<s>
Inside	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
Games	I-Application
(	O
IMG	O
)	O
started	O
in	O
1993	O
as	O
an	O
electronic	O
magazine	O
about	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
computer	O
gaming	O
distributed	O
by	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
,	O
eventually	O
becoming	O
a	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
Tuncer	O
Deniz	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
unemployed	O
,	O
decided	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
magazine	O
called	O
Inside	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
Games	I-Application
—	O
he	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
after	O
seeing	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Inside	O
Sports	O
at	O
a	O
newsstand	O
—	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
dedicated	O
to	O
reviews	O
of	O
new	O
and	O
upcoming	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
lay-out	O
program	O
,	O
Deniz	O
and	O
Blum	O
created	O
the	O
first	O
issue	O
,	O
which	O
contained	O
reviews	O
of	O
four	O
flight	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
—	O
Parsoft	O
Interactive	O
's	O
Hellcats	B-Application
Over	I-Application
the	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
and	O
Missions	O
at	O
Leyte	O
Gulf	O
,	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
's	O
Falcon	B-Application
MC	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Flight	I-Application
Simulator	I-Application
4.0	I-Application
—	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
hints	O
,	O
Easter	O
eggs	O
and	O
reviews	O
about	O
older	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Maelstrom	B-Application
and	O
Tom	O
Landry	O
Strategy	O
Football	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
importantly	O
,	O
a	O
playable	O
preview	O
of	O
F/A	O
-18	O
Hornet	O
that	O
Graphic	O
Simulations	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deniz	O
and	O
Blum	O
decided	O
to	O
offer	O
two	O
annual	O
subscription	O
plans	O
:	O
either	O
$18	O
for	O
a	O
downloadable	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
magazine	O
;	O
or	O
for	O
$24	O
,	O
the	O
subscriber	O
would	O
receive	O
a	O
monthly	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
in	O
the	O
mail	O
that	O
would	O
not	O
only	O
contain	O
the	O
magazine	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
software	O
patches	O
and	O
updates	O
for	O
popular	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
IMG	O
switched	O
from	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
to	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
much	O
more	O
high	O
quality	O
content	O
and	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
increased	O
the	O
annual	O
subscription	O
rate	O
to	O
$59	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
Paul	O
Murphy	O
reviewed	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
for	O
Dragon	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
magazine	O
itself	O
was	O
"	O
somewhat	O
unexciting	O
 [ ... ] 	O
IMG	O
articles	O
are	O
competent	O
and	O
serviceable	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
distinctive	O
voices	O
,	O
styles	O
or	O
viewpoints.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
commercial	O
software	B-License
demos	I-License
and	O
shareware	B-License
included	O
on	O
the	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
that	O
Murphy	O
called	O
"	O
the	O
real	O
charm	O
and	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
IMG	O
CD.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Murphy	O
concluded	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
any	O
other	O
magazines	O
dedicated	O
to	O
Mac	O
games	O
,	O
"	O
Mac	O
game	O
fans	O
need	O
Inside	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
Games	I-Application
to	O
separate	O
the	O
wheat	O
from	O
the	O
chaff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demos	O
and	O
shareware	B-License
 [ are ] 	O
a	O
barrel	O
of	O
fun	O
and	O
solid	O
value.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
distribution	O
of	O
the	O
magazine	O
was	O
dropped	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
downloads	O
from	O
the	O
IMG	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2005	O
to	O
2006	O
,	O
IMG	O
produced	O
a	O
weekly	O
podcast	B-Operating_System
,	O
hosted	O
by	O
game	O
designers	O
Justin	O
Ficarrotta	O
and	O
Will	O
Miller	O
,	O
and	O
critic	O
Blake	O
Buck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
33	O
episodes	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
hosts	O
left	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
new	O
podcast	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
IMG	O
podcast	B-Operating_System
was	O
relaunched	O
later	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
host	O
,	O
running	O
for	O
a	O
further	O
38	O
episodes	O
.	O
</s>
