New Category Covering Gaming on Android or Linux Platforms.

Dear Readers,

In an effort to reach out to a wider audience, I am introducing a new category on this site covering gaming on the Android or Linux platforms.  My gaming experience may not be as deep as some of the hard-core gamers out there but I do have quite a bit of gaming experience on several platforms.  Let's see where to begin.

I started out electronic gaming as a kid with games like Simon, Space Invaders, Asteroids and Pac-Man on video arcade game machines.  As I grew older and used the PC more often, my best friend and I experimented with a DOS-based game on a Commodore computer that was merely a text based response to whatever you typed into the computer.  It was a scavenger hunt type of adventure game.  The computer screen told you where you where and what happened.  But because you couldn't see what was available like you can with today's games, you had to guess what your next move was going to be based on your own imagination.  Unfortunately for you, your imagination (list of alternatives) may have not been what was stored in the programs so you could have been trying out many alternatives forever and frustrated that there was nothing visually nor even a HINT button to help you narrow down your alternatives.  Needless to say, gaming since then has evolved beautifully to an almost virtual experience with the Nintento Wii and other platforms.

Back in 1998, my husband and I both changed our careers simultaneously limiting our income, which meant that we had to change our budget because we still had a mortgage to pay.  One way we got through those hard times was by limiting our entertainment budget to seeing a movie in the theater occasionally and playing Mario games on the Nintendo 64 platform.  That's when I really got hooked into video games.  Years later, I bought games I could play on my Windows PC.  Times have changed a lot for me since then.

Today, I spend most of my time working on a Linux laptop which includes Video Editing, Writing, Web Development and web surfing for interesting topics.  Despite my intense schedule, I also have time to read and play games.   In fact, I have demonstrated that I can read Kindle content and play Windows games on my Linux Mint laptop in my Youtube channel.  Heck, I can even play Steam games on Linux Mint or Ubuntu and play free games downloaded from GooglePlay to my Android smartphone.  Pretty cool, huh?  I saw something even more exciting.  The Nvidia Shield is an Android gaming console that allows you to download games from GooglePlay, which means you can play practically an unlimited amount of games.  Looks like Nvidia Shield has come up with a new way to take gaming to a new level, picking up where the Google Chromecast left off.  Well, that's it for now.  Hope what you've read whets your appetite to see more on this section as you explore new games and technology in the Linux arena.



Regards,



The Editor