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How did I get into Macs? Well let me tell you a little story...

Way back, my brother and I (mostly me) finally got Ma and Pa to agree to sell the old Amiga (500+ with two disk drives) and get a new computer. Now at this time my brother and I were going all out for them to get a brand spanking new Wintel machine but as fate would have it Ma was working on Apple Computers at the University of Waikato, so we went Apple shopping.... Now you must understand that at this point in time Apple computer was going down the toilet and there were very, very, very few games that ran on them. So my brother and I didn't like the idea of getting a Mac...but then Bungie arrived on the scen

There running on one of the Macs at the store (the now long dead Feedback computers) was Marathon a first person shooter, and not only a first person shooter but a first person shooter with depth and storyline! Bungie had got me and there was no escape...since then I have purchased everything they have brought out and will probably continue to do so even after the shocking purchase of the company by the evil Microsoft (*STILL* waiting for Halo).

And also let me tell you one of the things about Bungie that makes me love them so. Yes, yes it will be another story but you can take it honest. You see back in the days I had a non-PowerMac processor in my Mac (a Performa 580CD), and well Myth was being built for PowerMac only, so I wrote to Bungie and asked if they could produce a non-3D stick figure Myth so that I can play it. Now they didn't do this but they did send me an early stick-myth concept drawing of a Thrall and a Berserk fighting...Now that is customer service!

So to all of those out there that don't like games & perhaps even think that reviews of games shouldn't be in certain Mac magazines, just think; The Game players of today are the Mac users of the future, and if there are no games there will be no future for Macs.