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InsideMacGames.com, or IMG, is a website dedicated to Mac Gaming. It is the largest and oldest website of its kind, and is operated by its founder Tuncer Deniz.

History

The website originally began as a downloadable magazine at AOL, with authors from AOL's Mac Games forum, with the first issue being published in February 1993. This first issue had a preview of Graphic Simulations' F/A-18 Hornet 1.0. The newsletter soon turned to distrubtion via floppy disk, and in 1995 via CD-ROM, which enabled the addition of extras on the disk. In 1996, Deniz left IMG to work for Bungie for nearly four years as a producer for titles such as Marathon II for Windows, Abuse, Weekend Warrior, and Marathon Infinity, netmap design for Marathon 2: durandal, and a project leader for Myth II: Soulblighter. In 1999, Deniz returned to take the helm of IMG, which was now a website. In 2000, the CD-ROM distribution of the newsletter was dropped, although there still is an occassional games CD that is distributed to subscribers.

About IMG

IMG is generally acknowledged to be the leader in general Macintosh press specific to gaming by various game publishers. Deniz's personal relationships in the business has the benefit of garning frequent and detailed interview articles with industry insiders, such as a long-running interview series with Glenda Adams, director of development at Aspyr. The front portal page is a news site with good traffic, and the user forums are active with nearly 7000 members and over 100,000 posts as of January 2006.

IMG's sister site is MacGameFiles, or MGF, which is a download site for game-related files. In addition to general Macintosh file download sites such as Macupdate.com and Versiontracker.com, MGF is a significant resource for Mac gamers seeking general downloads. Another site, Macologist, specializes in downloads for mods for Macintosh games.

External Links

InsideMacGames
MacGameFiles Sistersite to IMG, for downloads
IMG Interview with Tuncer Deniz
Tuncer Deniz interview podcast 2
Winner of Best Documentary at the Moofie Awards
Macologist Mod Macintosh Game site
Mac Radio Interview of Deniz

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 ==External Links==
 * [http://www.insidemacgames.com InsideMacGames]
-* [http://www.macgamefiles.com MacGameFiles]
+* [http://www.macgamefiles.com MacGameFiles] Sistersite to IMG, for downloads
 * [http://insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=212 IMG Interview with Tuncer Deniz]
 * [http://insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=395 Tuncer Deniz interview podcast 2]