Unreal Tournament 3 Game Play Video – Part 2

Unreal Tournament 3 game play video

Okay. We admit that the Unreal Tournament 3 game play video that we made available the other day is not a very good one to watch. So we’ve created 3 more game play videos for Unreal Tournament fans who cannot wait to play on their Macs.

The second game play video is a flag capture map. Players are allowed to use a new weapon called Translocator to transport themselves for a short distance.  Continue reading

Unreal Tournament 3 Game Play Video – Part 1

Unreal Tournament 3 game play video

About 8 years ago, I remember having been to CompUSA in Oklahoma City and grabbed a copy of Unreal Tournament for Mac. I had no prior knowledge about the game. When I played it, it was a totally different experience. I played Unreal Tournament 2003, too. A great game… Unreal Tournament 2004? It’s sort of a rip-off game because it uses the same maps from the previous versions, right?

Unreal Tournament debuted on the Mac platform, at first. Then the PC version was released 9 months later. Okay, how about the latest version? Midway/Epic Games released the PC version of Unreal Tournament 3 on November 19, 2007. Even the X 360 version is now available. We know that MacSoft is working on the Mac version. But we don’t know when it’s available.

Just several hours ago, I played the PC version of Unreal Tournament 3 on our iMac Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz. I can’t say if it’s a good game to play because I just started.

Anyway, the following is a game play video for Unreal Tournament 3 that I recorded several hours ago. I just started, so I can tell you that I’m not a good player. Nonetheless, it’s a game play video that we want to share with other Mac gamers.  Continue reading

Quick Overview: AKVIS Coloriage 5 – Part 2

Mac shareware AKVIS Coloriage 5

Mac shareware AKVIS Coloriage 5 video tutorial

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Mac shareware AKVIS Coloriage 5 video tutorial

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A few days ago, we introduced a QuickTime video that shows the basic workflow of AKVIS Software’s Coloriage. The following is another video without audio commentary showing how to use Coloriage to convert a Black & White photo image into a color one. By the way, the original photo image comes from WebshotsContinue reading

Using Extra SD/SDHC with USB Flash Card Reader/Writer

USB SDHC Card Reader

About 12 days ago, we reviewed a 16-GB USB flash memory drive from A-DATA. A major problem that we’ve found with it is that its Write speed is extremely slow on Macs while it’s fine under Windows XP with the same machine. As we reported, it took almost 4 minutes when we transferred a package containing several files with a total of 72.2 MB from a FireWire-connected external hard disk drive to the USB memory. This Write speed is totally unacceptable.

Does that mean all USB Flash memory sticks are slow on Macs? And what are other affordable hardware alternatives to swap files between Macs and Windows through Boot Camp?

A week ago, I went to a local electronics store to buy a video cable. And I wanted to check out USB Flash memory sticks from other manufacturers. That’s when I saw a package that said SDHC·SD·MCO Card Reader/Writer. (See Screenshot 01.)

A-Data USB Flash Drive PD9
Screenshot 01: Source – MacHouse
A-Data USB Flash Drive PD9
Screenshot 02: Source – MacHouse
A-Data USB Flash Drive PD9
Screenshot 03: Source – Amazon.com

Huh? What is this product? The description of the product shown at the back of the package says that I can insert an SD/SDHC card and then that I can use the card as a USB flash drive. Umm… I have an extra 512-MB flash disk. And the price for this little product was only ¥980 (US$9.50). So I decided to try it out.  Continue reading

Microsoft Releasing Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.1 Update and Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 Update

Microsoft Office






TOKYO (MacHouse) – Microsoft has released software updates for Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac. According to the company, these software updates are both released partly due to Microsoft security bulletin MS08-043.






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