Category: Games

Top 40 best Mac software apps, utilities and games

October 28, 2009

Here’s a quick and neatly annotated compendium of 40 of the best Macintosh graphics, game, utility, productivity, video, browser, iTunes add-ons and Internet applications available. Most of these of products are free or offer free demos, plus there’re tons of links to Blorge’s huge review and best of libraries.

OpenMAX AL 1.0: Smells a bit like QuickTime

October 7, 2009

A set of application-level (AL) specifications designed to simplify the creation and distribution of multimedia software — including audio, video and imaging functionality — across multiple platforms. That sounds quite a bit like Apple’s AL multimedia specification (writ large).

Mac games: Doom, Glider, Marathon, etc available as freeware

September 20, 2009

Do you have an older, maybe really old PowerPC Mac gathering dust under a desk or in a closet? Then you really owe it to yourself to fire that Mac OS Classic puppy up and check out a Web site dedicated to keeping classic games alive.

Mac games: Getting hot n’ sticky with QuakeLive

August 24, 2009

It’s been years time since Unreal Tournament was last updated and Quake 4 isn’t much younger, so it’s really good to finally have something “new” (and free) to play. But, how are the graphics and can you play Quake on your particular Macintosh? Come on inside for some answers…

Quake Live [kind of] coming to the Mac!

August 14, 2009

In a perfect world, this online gaming environment would have arrived simultaneously alongside the Windows version. The paradise we live in, however, is somewhat more complicated and, of course, that means compromises.

Mac games: Get your LEGO game demos here

August 5, 2009

Do you have an eight-year-old son? Then it behooves you to download one if not all of the game LEGO demos linked herein—really, he’ll love you for it.

Apple says no Commodore emulator on iPhone

June 24, 2009

Apple says no Commodore emulator on iPhoneIn a move that probably surprised no one but the developer, the Apple app store has rejected an iPhone app which emulates the venerable and still popular Commodore 64 microcomputer from the early eighties.

Will Apple get into the game rating biz?

June 11, 2009

Will Apple get into the game rating business?After what has been a fairly shaky start in the acceptance or rejection of apps for the Apple App Store, there is now some talk of instituting a rating system for games sold via the store.

Get to an Apple Store for a Sims 3 sneak peak

May 31, 2009

Get down to your closest Apple Store and make a pest of yourself (just a little). What will likely be the year’s top title is running on every Mac there, even though it won’t go on sale for a couple days.

Apple says you can’t be an iPhone Jesus

May 12, 2009

Apple says you can't be an iPhone JesusThe series of flaps over the approval of apps at the Apple App Store continues unabated, with the latest imbroglio involving whether or not an app user should be able to impersonate religious figures.


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