When you think of think of intense Hollywood action thrillers, one name comes to mind: Vin Diesel.

Actually, that’s entirely untrue. Many names come to mind, and Vin Diesel likely isn’t at the top of that list. He’s there, sure, but have we forgiven him yet for making The Pacifier? No. You can forgive Jackie Chan for The Spy Next Door because most of us would have to live to 150 in order to subject our bones to the abuse his had seen by the age of 35. But Vin Diesel…no. The Pacifier is still unforgivable.

Good thing Dwayne Johnson came along to make The Pacifier look like a brilliant career move for Vin…

Hey Mac gamers – remember all those tasty rumors about Steam (Valve’s premiere digital game store and platform) coming to Apple machines? Well, get out the celebratory slice of cake – it’s true! Not only that, but Portal 2 is slated to be the first simultaneous Mac/PC release on the platform. Steam will be available on Macs this April.

Appletell’s Editor-In-Chief waxes nostalgic for the days when Apple attended Macworld and the Mac was the best computer system for playing games.

“I used to go to Macworld Expos in New York City, and there used to be games there. Plenty of games. Aspyr, Freeverse, Ambrosia, MacSoft, MacPlay and more. There were gaming pavilions with competitions and prizes. Displays with forthcoming games. MacPlay pitched a tent and donned fatigues to promote their latest first-person shooter, and MacSoft drove me around Manhattan in a limousine. I won’t tell you that times have changed but…”

onLive, the new service that will allow gamers to play now-gen games on any computer or TV set using streaming technology, is about to get a whole lot more real. The public beta begins now – so if you’re interested, sign up (and do so quickly) at the site and get ready to get your game on.

Yesterday at the MacWorld Expo, EA announced that Spore, Will Wright’s newest “god game” will be coming to the Mac platform. The game will arrive at the same time as the PC version (TBD 2008), and will be coming to Macs through TransGaming’s Cider Portability Engine. The game takes a page from Wright’s other creations more »

MacWorld recently posted an article detailing online gaming service GameTap’s announcement that it’ll be opening its doors to Mac users beginning June 28, 2007. Though initially only classic arcade and console games will be available through a “lite” subscription, later in the summer a deluxe version of the service will launch, allowing Mac users access to Saturn and Dreamcast titles.

The deluxe subscription (price was not indicated) will also feature the ability to compete in supported challenge games against fellow Mac users and pc gamers. According to the article, the projected total number of available titles …