Credit the iMac, the little computer that stubbornly refused to provide serial ports, as making USB a computer-wide industry standard. That means all of the steering wheels, joysticks, goggles and gloves that you can think of will now be available to both platforms. All that has to be done is the creation of a simple driver. You know, a year ago this would have had to have been our April Fool's column. No one would have believed all of the great changes that could happen.
Truth is stranger than fiction, man.
Something to really ponder. You know, I really should have seen that one coming. Some things never change. Talk Back in our Mac Gaming Forum , or add your comments below. Gary Randazzo and Randy Soare are the co-founders of IWS Interactive , a New York based game developer for Macintosh.