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Apple Finally Getting Its Game On?
Gamespot reports on the possibility that, in some way, Apple is making moves to develop games. From the article: "This week, GameSpot learned that there may be more to the Apple-game rumors than mere Mac-mad daydreams. A tech-sector recruiter contacted the GS NewsDesk with an interesting story of a prospective hire that got away. Recently, when said recruiter made an offer to a software engineer, the engineer turned the offer down--saying he was being 'heavily recruited by Apple.' According to the engineer, an Apple hiring manager named Mike Lampell is heading up a group inside Apple's storied iTunes division. The group is specifically hiring for 'C/C++ coders with a gaming background.'"
(Mac guy takes off his "Think Different" shirt and has [Apple Logo] + [Direct X] on it)
Mac: Hey now, pass that joystick over here, buddy, I'll show you!
(Fires up latest Quake 8 Mod, which is supported on Vista, OS X, and Linux)
PC: Wait? What? You're both? Oh geez... I bet you went to that army thing, Basic Training or something, right?
Mac: R... right... Well, I figured I could just run the standard Id games on my Mac side (including that new Doom 5 mod, now as the standard UB), but this is so much more fun to watch die-hard mac addicts cinge at me doing it in Windows! Wait, let me switch back and fire up iGamer and get the latest content segment...
(torrented game network launches, updates, closes, 10.5 sure beats 10.4's improvements)
Mac: There we go, now where was that health pack again?
(Fade to black MacBook)
The new platf...
(Whoops, integrated graphics, fade over to the much better MacBook Pro, there we go)
The new platform for work, games... Life.
(Pop up Apple logo with a controller trailing from it)