Yesterday MacTech published a Youtube video showing Parallels Desktop 5 whooping VMWare Fusion 3 in gaming.  They tested games such as Firefly Forest, Canyon Flight and Deep Freeze just to name a few.  Now I can game more on my Mac with Parallels.  The graphics are way better on Parallels Desktop and gaming is smoother.  After watching the video of MacTech benchmarking Parallels Desktop to Fusion, I realized that if I play games on Fusion, that I would be missing half of the graphics.  So now in combination with Valve and Parallels Desktop, I can game more.  Watch this MacTech video benchmark test comparing Parallels Desktop 5 and Fusion 3:

Today Valve software is bringing Steam game distribution platforms to Mac OS, which is going to change gaming on Macs.  The library of games that Valve software includes are “Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series” and supposedly Portal 2 will be released simultaneously for the Mac and for Windows.  According to Valve, “Portal 2 will be Valve’s first simultaneous release for Mac and Windows. ‘Checking in code produces a PC build and Mac build at the same time, automatically, so the two platforms are perfectly in lock-step,’ said Josh Weier, Portal 2 Project Lead. ‘We’re always playing a native version on the Mac right alongside the PC. This makes it very easy for us and for anyone using Source to do game development for the Mac’ ” [via MacRumors].

So while you are getting ready for Steam on your Mac OS, here is a Left 4 Dead 2 trailer: