribution platform. The Steam client — which right now is only…

12 free games for Linux. Many are popular, but also couple games that you don’t know yet.

Urban Terror can best be described as a Hollywood tactical shooter; it is realism based to a certain extent (environments/weapons/player models), but also goes by the motto “fun over realism” (fast gameplay and lots of…