So I finally beat this game last weekend. I didn't get all the star coins, but I'm impressed with myself as I rarely beat games, even relatively easy ones. The challenge of this game was really uneven though, with certain castles or levels earlier on costing me 30 or even 40 lives, while some of the last levels I was able to get through on the first try. Anyway, after being defeated using a few different tactics at the very last boss fight, I finally just turned into Micro Mario, and jumped over everyone to win the game. Woohoo I don't necessarily suck at having fun :roll:

I am a little disappointed with Gamespot's coverage of Mac games, as there are several offerings unique to the platform. I think I will feature a few of them here every week or two.

Ambrosia Software is one of the best game designers/publishers for Macs. While they have received some attention for their cross-platform masterpiece, Escape Velocity Nova , it seems that some of their newer games (as well as some of their older games) have yet to reach as wide an audience. While they seem to be pushing their racing game, Redline quite a bit, I have seen almost no advertising for SketchFighter 4000 alpha.

As far as I can tell, SketchFighter is unique in terms of its graphics presentation:

"Remember
those super-cool space ships you doodled on graph paper in Middle
School? Pen strokes furiously waging massive intergalactic battles in
History ****with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance? Well
they have sprung to life in SketchFighter 4000 Alpha!"

I'll be adding a more detailed review of its gameplay pretty soon...until then, if there are any mac gamers on this board, I'd love to hear about your favorite Apple-centric games...if there are enough of us, perhaps a union is in order?

I've been playing Animal Crossing Wild World a lot
over the last week or two. I generally am not very
good at video games, and it is one of the more
forgiving gaming experiences I've encountered.
However, I can see over time how you might get bored.
Luckily, Animal Crossing is a game ripe for
subversion. You can refuse to pay your mortgage or
furnish your house. You can suggest amusing or vulgar
greetings or catch-phrases for the other characters to
say, and plant pitfall seeds for them to fall in to,
chop down all their trees, uproot and sell off their
flowers, eventually driving them out of town with your
failure to communicate.  However, all of these options
pale in comparison with the alternate M-rated version
of the game imagined by someone over at "My Animal
Crossing ," a hilarious weblog detailing over a year of gameplay
where characters among other things, contract and die
of cancer, deal heroin, watch porn, and fish for used
condoms.