Author Archive for Brice Unland

The Movies: Superstar Edition for Mac

Look at this guy:

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He takes the category of “techno-lumberjack” to a whole new level. His homeless appearance aside, this is Peter Jackson and he makes movies. None of that teenage wizard stuff, oh no, he does man aged wizard stuff. Putting aside the fact that he has created some of the greatest movies of our time, I think doing what he does would be pretty cool. I like the idea of movie making. From conception and script to editing and printing, the whole process is really cool. The bonus is that at the end of it all you have hopefully made some real swank art.

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Auditorium for Mac

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I want to let you know a little something about me. Despite my rugged good looks and manly personality I have a huge (some might call girly) soft spot for the piano. I can’t play it, I just like it. Often I will hear a new song on the radio, have a strange like for it right away, and notice many listens later that it has piano underlying. I also like “string” music. Basically if it sounds like a piano or an orchestra, I like it. There, now you know.

With that new found knowledge in tow you may find the following review of Auditorium to be biased. It has lots of piano and string music. I assure you I did my best to keep my personal feelings for the tickled ivory aside.

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Shut the front door!

Or open it, whatever! Something amazing just happened! Dragon Age: Origins was just announced as coming to the Mac! I am half excited for the game itself and half excited that the “coming to” length is just around the corner, as in next week. That means it made its way to the Mac in a month’s time. Impressive! This might be a new record for a game that was not originally announced for our “man eating, 27 inch, four core, aluminum clad” beauties!

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Tomb Raider Anniversary for Mac

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Lara Croft: tomb raider extraordinaire. She is considered one of the most notable game characters in the somewhat limited history of video games, you know, in comparison to the history of something like grave robbers.

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Quake Live for Mac

Just a couple weeks ago I was asked by Alex, my editor, to take a look at and report my findings on Quake Live for Mac. While I was aware of Quake Live and more importantly it’s impending release on the Mac, I was hesitant to check it out myself.

Why the disinterest in Quake Live? To be honest until I gave it a whirl and a dance, I wasn’t really sure why I was so against the title. After a frag here and a frag there, the uncertainty cleared - I was in love with Quake Live!

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