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This set of games, which is now natively available for Linux, is built on a highly realistic physics engine. For example, in order to open a door, you have to...

R. Dobbs writes 'Microsoft has reportedly drastically reduced the amount of indie titles it's going to allow on its Live Arcade service — but no such limits have been placed on material from major publishers. Have the publishers themselves been pushing this agenda? And what will it mean for indies? Quoting: 'More and more indie developers are being created, bucking the trend of working for the blockbuster-sized titles of many publishers and opting to control their own development and keep their IPs. This is likely becoming more and more of a concern to major publishers, who seem — especially in ZeniMax's recent purchase of id Software and EA's combination of Bioware and Mythic, as well as Warner Bros. purchase of Midway's IPs and studios — to be doing everything they can to consolidate their power and lock down all the available resources.' When questioned, microsoft released a statement saying that they're 'a great supporter of independent game development.''Read mor

Finally, a week without a release of Jonathan Coulton’s “Still Alive.” It was beginning to look like the Portal ending theme writer was mounting a hostile takeover of the entire world, starting with downloadable music game stores. Fans shouldn’t worry, though: his song is still available. In other news, the heroes of the week are [...]