Psychonauts: Classic Xbox Platformer Now Available For Linux | Linux Today

Psychonauts: Classic Xbox Platformer Now Available For Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 31, 2012

Remember Psychonauts? Once regaled in glowing reviews and positive reception from press outlets, the now classic Psychonauts has made its way, unexpectedly, to Linux. The game, designed by influential point-and-click pioneer Tim Schaffer, was nothing short of a mid-decade masterpiece that breathed much needed air into the lungs of the original Xbox. Now, when you hear the phrase ???mid-decade masterpiece???, you might be thinking Resident Evil 4, or even God Of War. While not having the worldwide regard of both of those franchises, or the budget behind them, Psychonauts uniqueness shined among the swath of un-optimized multi-platform games available for the Xbox near the end of its life.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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