Well, a month has passed and I’ve been long overdue for an entry in the ol’ blog. Along with the passage of time, my days of being an active PC user have passed like gas and left behind memories only a computer geek could be fond of — rebuilding the damn computer, fighting back the rage when encountering memory errors, and of course the frequent occurrence of Windows locking up.

Alright, I wasn’t really fond of Windows, but the necessity to run such a loathsome operating system was driven purely by software.

But I decided to make the jump to light speed and purchase a new 20″ iMac (2 Ghz processor) with my wife’s blessing. With the wonderful invention of the Intel Mac, I now have a few options available to me as far as running the loathsome Windows — as a boot option or as I prefer, a virtual machine that I can run inside OS X.

So far I really love OS X…there’s just one thing I do have to complain about though…

…how about they start releasing some decent games for Mac, now!?! A few years ago, when Apple wasn’t pushing their products as hard, I wouldn’t have expected to find the big headlining games available for Mac. But now-a-days? I have come to expect the best from Apple, and instead, we’re stuck with such lame game titles like “Luxor”, “Virtual Villagers” and the ever popular “Plantasia”
oh… and can’t forget “Tom’s Hen House” and “Teddy Factory.” Sure there are a couple ones possibly worth considering, but come on now… Mac is becoming a bigger contender for the home computing share of the market. The gaming industry should sit up and take note of this fact and actually start releasing some titles.

EA Games is releasing a few games, like Battlefield 2142 and Madden NFL 2008 — but if you do recall, EA Games has a bad video game release history with their debut titles. I’ve already sworn that I’d never give them another dime. They’ll be hard pressed to gain my business after the crappy service I had to deal with in previous dealings.

Anyway, to my point…with such a consumer-driven focus on the Mac platform, it just really surprises me how many STUPID games there are compared to how many legitimately cool and interesting ones are actually available.

August 28, 2007, 7:25 pm

Filed under: Applications, Gaming, General
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