Open ReadWrite(openrw)라는 곳에서 2001년에 릴리즈되었던 Grand Theft Auto III 고전게임을 opensource로 만들고 있다고 합니다. ㅎㅎㅎ screenshots으로는 좀 우습지만 어떤 덕후들에게는 의미있는 일이겠지요

https://openrw.org/

https://github.com/rwengine/openrw

여기보면 build도 Windows, Linux, Mac을 다 지원하고 실행도 모든 플랫폼에서 native로 돌릴수 있다고 하네요. 헐~ 

https://github.com/rwengine/openrw/wiki/Building

Opensource Multiplatform game인데 리눅스에서도 특별한거 설치하지 않아도 잘 돌아간다. 세가지 게임이 있다

• Red Alert 레드얼럿
• Tiberian Dawn
• Dune 2000

https://www.openra.net/download/

AMD Radeon 7900 XTX 살때 공짜로 받았던 쿠폰을 이번에 써서 이번주말 게임좀 해볼까 했더니...

AMD Reward에 등록도 하고 기대에 부풀었는데, 9/1에 다운로드 받으라는... 헐...

Newegg에서 800불까지 내려갔는데 안지를 수가 없었음. 100불짜리 게임 Starfield도 껴주고. 오랜만에 NVidia에서 AMD로 넘어가게 됐다. 지금까지 잘 버텨준 NVidia RTX 2080 TI와 비교해보니 2080 TI가 너무 왜소해보인다.

24GB를 어떻게 쓰면 더 신나게 돌릴수 있을지 고민해봐야겠다. 주말 프로젝트가 재밌어질듯.

리눅스에서 게임은 생각도 못할때가 있었는데, 그래도 돈많고 software 인력이 더 많은 NVidia가 쬐금 더 낫은 적이 좀 있었던것 같은데, 요즘 서치해 보면 리눅스 사용자들 사이에서는 AMD가 더 많이 선호되고 있어서 깜짝 놀랐음.

* Linux gaming reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/149903d/known_alternatives_to_linux_gaming_on_reddit/
* Reddit에서 넘어간 사람들이 말하는 AMD로 linux에서 gaming
https://lemmy.world/post/1086446
* Linux gaming wiki, GPU section
 https://linux-gaming.kwindu.eu/index.php?title=Hardware_Recommendations#GPUs

AMD GPU하나 들여야 하나...

우리 아들도 좋아하고 나도 좋아하고, 참 잘만든게인인데, 5년전에 나왔을때와 큰 변화가 없이 계속 욹어만(!) 먹은것이 문제인것 같네요. 경쟁도 너무 심해졌고요. 돈을 벌만한 기회가 많이 줄어든듯. 이번에 영화도 나온다고 하고, 게임도 여러 참신한 시도도 많이해보면 좋겠습니다.

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Angry Birds maker cutting up to 39% of staff

Angry Birds maker Rovio will cut up to 39% of its staff, the company announced on Wednesday.

About 260 people may lose their jobs as Rovio shrinks its business to concentrate on fewer products. It's the second round of significant layoffs in less than 12 months.

Over the past several years, the Finnish company has pushed itself to do "too many things" in its eagerness to grow and capitalize on its wildly successful Angry Birds franchise.

There are Angry Birds-themed amusement parks, an e-learning service for kids, a series of Angry Birds books, and an online and TV cartoon series based on the game's assortment of animals.

"In our current financial condition we must now put focus on where we are at our best," CEO Pekka Rantala explained in a statement.

The company excels in making games, he added, but the job cuts won't affect staff working on the upcoming Angry Birds movie. It's slated for a 2016 release.

"(I)t is certain that a leaner and more agile Rovio is absolutely necessary to move forward and take the company to new successes in the future," Rantala said.

Angry Birds launched in 2009 and was a worldwide hit within less than two years.

Rovio followed up with several other games that riff on the original concept -- slinging ball-like animal avatars into obstacles. There's everything from Angry Birds Space to Angry Birds Transformers and Stars Wars. But none were as successful as the first.

For many industry watchers, news of the job cuts weren't a surprise. Like Zynga (ZNGA), the maker of Farmville, and King, maker of Candy Crush, Rovio has been betting too much on a single popular game.

Rovio now makes more than 20 games. Some of the newer ones, such as Retry, aren't related to Angry Birds at all, and have seen some success.

But in late July, the company also released Angry Birds 2, an updated version of the free game with more in-app purchase products.

Rovio says the new version has been downloaded almost 50 million times in its first month, which the company says is "good momentum."