Gifts for Gamers: Some End-of-Year Recommendations, Part 3
Dec 30, 2009In part 3 of our gamers recommandations we present more strategy games, puzzles, card games, language skill training and more. To be continued.
more »Gifts for Gamers: Some End-of-Year Recommendations, Part 2
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more »Gifts for Gamers: Some End-of-Year Recommendations, Part 1
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more »Ask Klaus!
Nov 30, 2009Klaus Knopper is the creator of Knoppix and co-founder of the LinuxTag expo. He currently works as a teacher, programmer, and consultant. If you have a configuration problem, or if you just want to learn more about how Linux works, send your questions to: klaus@linux-magazine.com
more »Unreal Engine 3 Free (or Not) for Game Developers
Nov 09, 2009So unreal the name, so real the news: Epic Games is providing its Unreal Engine 3 free to developers. It isn't open source, but game developers can implement it for noncommercial games and applications.
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