This free app lets you play incredible-looking PC games on any Mac computer

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People like me who love playing video games but have Mac computers at home often have a case of PC envy.

Almost all the best games debut on PCs and only show up on Macs years later — if at all. With recent PC-exclusive games including "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" getting really popular and "Destiny 2" — the sequel to one of my favorite video games — launching later this month, things have gotten so bad I even considered buying a gaming PC for the very first time.

Fortunately, I found an even better and much cheaper solution, one that turned my 2013 MacBook Pro into a legitimate game machine — Nvidia's GeForce Now app.

A free download in the US and Canada, GeForce Now lets you play on your Mac the kind of high-end games that typically require a Windows PC computer with a dedicated graphics processor. GeForce Now software is only in beta, but Nvidia is a trusted company when it comes to gaming, and the app works like a charm.

I found out about GeForce Now earlier this week from YouTuber Karl Conrad. After doing some quick research about people trying and failing to use their Macs as game machines, I discovered a random video from Conrad where he talks about the software.

Take a look at GeForce Now:

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First of all, this software isn't just from some random app maker.

GeForce Now was developed by Nvidia, which has been working on gaming and mobile computing for 24 years. Nvidia makes all sorts of things, from computing chips to gaming hardware to self-driving car software. But video games are at its core.