Книга: Video Game Platform Websites: Slide to Play, Killer List of Videogames, Nintendo World Report, N-Sider, Loki Installers for Linux Gamers

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Slide to Play, Killer List of Videogames, Nintendo World Report, N-Sider, Loki Installers for Linux Gamers, Psu, Inside Mac Games, the Linux Game Tome, Xbox365, Linuxgames. Excerpt: URL : Inside Mac Games , or IMG for short, is a website dedicated to Apple Macintosh computer gaming . Founded in 1993, Inside Mac Games has transitioned from an electronic magazine into a web-only publication. As such, it is the largest and oldest Macintosh gaming publication, and is still operated by its founder, Tuncer Deniz. History The website began as a downloadable magazine at AOL , with authors from AOL's Mac Games forum. The first issue was published February 1993, featuring a preview of Graphic Simulations' F/A-18 Hornet 1.0. The newsletter soon turned to distribution via floppy disk , and in 1995 via CD-ROM , which enabled on-disc extras. In 1996, Deniz left IMG to work for Bungie Software for nearly four years as a producer for titles such as Marathon 2: Durandal for Windows , Abuse , Weekend Warrior , and Marathon Infinity , and a project leader for Myth II: Soulblighter . In 1999, Deniz returned to take the helm of IMG, which was now a website. In 2000, the CD-ROM distribution of the newsletter was dropped, although an occasional games CD-ROM is distributed to subscribers. About IMG IMG is a popular Apple games website. Deniz's relationships in the gaming business garners interview articles with industry insiders, such as a long-running interview series with Glenda Adams, who was the director of development at Aspyr . The front portal page is a news site with good traffic, and the user forums are active with nearly 9,000 members and over 200,000 posts as of April 2009. IMG's sibling sites include: Inside Mac Games was included as one Safari 's default bookmarks, but was dropped fro...