Does It Play On a Mac – Rawr

Rawr isn’t a game itself, but a tool used to optimize many assets of a World of Warcraft character. A highly useful tool, it doesn’t have a Mac equivalent, so this is my account of trying to get it working on my MacBook Pro.

Link I refer to in the video:
Mono Project
Rawr Homepage

Does It Play On a Mac? – Star Trek Online (Part 1)

Back again, with my first two-part episode, exploring the new sci-fi MMO “Star Trek Online”

Links I refer to in the video:
Star Trek Online Unofficial Mac forum post
Star Trek Online client download page

Does It Play On A Mac? – Unreal Anthology

This installment looks at Unreal Anthology, the collection of five games from the Unreal/Unreal Tournament franchise.

Does It Play On a Mac? – Deus Ex

For this episode, I check out Deus Ex, the classic game combining RPG elements with a first-person shooter set against a story touching on many major American conspiracies.

Does It Play On a Mac? – Daggerfall

After a short break to update some equipment I tackle Daggerfall, the 1996 chapter of the Elder Scrolls series recently released by Bethesda as a free and legal download.

OS X Leopard Screen Saver Preference Pane Hangs

I got a unibody MacBook Pro 17″ recently.  I had some issues with that one and I had it replaced with a new one. (There is a lot more to this story and you can read about it on my personal blog.)

I get the replacement unibody MacBook and I do a restore from Time Machine.  I had previously installed all my apps from scratch on the exact same Mac before it died. (again see other post)  I log in for the first time and I do all my updates.  Everything works great!  Except for one thing:

Everytime I open my Screen Saver Preference pane…  I get the Beach Ball and my System Preferences hangs and I must force quit!

I google and google…  Finally I found a fix at the Apple Support Discussions:  Screen Saver Preference Pane Lockup thanks swmbuk!

Let me lay out the Symptoms and summarize the fix: Read more

Does It Play On a Mac? – Neverwinter Nights Diamond

This time around, I attempt Neverwinter Nights Diamond the Dungeons and Dragons-licensed RPG that includes all the expansions and is estimated to contain over 100 hours of gameplay.

Does It Play On a Mac? – Free To Play MMOs

There are quite a few F2P MMO’s (Free To Play) out there right now, so this video looks at several to see how they fare on a Mac.

Games attempted in this video:

• Mabinogi
• Dungeon Runners
• Gunz: The Duel
• Runes of Magic
• Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine

Does It Play On a Mac? – Trackmania Nations Forever

Realizing I haven’t done any racing games since Carmageddon II, I not only try out an amazingly addictive arcade racer, but one that’s completely free to download and play! No disc required for this one!

Does It Play On a Mac? – Quake

This instance takes an attempt at a classic game that helped define the first-person shooter genre.

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