Mac-centric web site Applelinks has announced the opening of voting for the 3rd Annual Applelinks Moofie Gaming Awards. For those unfamiliar with the Moofies, they are a series of 15 awards given for outstanding games in various Oscar-inspired categories, including Best Actor, Best Short Film, and Best Picture.

Nominees were chosen from what were deemed the best games released in the year 2001. Last year was a very good year for Mac gaming, and this year's nominees definitely show that with a wide spread of titles across the various categories. Voting this year should require a bit of thought.

To encourage voting, Applelinks will be offering various awards to those who submit their e-mail addresses:

Addresses will be collected by Applelinks and Mac-O-Rama only, and will not be sold to mortgage lenders, natural viagara substitute developers or fake companies offering fake diplomas to real universities (see Mac-O-Rama's mailing list disclaimer before submitting your e-mail address, but it's okay... you can trust them). Currently set to be given away are $200 worth of gift certificates to Mac-O-Rama, four games from MacSoft (Sid Meier's Civilization III, Jeopardy 2nd Edition, Q*bert and Breakout), and a special bonus of four iClocks. More prizes may be added as voting progresses, possibly including a special, autographed copy of a classic Macintosh game of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

Applelinks: 2002 Applelinks Moofie Gaming Awards voting booth now open

Applelinks: Moofie Voting Booth

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