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The Evolution of Mac Gaming

Posted by Zonk on from the more-than-just-old-bungie-games dept.

Next Generation has a piece up exploring where gaming is going on Max OS X. From the article: "Almost since the introduction of the Mac, Apple users have lamented the lack of game support provided to the platform as compared to its Wintel brethren. Sometimes that lack of support was due to hardware and input devices that weren't competitive with the PC, but the adoption of PC standards like AGP for graphics cards and USB support for 'proper' multi-button mice did away with those obstacles. But the largest reason usually has had to do with the size of the Mac market."

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  1. Re:excuse me? by Palshife · · Score: 2, Funny

    Judge me by my Name/UID, Mac gaming has been strong for a long time :)

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  2. NOOOOOOOO!!!! by ravenspear · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh GOD NO! PLEASE NOOOO!!!!

    I can't recall the number of hours that I wasted playing that. I could have stopped whenever, but I just had to keep playing to afford the Kestrel.

    I had almost gotten over my addiction, and I had even completely forgotten about the game, UNTIL YOU JUST MENTIONED IT!

    BASTARD!

  3. There's Warcraft, and.....um.....Photoshop by r_benchley · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anyone Remember the fake "Switch" ad that highlighted the dearth of games on the Mac? I'm a huge Mac fanatic, but I laughed my ass off when I saw that ad. http://www.ugo.com/channels/games/features/switch/ media/switch.mov