Comments on: Glenda Adams: porting games to the Mac is a tricky business

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:27:52 +0000

I would like to have heard her thoughts on Quake Online.

As for Bunch of Crock’s comments. Can you say clue-impaired?

By: Weili

Weili — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:41:59 +0000

@Bunch of Crock - If you’re tired of hearing the so-called excuses then stop hearing them. Who had a gun to your head? Have you ever tried porting a game to the Mac? Unless you have, or can provide evidence to proof Glenda wrong (which I’m sure she’d appreciate) then please do STFU.

By: strangemax

strangemax — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:08:19 +0000

COD4 runs great on my iMac and my Macbook Pro. I don’t get the bite the hand that feeds you mac crowd out there. There are, or used to be some mac port companies that put out crap, but Aspyr just isn’t one of them. It’s one reason they’re still around and the others aren’t.

By: Alex McLarty

Alex McLarty — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:59:51 +0000

I would prefer to see Aspyr keep porting games as they usually perform well enough and are very stable.

There are many reasons why games don’t run as well as expected on OS X that are not just down to Aspyr.

By: Bunch of Crock

Bunch of Crock — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:15:12 +0000

We’re always being fed a bunch of horseshit by Glenda. There’s *always* an excuse to explain Aspyr’s problems. I’m sick of hearing it. I think Glenda and her team should just stop porting games altogether. Seriously…stop feeding us a bunch of baloney and quit making games if it’s such a pain in the ass.

By: Weili

Weili — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:27:05 +0000

@Terry - What kind of Mac do you have? If your Mac doesn’t meet the system requirements then of course it would run like a “dog”.

I personally have Apple iMac “Core 2 Duo” 3.06 24-Inch (08) and COD4 runs just fine on my machine.

By: Alex McLarty

Alex McLarty — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:14:37 +0000

I got COD4 delivered the other day and I’m playing through at the moment.

Performance on my machine seems pretty good with all settings on full. I haven’t ran any benchmarks or checked FPS yet, but I have a sneaky suspicion you might need some meaty hardware to run on full as I received a bit of noticeable slowdown in some heavy areas.

I’m worried that things like MacBook Pro’s and iMac’s just won’t cut it.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:29:39 +0000

Call of Duty 4 is a dog on the Mac. Don’t waste your money like I did.

By: Weili

Weili — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:27:46 +0000

I’m glad I discovered this blog!

I run a fairly active and friendly Mac gaming online forum, needless to say I’m a huge Mac gamer
I truly enjoyed your interview with Gelnda from Aspyr.

I am one of the people who purchased and downloaded COD4 from GameAgent.com and absolutely loved the experience. The download took roughly 2.5 hours on my cable connection, which is fantastic considering the round-trip to the nearest store would’ve taken me at least an hour, not to mention the time I’d be spending in the store waiting in the checkout line and the various hassle. Besides, while it was download, I got 2.5 hours of chores done!