Gaming Sucks on Linux?

A company named Loki Games tried to make a business out of porting Windows games to Linux. Loki had an ambitious idea and did deliver some good games for Linux. But could it pull it off? Could Loki show that there was a real market for games under Linux? Well Loki sure did have some significant achievements. Here's a list of the games that Loki released: Civilization: Call to Power Descent 3 Deus Ex Heavy Gear 2 Heavy Metal: FAKK@ Heretic 2 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Kohan: Immortals Sovereigns MindRover Myth 2: Soulblighter Postal Plus Railroad Tycoon 2 Rune Sid Meier's Alpha Centaur Simcity 3000 Unlimited Soldier of Fortune Tribes 2 Unreal Tournament As you can see, Loki offered a good selection of games (yes the games listed are old, but Loki has been out of business since early in 2002, so it's understandable that its product list is dated). And some of those games—back in their day—were considered top of the line and were wanted by lots of Linux gamers. Alas, Loki was never able to make the numbers work and ultimately went out of business as a result. For Linux gamers, the death of Loki was a true tragedy. After that, who would want to ever bother making Linux versions of the latest and greatest games? As it turned out . . . nobody. And nobody will probably bother again . . . ever.