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… is approval of their single player campaign in StarCraft II Wings of Liberty. Sure, I knew they were going to release this as a trilogy, but come on. It ends so abruptly it feels like a fluke; it’s as if you’re watching a movie on a scratched dvd that just suddenly skips to the credits. I was prepared for a cliffhanger but I didn’t even get that!

I’m just glad I bought the game for the multiplayer and the single player. If I’d bought it primarily for the continuation of the storyline, I’d fume on the battle.net forums like so many other lost souls have done before me. Don’t get me wrong, the gameplay is fantastic, but the way it ends makes it feel like I paid 60€ (that’s 75$) for a game that doesn’t even manage an interesting ending.

Unless you’re eleven years old and seeing a space marine carry a naked chick is all the rage.

I’m disappointed.

Can you tell?

Torchlight works really well on the Mac. The performance is good, it looks great and is indistinguishable from the PC version, and it’s as fun as ever to play!

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Update: Torchlight worked after restarting Steam and by doing what is described below. This means my first impressions are slightly improved, but not altered. Torchlight plays like a charm on the Mac though; I’ll do a little post about it very soon.

I’m quite underwhelmed, to be honest. I have bought a total of 15 games on Steam previously, and two of them are currently playable on Mac; Torchlight and Portal. While Portal worked fine with no problems whatsoever, Torchlight is another story.

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Steam for Mac is finally available! Downloading Portal and my other Steam games to my Mac as I’m typing; go download Portal and Steam for free and try it out yourself at store.steampowered.com/freeportal.