Mac Gamer News: Macworld Previews Doom 3
I'm a gaming freak. I hardly ever find much time to play games these days, but when I do I lock my eyes onto the screen and play until either my hands cramp up into gnarled unusable talons or I win the game. I have a PS2, an X-Box, a Nintendo DS, a Gameboy SP, and I will most likely buy a PSP when they finally come out. That being said, I rarely game on my Mac. This is both because the Mac gaming community hasn't always been the strongest and because I tend to work on my Mac more than I play on it.
However, I was very excited to see this:
Macworld on Doom 3. Here's the kicker for why:"...by bringing Doom 3 to the Macintosh, Aspyr Media has paved the way for other games using the same technology to come to the Mac more easily and inexpensively in the future. And a look at Doom 3's performance may be a good indicator of how those future games will run on the Mac."
Unfortunately, (as noted in the comments) this only means more games based on the Doom 3 engine, and by the looks of the results, I won't be playing Doom 3 or any of its siblings until I get my hands on that G5 PowerBook that we are all waiting for (or I spring for the X-box version). There's growth happening in Mac gaming, which is good news, but game performance still isn't near equal to the PeeCee side of things.