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- ↑ Michael Simms’s Experience Archived 2012-07-15 at Archive.today LinkedIn
- ↑ MobyGames, Descent 3 - Linux beta testers
- 1 2 Bringing Windows games to Linux TechRadar, 10 August 2009 (Interview by Graham Morrison)
- ↑ LGP History pt 2: The Early Days Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Linux Game Publishing Blog, June 23, 2009 (Article by Michael Simms)
- ↑ Linux Game Publishing: Interview with Michael Simms Linux Gazette, March 6, 2005
- ↑ Linux Game Publishing...the return? [ permanent dead link ] GamingOnLinux, January 31, 2012 (Article by Liam Dawe)
