Macologist.org was a

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on gaming on the

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platforms. Macologist specializes in technical support issues as well as the conversion and hosting of mods for

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games such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. The site also has a Mac gaming news section as well as a reviews section for both retail games and mods. The site was launched in June 2004. Currently the site appears to have gone offline as of 2010. As of March, 2018, the domain has been acquired for a site that alleges mental benefits for drug use.

Outside impact

By the end of 2005, Macologist had been cited three times in

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magazine. In May 2005,

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, the other major US Macintosh print magazine, incorporated the Macologist-developed ''Santaduck Toolpak'', a benchmarking utility for the game

, into its

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suite. In September 2004, th
''Santaduck Toolpak''
was also cited by

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upon the introduction of its first revision

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, is also used by the benchmarking sites barefeats.com and xlr8yourmac.com, and received an ''Honorable Mention'' award in the

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Make Something Unreal contest. Both the tools as well as several mod download

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s are also listed at the Apple website. One of the hosts of the Mac Games Radio

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is featured as a Macologist editor. Macologist reviews and technical benchmarking articles have also been cited by some game developers. For example, for the game

, the Macintosh version's publisher Aspyr Media's website refers users to a link at Macologist for

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questions, as does their technical support staff. The

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website also lists several links to Macologist reviews, for example for Chessmaster 9000 . Macologist in London, United Kingdom (macologist.co.uk) is an independent Apple Repair and Mac Support specialist not affiliated with Apple or macologist.org.

References

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