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Starcraft 2 Release Date for Mac: July 27

Jul 21, 2010 - 8 Comments

The countdown to the Starcraft 2 release date closes in, July 27 is less than a week away and it’ll be available for Mac and PC users. This is really exciting for RTS fans like myself, and I’m especially happy that Blizzard is going for a concurrent release for both Windows and Mac OS platforms. … Read More

Starcraft 2 System Requirements for Mac

Jul 20, 2010 - 13 Comments

These are the Mac system requirements for running Starcraft 2: Minimum Starcraft 2 System Requirements for Mac These are the baseline specs that you’ll need to run the game, if you are near the lower end of the settings here you probably won’t have great performance. Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.2 or newer Intel Processor … Read More

N64 Emulator for Mac – SixtyForce Emulates Nintendo 64 with Gamepad Support

Jul 19, 2010 - 18 Comments

The Nintendo 64 was another great console that had many great games, and you can relive many of the gaming experiences of the N64 by getting an emulator for Mac OS X. The N64 Emulator I use in Mac OS X is called SixtyForce, it opens and plays N64 ROM’s quite well and allows you … Read More

SNES Emulator for Mac

Jul 15, 2010 - 11 Comments

SNES9x is a full featured SNES emulator for Mac that lets you do all sorts of things, including using an external game pad, customized controls, enter cheat codes and Game Genie codes directly into the game, create freeze states (ie: saving anytime anywhere), export movies of gameplay, and so much more. It’s been out a … Read More

Farmville for iPhone now available

Jun 24, 2010 - 1 Comment

Farmville for iPhone is now available as a free download on the iTunes Store. Farmville is considered the most popular game on the web, and one of the most popular games in the world, with an estimated 70 million monthly users. The basis of the game is that you have a virtual farm that you … Read More

Counter-Strike Source Released for Mac

Jun 23, 2010 - 2 Comments

Counter-Strike Source (CSS) was released today for Mac users via the Steam client. Dubbed as the “Worlds #1 Online Action Game”, Counter-Strike features highly competitive multiplayer and team-play shoot-em-up action. Fire up the Steam app and you can download Counter Strike right now for $6.80, which is 66% off it’s standard $20 price tag. The … Read More

Team Fortress 2 Available for Mac

Jun 9, 2010 - 13 Comments

The wait is over, Team Fortress 2 has been released for Mac OS X. Often called TF2, Team Fortress 2 is a fun multiplayer first person shooter that has cartoony graphics and fast paced gameplay. TF2 System Requirements The system requirements to run Team Fortress 2 are similar to other Steam games; Intel processors only, … Read More

Kill Mac OS X Mouse Acceleration from the command line

Jun 2, 2010 - 55 Comments

You might be asking yourself, what’s mouse acceleration? Essentially mouse acceleration is an algorithm that is deployed in an attempt to make mouse movements feel “natural”. For many PC users, when you first use a Mac, it becomes quite obvious that the mouse is behaving very differently. It will feel sluggish, unpredictable and unresponsive (to varying degrees depending … Read More

Half-Life 2 now available for Mac

May 26, 2010 - 1 Comment

The popular first-person shooter/action game Half-Life 2 is now available for Mac OS X. At the moment it costs $6.99, which is 30% off the regular $10 price. The expansions of Half-Life 2: Episodes One and Two are also available to download for $5.99 each. System requirements for running Half Life 2 on your Mac … Read More

Steam for Mac is now available and you can download Portal for FREE

May 12, 2010 - 6 Comments

It’s official: Steam for Mac is now available to download and there’s a lot of games available through the client, check the list at the bottom of this post for all of them. To have an even greater incentive to download Steam, Portal is free to download until May 24th. Portal is a unique puzzle … Read More

Steam for Mac available May 12

Apr 30, 2010 - Leave a Comment

Well, Steam for Mac was supposed to be available in April, but with the month nearly over they missed that release target and have now set an official release date of May 12. According to JoyStiq, Steam sent them the following short message: “Valve today announced the public release of Steam for the Mac is … Read More

StarCraft 2 Beta for Mac now available

Apr 28, 2010 - 4 Comments

Blizzard has just announced via Twitter that the official StarCraft 2 Beta client for Mac is now available. At the moment, the beta is only available for testing on North American servers but that is expected to expand soon. Many game stores are offering free StarCraft 2 Beta keys with the pre-order of StarCraft 2, … Read More

Steam for Mac System Requirements

Apr 28, 2010 - 8 Comments

If you’re a Mac user who is into gaming, you’ll probably be thrilled to know that Steam is available on the Mac OS ecosystem. But before you go jumping for joy for Steam on the Mac, you might want to make sure the Mac you have supports Steam. Here’s what we know about the basic … Read More

Starcraft 2 beta coming very soon for the Mac, pre-order now and get a FREE beta key!

Apr 22, 2010 - 7 Comments

GameStop.com is offering a pretty cool promotion for those Starcraft 2 fans out there, if you pre-order the game on their site, they’ll email you a free key for the beta… this is particularly awesome since the beta is due out for Mac OS X very soon. According to Joystiq, Blizzard will be releasing the … Read More

Gaming on the MacBook Pro Core i5 gets a big boost from the GT 330m: FPS Benchmarks

Apr 22, 2010 - 12 Comments

If you’re interested in gaming on a MacBook Pro, pay attention. The new MacBook Pro with the Core i5 processor and GeForce GT 330M graphics unit performs significantly better than it’s predecessor with the GeForce 9400m. Check out the above performance comparison, Left 4 Dead on the new MacBook Pro with the 330m chip runs … Read More

Beta Test Steam and Team Fortress 2 for Mac

Mar 27, 2010 - Leave a Comment

Want to play Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Counterstrike, and some of the other sweet Valve games on your Mac? Apply to be an official beta tester for the upcoming Mac version of Steam. It’s a simple questionnaire that goes through your computing setup and gaming habits, and then you provide a copy of your System … Read More

Nintendo DS Emulator for Mac

Oct 5, 2009 - 18 Comments

DeSmuME is the best Nintendo DS Emulator for Mac OS X that I have found, it’s pretty full featured with save states, touchscreen emulation, movie creation, and more. My only complaint is the layout of the emulator being vertical, which is true to the DS, but it makes playing games sort of obnoxious particularly when … Read More

PS2 Emulator for Mac

Oct 3, 2009 - 25 Comments

Looking for a PS2 Emulator for Mac OS X? Look no further then PCSX2, a full blown PS2 emulator for Mac OS X that works surprisingly well. I say surprising because it seems development work is a little infrequent and there are some features left to be desired, but it certainly works and the frame … Read More

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