February 20th, 2008 -- Posted in Games, Software |
I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of two games for the Mac. Neverwinter Nights 2 is arriving on the Mac on February 26.
Also, there is news that the Mac will have a game based on the Magic: The Gathering strategy card game. Will it be the same as the online version? I sincerely hope so. I played the Magic Online for countless hours.
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February 13th, 2008 -- Posted in Games |
Mark your calendars. Sept. 7, 2008 is the release date of Spore, Will Wright’s next sim game!
And best of all, there will also be a Mac release simultaneous with the PC release.
December 8th, 2007 -- Posted in Games, Software |
I love Eve Online. As soon as I heard that there was a Mac client available, I downloaded it and after the 14-day trial,
I signed up.
I was drawn to Eve Online because of its complexity. Compared to other MMORPG, Eve Online is far more cerebral. What other game has a Ph.D. economist on the staff who publishes a quarterly newsletter about the game’s virtual economy?
I have longed for an actual role-playing game wherein I can immerse myself in a particular persona. At first, I thought that the more popular MMORPG’s like Everquest and WOW would fit the bill. But as I logged in days of playing time, I realized that these games had a number of limitations, mostly because these games employed what is described as the “theme-park” approach, where one’s experience is scripted and carefully crafted. As described in Eve Online’s site, theme-park MMORPGs commonly develop lines, just like real world theme parks, as players wait for monster spawns, rare items, or quest requirements. Eve Online, like Second Life, employs the playground approach—the game is what the players make it to be. In a playground you have access to different kinds of toys and rides, and you are allowed to use your own imagination to figure out how to create games you enjoy.
But lately Eve Online has been giving me problems. The client crashes often. After about an hour of play, I get kicked back to the Mac desktop. No error messages. The problems have appeared since I upgraded to the new Trinity content. And I am not alone with these problems. Sad, because I truly love the game.
September 24th, 2007 -- Posted in Games |
For the source of games for the Mac, I was heavily reliant on the local Apple shops as well as Datablitz. Then I came across Macgamestore where you can download familiar titles. Admittedly, you won’t find Sims or Civilization in their digital download library, but there are a couple of games that are recognizable to the Windows crowd.
Also, Freeverse also has a digital download library and it also offers the digital download of Heroes of Might and Magic V.
Of course, you can also run Windows games via Boot Camp…
