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Mac games for hospital stay

Funguy McAidsFunguy McAids Registered User regular
edited February 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm going to be in a Chinese hospital for about a week for surgery and all i'll have to entertain myself is a new Macbook. What are games, apps, and other things I should look into to entertain myself with?

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  • garroad_rangarroad_ran Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Machinarium, if you're into point and click adventures.

    That and... I dunno, starcraft I guess? I don't really play games on my computer.

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  • EverywhereasignEverywhereasign Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Popcap has some great ones. And you can try before you buy.

    Plants vs Zombies was a really good time sink for me. In fact....

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    does dwarf fortress run on mac?

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  • WheezerWheezer Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dwarf Fortress runs, and Funguy can purchase a cheap USB numpad for his Mac (like I did back while I was in China.) Other than bootcamping into Windows, you could install Ultima VII via Exult and DosBox has an OS X port. Oh, and Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe does as well.

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  • Funguy McAidsFunguy McAids Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Woo! finally a good excuse to learn the ropes of dwarf fortress!!

    But what would i need to buy a numpad for?

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  • Evil_ReaverEvil_Reaver Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    World of Goo!

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  • GeorgeWashingtonPlunkittGeorgeWashingtonPlunkitt Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Escape Velocity: Nova

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  • FFFF Once Upon a Time In OaklandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    GeorgeWashingtonPlunkitt wrote: »
    Escape Velocity: Nova

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  • WheezerWheezer Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Because Dwarf Fortress has a terrible user interface and uses the numpad at the same time as the keyboard. If you don't want the (about 100 RMB) add-on to make your life easier you have two options: spend an afternoon going through the configuration file remapping the keys or constantly switch between the numpad mode and keyboard mode on the laptop.

    One more recommendation, check out Battle for Wesnoth.

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  • RothgarrRothgarr Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'm surprised no one joking said "Puzzle" and "Photoshop"

    Will you have wifi access? There are a million flash games, some of my favorite being at www.physicsgames.net

    If you won't have connectivity, then you can even download the swf files beforehand if you're a little savvy...

    Oh, and good luck with your surgery!

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  • George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Torchlight has a mac version, right? Get that.

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  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    The Mac version of Star Wars:KOTOR?

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