While I was out yesterday, Valve released a set of curious images that seem to suggest OSX compatibility with their Steam store in the near future. Let me say that again. MAC compatibility for VALVE GAMES. This could be huge.
Sure, they haven't really said anything more than a set of brilliant images featuring some of Valve's star figures (Gordan Freeman, Alyx Vance, Francis, and the little robots from Portal and Team Fortress 2 to name a few) in the guise of Apple's various advertisement campaigns over the decades. But let's just hope for the best. GDC is just around the corner, so everyone, hold on to your butts for a hopeful announcement!
See the full set of images over at Boing Boing. Oh, and the above screencap from Macworld of Alyx Vance starring as the heroine in Apple's famous 1984 commercial gave me chills. For real! Ahh!
via Brother, Boing Boing, and Macworld
as a fresh macbook pro owner, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!
I wonder if I would have to re-buy things.
humhum
exiting times
Posted by: Andreas | March 04, 2010 at 02:44 PM
If Valve folk are as good as I think they are, they'll allow peeps who bought the games on PC Steam play the same games on MAC if compatible. Wouldn't be fair otherwise!
Posted by: .tiff | March 04, 2010 at 02:46 PM
Is this really that exciting? Yay, old games we've all already played getting re-released on computers we may or may not have.
How about they release episode 3 already. I am in some desperate need for closure.
Posted by: Richard | March 04, 2010 at 03:01 PM
I think it's pretty exciting. First of all, I've *never* been a computer gamer because I've always been a Mac user. Sure, I could have picked up a PC along the way, but I honestly wasn't all that interested when I had my consoles. If I can get a computer gaming experience on my Mac with Valve games, that's a major plus.
Furthermore, this could more or less nibble on the heels of the excuse that PC's are the Gamers' computer of choice. The iPhone and iPod Touch have shown that Apple is interested in developing their products into gaming platforms, and now that their lappies have caught up in the computing meat, why shouldn't Mac users be able to play big games too?
But you're right. Episode 3 is much in need.
Posted by: .tiff | March 04, 2010 at 03:08 PM
I find it interesting how loyal Mac users are.
I've always used PCs, my iPhone being my only Apple product, but I've never considered myself a PC person.
Posted by: Richard | March 04, 2010 at 05:51 PM
Eh, loyalty definitely goes both ways. The fact that I use Macs is based on the fact that I've used them forever (I was hypercard adventurin' before I even know what a computer was). I've used PC's too, but seeing as I was always familiar with Macs it was just never worth the switch-over for me. I think that speaks the same for a lot of PC users :)
Posted by: .tiff | March 04, 2010 at 06:33 PM
When i heard about this (or the possibility of this) I thought "Cool, more steam users". hopefully this helps the steam community of great gamers grow even larger. I know plenty of people (since I go to a fancy art college full of Mac users) that wish they had more gaming options on their Mac (since most can't afford to purchase an expensive Mac and affordable PC). Early welcome to the steam family, Mac users (and Tiff :] )
Posted by: Javier | March 05, 2010 at 04:07 AM
My favorite was the "I hate different" one, just because it took me an extra minute to realize what that meant. In other mac news, telltale is making its way to mac, offering the new monkey island series and soon the Sam & Max series. And yes, if you bought the PC versions, you are allowed to download the MAC versions gratis: http://www.telltalegames.com/macgames
Posted by: Shamous | March 05, 2010 at 04:29 PM
@Javier Thanks! I can't wait!
@Shamous That one was good too. Man, Valve sure is awesome. All of that teaser art is great.
Posted by: .tiff | March 05, 2010 at 04:30 PM