Sure, hindsight is 20/20, but when you sit down and really see where the money most of us on this site have contributed to Apple’s growth over the last 7 years it’s a shocking discovery.  With this week’s news coverage that for the first time Apple is leading Microsoft in terms of market capitalization with a value of $222 billion on Wednesday, about $3 billion more than Microsoft, Apple certainly has transformed from the company we saw struggling in the 90′s.  Below I’ve highlighted some of my personal Apple purchases and what that market value, had it been invested in Apple stock instead, would be today. (more…)

With Aspyr’s release of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for Mac on GameAgent, the system specs on my Power Mac G4 are more noticeably out of date than ever. I recently was talking with a classmate, and I mentioned that my computer was around a decade old. “How does it still work,” she asked incredulously. “Well, it’s a Mac,” I said. “It lasts forever.” Surely there must be a few other people out there with computers as old as mine (if not older. My uncle is the proud owner of an Apple II, and yes, it still works) and at least a few of them must be interested in gaming, yeah? I might not be able to run Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, but a Star Wars gaming fix is still within my grasp (and yours, too, unless you’re also rocking an Apple II). (more…)

With Aspyr’s release of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for Mac on GameAgent, the system specs on my Power Mac G4 are more noticeably out of date than ever. I recently was talking with a classmate, and I mentioned that my computer was around a decade old. “How does it still work,” she asked incredulously. “Well, it’s a Mac,” I said. “It lasts forever.” (more…)

Friends, foes, followers – we come to you to find out more about your favorite Mac games. We often are asked “Where is ___ game? The last one is one of my favorites!” or “why aren’t you guys doing _____.” The truth is, we’re probably working very hard on getting ____ to our friends and followers. To help our cause tell us why a native Mac version of the latest game is ESSENTIAL for our partners to support. We want to hear what you thinking

“YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF THE MILLENNIUM FALCON?… IT’S THE SHIP THAT MADE THE KESSEL RUN IN LESS THAN 12 PARSECS.”

Star Wars®: Empire at War is one of the slickest Mac RTS games I’ve played. The game is easy to learn and has tons of details that make it a superb (more…)

The iMacs released in late 2009 are simply the best machines I have seen for Mac gaming. Once Aspyr got the Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHZ iMac and the i5 Quad Core iMac we immediately went through our vast catalog of games to see how they would perform. (more…)

Many times when we port a game to the PC or Mac, we have very limited contact with the original developer.  Sometimes that’s even part of the contract — we get a small number of support calls we can make and that’s it.   (more…)

By Brad Cook

If you want to gain some insight into Darth Vader, The Force Unleashed project lead Haden Blackman suggests hearkening back to a much earlier symbol of darkness: “I read a quote from Christopher Lee about playing Dracula,” Blackman explains, “and (more…)

I’m ashamed to admit that I missed out on the Secret of Monkey Island the first time around.  I’m going to blame being eight years old and playing Commander Keen when it was released.  I’ve played my share of adventure games since then, such as Grim Fandango and (more…)