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Penumbra Overture For Linux: Review

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Frictional Games is one of those few development teams which releases Linux native versions of their games and quite possibly the only one that provides us ‘Tux Gamers’ with the survival horror fix some of us crave.

Ah, the Horror genre… How many people have endured sleepless nights or strange nightmares thanks to games like Silent Hill, Doom 3 or even Dead Space?

Good thing I brought those three up… You see, the Horror genre in video games can be divided into 3 categories. There’s one where the monster jumps out of a dark corner scaring you out of your seat –that would be Doom 3. There’s the one where the monster walks at you in slow motion accompanied by a shrieking violin –that’s Dead Space. And then there’s the kind of horror where you know there’s a monster in a dark corner and you know it’s going to jump out at you but it doesn’t and the suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat –that’s your Silent Hill. The latter is possibly the best, because it preys on the natural human dislike of uncertainty and it is where Penumbra: Overture fits, for the most part.

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Comments (11)

lordpenguin ·
Hi LXers,

I just wanted to drop by and let you know that this article has been removed from The Powerbase. The author, Pedro Mateus, plaguerized this work. At The Powerbase, we are committed to delivering only original content, and that how things will stay.

Thanks LXers!

Dean Howell Editor-in-chief The Powerbase
Fettoosh ·
Quoting:plaguerized


EIC, I use Chrome, which has pretty good dictionary/spell checker. It didn't find plaguerized[sic] but found and suggested plagiarized! I suggest using it.

One more suggestion, how about linking to the article the author plagiarized?

mbaehrlxer ·
i did a search for some phrases in the header and article (1st page pulled from google cache) and found nothing. perhaps the original is from a print magazine (those still exist? :-) or translated from another language.

greetings, eMBee.
Koriel ·
I'm staying well away from this it could be Bubonic.
dinotrac ·
@koriel --

Worse -- it could be Bozonic.
gus3 ·
I'm holding out for Higgs Bozonic.
dinotrac ·
@gus3 --

I think you can find those on high speed rail trains. They can't just hire anybody, you know. They need super conductors.
gus3 ·
The cars on that train are clown cars.

And Victor Borge, the Clown Prince, is their super conductor.
tuxchick ·
These threads are why I have beer for breakfast.
dinotrac ·
@tc -

You need a reason?
tuxchick ·
Dino, at least an excuse :)

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