Holiday 2005 best bets for Mac gamers

While PC gamers are up to their armpits in Strog, exploring new ages and civilizations, and infiltrating Nazi strongholds sequel style, Mac enthusiasts can only sit back and wait as Aspyr, MacPlay, and MacSoft prepare ports of today's Windows hits. In the near future, Intel Macs might make it easier to share the love, but until then there's plenty of fun to be had with these stocking stuffers for your G5s and Minis:

• Call of Duty: Deluxe Edition

• Civilization III Complete (coming soon)

• The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer

• LEGO Star Wars

• Myst V: End of Ages (Limited and Collector's Editions only)

• Rollercoaster Tycoon 3

• Sims 2 University

• Star Wars: Battlefront

• Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse

• Tiger Woods 2005

• World of Warcraft

• Zoo Tycoon 2

With the exceptions of Stubbs and Rise of the Underminer, this roundup looks like last year's PC shopping list, but hey, there's something for everyone. Check out Apple's gaming page for more titles.