24. Using the Game Center

In This Chapter

• Setting up your Game Center account and signing in

• Customizing your Me tab

• Downloading and playing games

• Inviting people to be your friends

It’s difficult to pin down the number of people who play computer and online games every day, but a brief review of existing statistics will convince you that there are hundreds of millions of people worldwide. These statistics include people who are just playing a game of solitaire on their computers as well as those who are playing multiplayer games.

You’ve always been able to play games on a Mac, but before Mountain Lion, only iPad or iPhone users had Game Center. With the introduction of this new app in Mountain Lion, Mac users have one more point of ...

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