Freeverse Software, makers of great Mac games like Wingnuts and the Burning Monkey series, have announced that Kill Monty is available at a 45% discount this weekend only, bringing the final price down to $10.95US. Kill Monty is fun, addictive and ten bucks for the rest of the day! You can't go wrong. Note that this goes beyond their one-day-only leap day sale.That's great, but Mac gaming is still in a sorry state. From EA's backpedaling to the puzzled looks from Windows users ("You don't have [insert title here] yet?"), Mac users are out in the cold, despite an apparent demand in Mac games -- the demo version of Tomb Raider Anniversary has been downloaded over 100,000 times according to publishers Feral Interactive. I play Warcraft and Peggle, and I'm anxiously awaiting Spore. Other than that I use my PSP. I'm happy enough with my small library of games, but I believe I'm in the minority.
How about you? Are you a satisfied Mac gamer?
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3-02-2008 @ 6:54PM
Trimalchio said...
I'm a mac gamer when I can be, but there are just never enough great games for mac. I played WoW but that was too expensive and too much time. I loved the peggle demo, and might buy it. I love guitar hero, and I might buy that. But in the end, there's just nowhere near enough choice and where are great games like Portal, Team Fortress 2, and so on? Also, why can't EA make a game that works? I tried to play Need for Speed, but it sucked and crashed everywhere, but COD2 was ok.
Where are our great games? There is a market, exploit it!
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3-02-2008 @ 7:20PM
midnitemarv said...
Forgive me if I'm being naive here, but couldn't one just run Boot Camp and Windows and play all the games out there? This is how I settle my gaming fix and while it may be a hassle to restart into Boot Camp every time, it's an extremely small hassle at the most. COD4 works perfectly on my MBP in Boot Camp. Is there anyone else who just games in Boot Camp?
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3-02-2008 @ 7:21PM
Marcos said...
What an odd post.
The title is about a game being discounted. The first paragraph is about the same. But halfway into the article you switch to a rant about the state Mac gaming and close with a request for comments on the state of Mac gaming.
Couldn't you have just posted two items, each one focusing on a topic? IMHO it's just bad writing, if such thing exists.
PS: I've been a Mac user since day one so I've never done any PC gaming: always used a dedicated console. So I don't mind the state of Mac gaming.
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3-02-2008 @ 7:25PM
Jason said...
I'm satified, I've got a Wii.
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3-03-2008 @ 12:15AM
jollyllama said...
I've been doing a lot of gaming on my iMac lately. Elder Scrolls 4, Kotor 2, Half Life 2, Bioshock. In Windows, of course, but on my Mac none-the-less. I like a lot of independent mac game developers (Ambrosia and Freeverse, especially) but as far as big name games, I don't know why anyone waits for ports anymore. I guess not having an Intel Mac is a good excuse, but other than that, it's a quick reboot.
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3-03-2008 @ 9:09AM
comp2 said...
I bought my mac to do ACTUAL work, I bought my 360 to play games. Its a great compromise and it allows me to do both at the same time.
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