Microsoft Releasing Open XML File Format Converter for Office 2008 and Update Patches for Office 2004 & 2008

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Microsoft Office 2008. According to the company, Open XML Converter allows the user ‘to convert Open XML files that were created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows.’ And you can open and edit converted files with earlier versions of Microsoft Office. Meanwhile, according to Microsoft, Office 2004 11.5.3 Update and Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.5 Update will enhance stability and performance. More specially, the company says the update will fix ‘vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.’






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Age of Mythology: The Titans – Game Play Video Part 3

Age of Mythology for Mac

The following game play video is for those Mac users who hoped to play Age of Mythology: The Titans and still want to see how this expansion runs for PC. The Titans adds a fourth mythology, the Atlanteans, to the game on top of Greek, Egyptian, and Norse mythologies. Thanks to our Intel Mac machine, we are now able to play the Titans expansion on Windows partition.

Playing Age of Mythology: The Titans Boot Camp Playing Age of Mythology: The Titans Boot Camp

This recorded game file comes from JOSEYWALES (http://ksjoseywales.nodecam.com). This is a 2 vs 2 game play. Team 1 has FoD_AssHole (Loki) and FoD_MsDolls (Kronos) while Team 2 includes DBD_Mac (Odin) and KS_Josey_Wales (Oranos).  Continue reading

Age of Mythology: The Titans – Game Play Video Part 2

Age of Mythology for Mac

The following game play video is for those Mac users who hoped to play Age of Mythology: The Titans and still want to see how this expansion runs for PC. The Titans adds a fourth mythology, the Atlanteans, to the game on top of Greek, Egyptian, and Norse mythologies. Thanks to our Intel Mac machine, we are now able to play the Titans expansion on Windows partition.

Playing Age of Mythology: The Titans Boot Camp Playing Age of Mythology: The Titans Boot Camp

This recorded game file comes from JOSEYWALES (http://ksjoseywales.nodecam.com). This is a 3 vs 3 game play. Team 1 has KS_General (Zeus), KS_Josey_Wales (Oranos), KS_Perfection (Ra) while Team 2 includes SR_Clan_Canada (Oranos), TK_Oranos (Oranos), eX_cheddarmon (Ra). I can tell you that the previous game play video may not be a good one, and this 3 vs 3 game play movie is much fun to watch.  Continue reading

Age of Mythology: The Titans – Game Play Video Part 1

Age of Mythology for Mac

Personally, Microsoft‘s Age of Mythology is the best game of all time. I previously bought the Mac version of Age of Empires, Age of Empires II: Age of Kings for PC and Age of Empires: The Conquerors Expansion for PC. The Age of Empires series is great. But Age of Mythology has given me a great multiplayer experience that no other game has given me.

The Age of Mythology debuted for PC on November 1, 2002. Microsoft then published an expansion pack called The Titans on September 30, 2003. MacSoft published the Mac version of Age of Mythology in September, 2003. But The Titans never made it to Macs.

Playing Age of Mythology: The Titans Boot Camp Playing Age of Mythology: The Titans Boot Camp

The following game play video is for those Mac users who hoped to play Age of Mythology: The Titans and still want to see how this expansion runs for PC. The Titans adds a fourth mythology, the Atlanteans, to the game on top of Greek, Egyptian, and Norse mythologies. Thanks to our Intel Mac machine, we are now able to play the Titans expansion on Windows partition.

Playing Age of Mythology: The Titans Boot Camp Playing Age of Mythology: The Titans Boot Camp

This recorded game file comes from JOSEYWALES (http://ksjoseywales.nodecam.com). According to my AOM friend for Mac, Josey Wales is the best AOM player who can play any god. This is a 3 vs 3 game play. Team 1 has KS_Josey_Wales (Oranos), KS_Lytes (Ra), KS_Harp (Zeus) while Team 2 includes UW_Kap0_aWa (Kronos), UW_cherusker_(Hades), UW_rollerduck (Isis).  Continue reading

Left 4 Dead – Game Review, Playing Left 4 Dead with Mac Boot Camp

Left 4 Dead Mac Boot Camp
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MacHouse game rating: 8.5/10

Left 4 Dead is an interesting action/horror game published by Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts released the game in North America in November 18. Left 4 Dead was developed by Valve Corporation, the game developer of the hit game series Half-Life.

It’s a game where you fight zombies. If you watch the introductory cinematic video of the game, you will find out that something must have happened two weeks before. Some sort of an infection has transformed people into zombies. It sounds like this game is inspired by 2002 horror movie 28 Days Later…. If you play the single-player game, you will control one of the four characters (Bill, Francis, Louis and Zoey). You can choose any of them, and other characters will assist you.

Left 4 Dead review Mac Boot Camp
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  Left 4 Dead Mac review Boot Camp
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By the way, there aren’t many PC/Mac games involving zombies, are there? The only game that I can remember is Stubbs the Zombie. Austin/Texas-based company Aspyr Media released the game for both Mac and PC on November 21, 2005. Left 4 Dead is totally different from Stubbs the Zombie, though. As I remember, the guy you control in Stubbs the Zombie can heal himself at any time by eating people’s brains. In Left 4 Dead, you use a first aid pack, which isn’t always available. And the crucial difference is that you play the zombie in Stubbs the Zombie and fight ordinary people.  Continue reading