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blackbird_1.0 · Jul 27, 2003, 10:55 AM

check this out:

http://www.wiredvideo.com/clips/av/applegamer.wmv

view this w/ vlc

Vash · Jul 27, 2003, 11:47 AM

Yea I've seen that before..... I have also seen an iMac go to a shooting range... but yea there are an infinite amount of PC gaming geeks out there that think Macs can't play any games. Completely false.

MindFad · Jul 27, 2003, 01:44 PM

That's a really old movie. Funny as hell, though.

"Breakout, Super Breakout ... Photoshop...."

Dogma · Jul 27, 2003, 01:46 PM

The thing is, we got games, quite a few, and usually the ones that are deemed good enough to port or develop for the Mac.

The problem is that we don't really get a 'choice' as such. If it's a popular PC game, then we might get it, but what if you don't particularly like the War themed FPS, fantasy RPG or micromanagements that we get - you're screwed!

The problem with being a small platform with a smaller installed base of high performance machines is that developers are limited to their budget of how long they can spend creating stuff for Mac - thankfully we do have Freeverse and Blizzard and the like looking after us...

Unfortunately, the PC seems to be getting a lot of good games, and with Online play, getting the game two years after everyone doesn't really cut it - by the time you get hooked up on your Mac, the online community will either be dead, overun by high powered players or only have a small Mac community supporting it. Case in point - this particular forum, it's always kinda quiet in here.

sideus · Jul 27, 2003, 04:07 PM

I hate people who have a list of things they hate.

icruise · Jul 27, 2003, 04:48 PM

I just can't get enough of those switch parodies...

This one's actually kind of cute though.

DBvader · Jul 27, 2003, 06:30 PM

" The problem with being a small platform with a smaller installed base of high performance machines is that developers are limited to their budget of how long they can spend creating stuff for Mac"

i completely agree. not only is the mac commmunity a small one, but the actual number of high performance macs (ie newer powermacs) are down there. add to that a lack of optimizaion and generally slower hardware (though not the case in the G5), and it becomes evicent why the state of mac gaming is the way it is. why create/optimize for the mac platform (with slower machines for gaming and a small user base) when you can make more money with a larger market (which incidently has better hardware for gaming)

blizzard · Jul 27, 2003, 06:48 PM

I thought that movie was pretty funny when I saw it...the same guys also do The Blood gulch Chronicles, which is hilarious if you have even a whit of geekiness in your body. Check it out if you like...

http://www.redvsblue.com/bloodgulch.shtml

blackbird_1.0 · Jul 27, 2003, 07:34 PM

i don't really hate anyone/anything, but the clip just annoyed me

dragonbong · Jul 29, 2003, 06:47 PM

That clip kicked ass, and the RVB team mock everyone so chill lol. Comedy is always made by taking something and bringing it close to the xtreme, that's what makes it funny. Clip is so funny haha.

blizzard · Jul 29, 2003, 06:54 PM

In summation, he thought it was funny.

Eug Wanker · Jul 29, 2003, 11:07 PM

Pretty funny actually.

Chill, and enjoy the humour.

King Bob On The Cob · Jul 30, 2003, 06:57 PM

RedVsBlue owns all.
Now shut up and download them all.

pizzaMR2 · Aug 11, 2003, 03:07 AM

did anyone see the whole entire clip???

at the end he said he made that vid w/a mac.

i thought that was pretty funny...

anyways..those who can't take the joke are probably those internet nerds who don't get out much.

a joke is a joke...=)

*puts flame suit on*

btw...red vs. blue is awesome!

kelesh · Aug 11, 2003, 12:43 PM

eh, mac's pretty much suck for playing games(dunno about g5's though).

The drivers and options are just not as good. There are MUCH less games and many are produced by bad companies like MacPlay and Aspyr and thus poorly ported. Any game thats out for windows either:
1. is not out for mac (most likely)
2. is out for mac but is ported, has less options, worse optimizations, etc.

But thats just my opinion from spending a few months with my new powerbook.

Where are all the sports game? Where is GTA3 and GTA: Vice City? Where is Counterstrike? Where is the PSX emulator? (vgs is OS9 and flarestorm sucks for most games)

poop

i am yujin · Aug 11, 2003, 08:38 PM

Damn, when was the last time we saw a sports game for the Mac like Madden?

mrfrost · Aug 12, 2003, 07:29 PM

Originally posted by King Bob On The Cob:
RedVsBlue owns all.
Now shut up and download them all.

I would if I could. The only ones I am able to get are the BitTorrent ones.

OwlBoy · Aug 12, 2003, 10:01 PM

Originally posted by King Bob On The Cob:
RedVsBlue owns all.
Now shut up and download them all.

So true!

-Owl

Blizz.Element · Aug 12, 2003, 11:42 PM

GOD I HATE MY MAC I NEED CS CS CS CS

11011001 · Aug 13, 2003, 02:04 AM

Ya, old clip, still, funny.

And ya.. if you are hard core into games, then the consoles and PCs are what you should have.

But, for there are a lot of good games for mac, sometimes we get them at the same time as the PC side, other times we have to wait a year.. meh. A good motherboard, and AMD are pretty cheep these days.

blackbird_1.0 · Aug 16, 2003, 12:00 AM

i haven't experience any probems w/ mac games or the prts, so... i'll just stick w/ my mac

i'm getting a g5 soon hopefully, and w splintercell out and all, its really gonna own, lol

moonmonkey · Aug 17, 2003, 09:03 PM

Originally posted by dragonbong:
Comedy is always made by taking something and bringing it close to the xtreme, that's what makes it funny.

In Canada this is the case.

OwlBoy · Aug 17, 2003, 10:29 PM

Originally posted by sideus:
I hate people who have a list of things they hate.

Yeah!

Darksider · Aug 25, 2003, 11:18 AM

It's the sad truth. That's why you own both. Get the best of both worlds. If you're a true gamer you own all three current consoles too