Just in case any of you Macheads forgot, Valve is launching its Steam gaming service for Apple Mac OS tomorrow with Portal and Torchlight leading the way. This is tremendous news and arguably the biggest leap for Mac gaming in years. Here’s a snippet from the press release:
The first collection of Mac titles will demonstrate “Steam Play,” which allows customers to purchase a game once and play it on all Steam supported platforms. Gamers who have previously purchased games on Steam will find them available in their account on the Mac as they are released.
While Mac users are surely thrilled by Steam finally arriving to their beloved platform, developers are probably even more excited. Here are some of the enticing features that will wow game creators:
In addition to bringing the online functionality of Steam to the Mac, Valve will also make its Steamworks suite of publishing and development tools available on the Mac platform. These include product key authentication, copy protection, auto-updating, social networking, matchmaking, anti-cheat technology, and more. The features and services available in Steamworks are offered free of charge and may be used for both electronic and tangible versions of games.
I know that quite a few of you are Apple fanatics. How psyched are you for Steam on Mac? I’m guessing some of you will become Torchlight addicts soon enough. Ha!
I'll definitely download it and see what I can afford.
I'll have to check it out thursday. Tomorrow is dedicated to preparing for Advanced Corporate Tax final. Yes…it is as fun as it sounds.
HA!
You should try international tax auditing. If you think the U.S. tax codes are convoluted, wait until you get a load of other countries' tax rules intertwined with our own. Oodles of fun, I tell you.
-M
@Iceman and Smartguy
I don't even think I can compete with that level of boring. lol. I get close though when it comes to lit. reviews and reading old research (hell even a lot of modern research) because that is similar to reading 1800's medical writings. EXTREMELY dry and long winded, and all of the authors are trying to make themselves sound even smarter by using words that most people need to look up in a dictionary. And those go on for about 20-30 pages each. In one of my recent classes we had to have two articles like that read every 2-3 days.
Good luck on the final though!!
@iceman
I hate auditing lol.
@ bsu
Thx
It's live now. Portal is free and there are more than 60 games to choose from!