Last March Bryan and interviewed a gentleman from Hot Head Games who were about to release a new game that was coming out for all platforms, with first class Linux support. Of course we were very excited and could not wait to play. After what seemed like almost forever, the game shipped and we got our hands on it for a full review.

We all liked Episode one of On The Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness quite a bit. I especially like the episodic nature of the game, as a casual game player I prefer something perhaps a bit  shorter that gets refreshed every so often with new levels, adventures, and challenges. 

Episode 2 of the Penny Arcade game continues the dry wit and humor, combined with the familiar characters placed in a steam-punk 1920s robot butt kicking world!

Today episode two is being released for all major platforms, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and on the Xbox 360 arcade with the exception of the PS3 for now.
I think the fact that Linux is being targeted at release for a commerical game like this is a great step for desktop Linux. While this game may not put the demand on your system that something like Crysis might, it is by all means a modern game with great graphics and sound. Releasing for four platforms on launch day is really impressive, and something we talked about in our interview with Hot Head games last March.

Bryan and I put togther our first episode of The Big Story a quick video about Episode 2, and include some screen shots and video from the game: