Gaming on the Mac is a strange beast. Take a look at some top tier games and you’ll find an array of information telling you what isn’t compatible, rather than what will work. I’m looking at you X-Com 2. Running a system a couple of years old will stand you in good stead especially since Apple hasn’t updated some product lines in over 300 days, but even then if you don’t have the top of the line model you may be struggling with some of the most demanding  games.

But what if your kit is like mine, perfectly adequate for day to day use it still runs the latest Mac OS betas fine but getting your game on isn’t going to happen and funds don’t permit purchasing of a new shiny? There’s retro gaming.

Continue reading → Bring Back The Best Games Of YesterYear With Retro Gaming On Your Mac.

Act quickly to Max Payne 3 for Mac now 75% off at Steam. For me Max Payne 3 felt a little too talky at first as if trying to shoe horn in the noir game styling but once the controls are setup properly and you settle down into the game it’s really ruddy good.

Continue reading → Max Payne 3 for Mac 75% Off In Steam Sale $9.99 or £6.49

The market leading Dragon Dictate gets a bug fix update taking it up to 3.0.2.  Still no fixes for the Express Editor window but at least somethings happening.  Read on to see the full change log.

Continue reading → Dragon Dictate 3 Updated to 3.0.2

Running windows on my Mac has been a godsend for me. Ok so it means I pay for 2 operating systems but that is a small price to pay to have Office running without lag and use some windows apps that aren’t available for mac. But the question I keep asking myself is what one is better, Parallels 8 vs Fusion 5?

Continue reading → What’s better? Parallels 8 vs Fusion 5