You'd have to wonder what goes on through the mind of a Linux developer, a person who is so determined in their do-it-yourself attitude that they'll spend hours on their computer to get things right. Although many PC games are modable, the great thing about any GNU/Linux game is that you can probably download it for free and change the code yourself with little hassle. With this advantage, comes the ability for the multitude of developers to create their own bizarre characters.The result is sometimes scary. Other times, the result is as creative and imaginative as GNU/Linux itself. Here are 5 ridiculous characters that resulted from this odd mentality.

Ordered from silly to bat-out-of-hell-ridiculous:


5: SuperTux Kart
Evil Tux. When the creators of SuperTux Kart, realized Tux needed an arch nemesis the came up with the ever-so creative name "Evil Tux." To make him look evil they then gave him an O-face and a baseball helmet with yellow tennis-balls glued on top of it. Don't think that looks bad-ass? Well, Linux developers have nightmares about tennis-helmets. ...and if you were forced to wear them as a child, you'd think they were evil too.


4: Supertux:
IceCube man! Watch out for his...walk! The great thing about this character was that he made some sense when you fought him in the South Pole because there's not much there besides ice cubes walking around. But how does he survive in the fire-hot, lava-filled, underground dungeon formally owned by King Koopa? Simple: He's just THAT cold. Great story line guys.


3:Warsow
When I first saw this green-armoured soldier I thought it was a ninja turtle..and then my excitement diminished rapidly from there. To make it worse, in the photo you can see it has a pig emblazoned on its chest. Turtle Ninjas (not even their clones) would ever wear a logo of Beebop. This is just an overweight green blob running around with a gun. He's about as fun as it is trying to explain to the staff at the Apple store that Linux != Unix .


2: Whatever game you can hack:
Your imagination. This list can never be completely defined or limited because the things you can do with Linux are open. So #2 on my list goes out to those odd creations that all Linux users try once in a while just for the sake of curiosity. I once drew a stickman version of myself in GNU paint for Open Arena. He was fun to play with for about 15 seconds.


1: Open Arena:
What can possibly be more ridiculous than your imagination? No matter what most people can create, no one will be able to top "The Penguin Man." I mean just look at him! He runs around killing people with machine-guns, rocket-launchers, and shotguns but before he does it... he makes sure he's wearing his Tux-Warrior outfit. This fat lunatic decided to show up to war wearing Linux's favourite mascot? You bet! And with yellow sneakers to match! ( because apparently colour-coordination is important even when dressed as a furry.). As ridiculous as this guy looks, make no mistake, he's fucking scary as hell. Imagine if you were stuck in an arena where every person fought for themselves. To your left was a guy in some mock-Halo outfit, to your right was a red-skeleton (That's not even scary on Halloween) and in between them was a man with his head sticking out of an adorable penguin's beak. You know this guy must have done some real crazy shit to be standing in the arena next to the other monsters..and if his methods of killing are as ridiculous as his costume, then you know you're about to go through some pretty sick means of torture. Like being forced to re-program Amarok from scratch using only your tongue on a keyboard... Or getting Wine to function flawlessly with Photoshop CS6 (you can even try using your fingers for this dilemma, sucker)... Or trying to make Linux look beautiful enough for Canonical, but only with using the shades of brown that you find in your morning stool.