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Apple Needs To Get Its Game On

BusinessWeek is running a piece exploring why Apple needs to get back into gaming. From the article: "Maybe Apple's user base just isn't fully aware of great games that are now available for the Mac? Sure, there are games to be found at the Apple store, prominently displayed in the software section. But does Apple market the Mac as a gaming machine? Adams says it should. 'The biggest thing that Apple could do is educate its users,' she says. 'Apple's message is so closely tied to iTunes and iLife and the iPod and these are all great selling points. We have a great relationship with Apple and they help us get the games ready. But we really need the users to meet us halfway, and only Apple can make that happen.'"

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  1. Eveyone knows winodws is the untimate game machine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    With solitare, minesweeper, and freecell already installed, who could compete?

  2. Re:Paragraph by Paragraph yawnary: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    lol, man fanboy. we alwasy knew, but thanks for telling us.

  3. Re:Paragraph by Paragraph yawnary: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    1) I'm a man fanboy.

    That's a given for Mac users!

    Ah thankyou!

  4. Who cares about games? by soft_guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can play any Infocom game on the Mac. Who cares about anything else?

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  5. Yay for gaming by OverlordQ · · Score: 2, Funny

    'Apple's message is so closely tied to iTunes and iLife and the iPod and these are all great selling points.'

    How about iCantPlayFPSWithOneMouseButton . . . thanks, I'll be here all week (or until the mods show up). Tip your waiters.

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    1. Re:Yay for gaming by daeley · · Score: 1, Funny

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  6. Re:Paragraph by Paragraph yawnary: by Philosinfinity · · Score: 2, Funny

    Blame it on the Das Keyboard.

  7. Re:Apple should buy Nintendo by dR.fuZZo · · Score: 5, Funny

    And they could call the new company Nipple.

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  8. Re:Blame sw dev stupidity, not Apple by diamondsw · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't understand why companies willfully lock themselves into a Fisher-Price platform just because all the kiddies use it.

    Question, meet answer.

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  9. A "switch" ad for gamers by Nahor · · Score: 3, Funny

    They could use a "switch" ad. Red vs Blue already did a great one