Category: 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.
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Posted in Adobe, Apple, Free Software, Games, Mac, Mac Games, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, iTunes, snow leopard | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
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).
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Games, Mac, Mac Games, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Quicktime, news | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
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.
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Posted in Free Software, Games, Mac, Mac Games, Macintosh, Tips | 2 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
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…
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Posted in Free Software, Games, Mac, Mac Games, Mac software, Macintosh, imac | 5 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
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.
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Posted in Free Software, Games, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, news | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
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.
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Posted in Free Software, Games, Mac, Mac Games, Mac software, Macintosh, Tips | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
June 24, 2009
In 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.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Games, iPhone, iPod Touch | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
June 11, 2009
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.
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Posted in Apple, Games, Macintosh, Tips, iPhone, iPod Touch, opinion | 1 Comment » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
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.
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Posted in Apple, Games, Mac, Mac Games, Mac software, Macintosh, Tips, news | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 12, 2009
The 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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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Games, iPhone, opinion | 3 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones