Reviews

Since reviews are a personal preference multiple reviews of hardware/app/game is entirely acceptable.

Please read through the review guidelines below, once your happy with your review, email it to : reviews@fullcirclemagazine.org

GUIDELINES

Software

Games

When reviewing games please state clearly:

• title of the game
• who makes the game (one person? Big company?)
• free game? Or paid download?
• where to get it from (give url)
• if it is a Linux native game, or did you have to use a Linux client, or was it Wine/Cedega you used for installing it?
• what hardware were you using for this game (3D Graphics Card, Memory, etc)
• any glitches that you may have had while playing the game.
• marks out of five (stars) for :
  1. graphics (3d? 2d? glitches? nice fx?)
  2. sound (music? sound fx? surround sound? mono?)
  3. playability (easy controls? awkward keyboard layout?)
  4. installation (hard to install? Have to use WINE/Cedega? Windows game with Linux client?)
  5. compatibility (game see your 3d card? game not like your drivers?)
• taking into account your marks above, please consider a mark out of ten (stars) for the game overall
• a summary with positive and negative points about the game

Applications

When reviewing applications please state clearly:

• title of the application
• who makes the app (one person? Big company?)
• free app? Or paid download?
• where to get it from (give url)
• what category would you put this app into? (graphics? sound? utility?)
• what hardware were you using for this app? (only applies to apps which require particular hardware)
• any glitches that you may have had while using the app.
• marks out of five (stars) for :
  1. graphics (does the app look nice?)
  2. useability (easy to use? awkward interface?)
  3. installation (hard to install? Does it come as a .deb file? Have to compile source? Windows app with WinE/Cedega?)
  4. usefulness (useful app? always used? installed then only used once?)
• taking into account your marks above, please consider a mark out of ten (stars) for the app overall
• a summary with positive and negative points about the application

Hardware

When reviewing hardware please state clearly:

• make and model of the hardware
• where to get it from (get a good price from somewhere in particular? Give url for seller)
• what category would you put this hardware into? (graphics card? sound card? networking?)
• any glitches that you may have had while using the hardware?
• easy to get the hardware working in Linux? Does the documentation even mention Linux?
• did you have to use Windows drivers?
• marks out of five (stars) for :
  1. price (worth the money?)
  2. compatibility (hardware clash? good hardware but no apps/games use it?)
  3. installation (hard to install? Did it come with Linux help?)
• taking into account your marks above, please consider a mark out of ten (stars) for the hardware overall
• a summary with positive and negative points about the hardware