On Thursday afternoon , I delivered my yearly Game Room sitting in the Macworld resilient booth on the show floor of the Moscone Center . We had a full house in the John Wilkes Booth as congresswoman ofFreeverse Software , Aspyr Media , andAMD(formerly ATI ) speak about the state of Mac gaming and how Apple ’s transition to Intel microprocessors has changed the playing field .
All the vendor at the show , and even Apple ’s own games guy , are brimming with enthusiasm about 2007 and its potential for gaming . But that is n’t what I ’m here to talk about — it ’s what happened after the case .
We gave off a long ton of clobber — loads of boxes of strike secret plan from Freeverse and Aspyr Media , and even a high - ending Mac graphics card from AMD . I had draw over my allotted time , and some of myMacworldcohorts advance me to wrap it up , so we had a fleck of a mob view at the end as attender rushed the level for free copies .
“ You overlook one , ” said a man near the front of the point . And as I look down , I saw a little boy who I had n’t seen before , a individual tear running down his nerve . In my kick to ensure that the crowd — mainly adult — got something , I ’d missed this young blighter . And I feel awful .
“ What ’s your name ? ” I demand him .
“ Cameron , ” he told me , sniffling loudly .
“ And how old are you ? ”
“ Si - si - six , ” he react shyly .
“ What kind of Mac do you apply ? ”
Cameron turned to wait at his mamma , and she said , “ He has an iBook . ”
This is the world calling out to me in a expectant way , I consider . My family is back in Massachusetts . I have a wife and three kids . My untested , James , is six years sometime and also has an iBook .
“ Well do n’t concern , ” I say . “ I ’ll verify you ’re taken care of . ”
We walked back to Freeverse Software ’s stall , which , conveniently , was turn up only a short stroll from Macworld ’s in the Moscone Center ’s South Hall . I found Ian Lynch Smith standing there . Ian , a good admirer of mine , is the company President of the United States , and has a young family himself . I told him my predicament .
Ian walked from behind the booth with some box in hired man . After introducing himself to Cameron and his momma , Ian asked , “ Do you wish flying airplane ? ”
“ Yeah ! ” enunciate Cameron enthusiastically , as his face get off up .
“ Well , here ’s a copy of WingNuts 2 , ” Ian said . “ And do you care monkeys ? ”
“ Yeah ! ” said Cameron , now brimming with enthusiasm .
Ian handed him a transcript of Burning Monkey Solitaire 4 , Freeverse ’s raw translation of the long - go bill of fare secret plan , rife with simian humor . Ian also had in hand a copy ofComic Life Deluxe , Plasq ’s democratic softwarethat let you turn iPhoto galleries into a risible book on your Mac . Freeverse sells Comic Life Deluxe in retail store .
Cameron and his mom result glad and excited to seek out their new software , and Ian and I matt-up well too . And maybe a little less lonely from being aside from our wife and tiddler this hebdomad , too .
