1. Cottage of Doom

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    Tweet “Cottage of Doom” remains as one of my favorite zombie games. It’s only game where I’ve seen the concept of barricading yourself from zombies done well. Plus, it was created by a single developer and all the source code is open and free. You can download this tiny game...
  2. Venom’s Lab – Blender Training DVD Teaser

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    Tweet Did my bi-yearly check on Blender to see if a simplified customizable interface has been implemented yet. Looks like another open source movie is also in the works.  This one’s called Durian…   like the funky/stinky pod fruit**?  No associate intended, I hope. Blender has some training DVDs coming that...
  3. Freespace 2 – Open Source Project

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    Tweet The developers released the source code and the public is taking advantage of it.  A Babylon 5 mod, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars and even a Wing Commander saga? First, you just find yourself a retail copy of the game (from like Good Ol Games) then run the installer which...
  4. Free Sounds

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    Tweet Incoming quality open source sound effects, starting with Freesound.org.  Complete with handy little volume image icons. # More sounds can be found at soundsnap.com #
  5. Big Buck Bunny

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    Tweet Big Buck Bunny, Blender’s open source movie has been released! Yes, I know I’m a little late on this announcement, but better late than never. I received my DVD in the mail a few weeks back and was stunned at the quality of the short. The story is a...
  6. Voice Recognition in Linux

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    Tweet I’ve been using voice recognition, on and off, for over a year now. It has advanced way beyond what I would have dreamed. I mentioned it to my mother and she said, “Yeah, that’s great to hear. It’ll put me out of a job.” I was sorry to hear...