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The Remarkable Thing About the PC Game Aisle
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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As a Mac purist who finally had to buy a PC, I came to an interesting realization while going down the PC game aisle. You see, when I was PC free, the PC game section had a relatively powerful allure to it, to the extent that I would avoid looking through it and consequently avoid the temptation. I suppose I built up that perception through the years, as I would hear PC users talk with glowing affection for the latest games they were playing. But the remarkable thing is, when I finally browsed through the titles on the shelves, I recognized that there really wasn't much I was missing. Sure, there were a few interesting games, but many of the ones I really would have considered purchasing were also available on the Mac. I now firmly believe the PC gaming edge I always took for granted was greatly inflated.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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You wouldn't have to buy a PC if you would have just gotten an Intel Mac.
heh.
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Grass, greener, other side.
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Look after my manor, or I will bum you, literally, to death.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Originally Posted by IceEnclosure
You wouldn't have to buy a PC if you would have just gotten an Intel Mac.
heh.
That still would have been a PC.  But, as I explained in my Dell thread, it simply did not make sense to get a Mactel because I would have had to spend twice as much to get a MacBook; I cannot stand integrated graphics. I will likely eventually get a MBP several revision from now and sell or otherwise dispose of my Dell, but I'm fine with it at this time.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Join Date: May 2001
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its kinda like having 500 colors to choose from, yeah there are tons of choices but you still only like certain colors. but then again I'm not really a gamer. But i do agree that just because you have 500 titles to choose from dosen't mean you want to play them all.
It really just another excuse not to make the switch
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With some loud music + a friend to chat nearby you can get alot done. - but jezz, I'd avoid it if I had the choice---- If only real people came with Alpha Channels.......:)
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Addicted to MacNN
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Your taste in games has been influenced by paying attention only to the games which come out on Mac. You've been programmed to dislike run-of-the-mill PC games.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Only one game I long for... Battle for Middle Earth (and #2)
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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Download and install a few 3D game demos, then come back again and state that you don't appreciate the Wintel game collection.
P.S. Is Spore coming for the Mac (PPC and/or Intel)?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
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3D game demos = great game collection?
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"Instead of either 'multi-talented' or 'multitalented' use 'bisexual'."
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2002
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sequel sequel sequel sequel movie-franchise movie-franchise sequel sequel sequel movie-franchise movie-franchise hey-loooook-an-original-game sequl sequel sequel
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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Well, macs don't have half life, half life 2, battlefield 2, fear, ... lotsa stuff. All stuff that I'm not really dying to play anyway. >shrug<
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Senior User
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
But the remarkable thing is, when I finally browsed through the titles on the shelves, I recognized that there really wasn't much I was missing. Sure, there were a few interesting games, but many of the ones I really would have considered purchasing were also available on the Mac.
But does remarkable quite cover it? I feel your observation calls for something more. Astonishing, unbelievable, out of this world. No. The word to describe this is mind-blowing.
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