Shadow of the Colossus on PS2 is a stunning example of how wrong you are and have been for years; it plays like a movie end to end.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck is not Taco Bell programming.

The key to gaming for linux in my eyes at this point is the not-so-small matter of adopting a good graphics API (like SDL), not the individual games themselves. Specifically, the sound issue of OpenAL vs ALSA vs ESD etc. really hurts quick adoption by industry I think. What would be nice is something like an Architecture Review Board, or working group amoungst the linux muckity-mucks to promote a universal standard.