About — Łódź, Poland
About ARZAB and how we pick games
Two rigs, one game world, proven before it earns the stamp.
An independent editorial guide to apps and games for PC, Mac and Windows — written for readers who play on more than one of them in the same week.
Who runs ARZAB
Independent, from Łódź
ARZAB started with a simple frustration: platform claims are easy to make and hard to verify. A store page says a game supports Mac. A forum says it runs fine on Apple silicon. Neither answer tells you about mods, updates, or what happens on a base model. This site exists to close that gap.
What the site covers — switch the drawer by platform
Who runs ARZAB
ARZAB is an independent editorial site run from Łódź. We are not a store, a publisher, or a hardware vendor. That separation matters, because the guide should tell you when a Mac port lags or when a Windows PC is the better buy, even if that answer is less exciting. Our address for correspondence is ul. Stanisława Przybyszewskiego 91-99, lok. 15, 93-126 Łódź, and our email is [email protected].
How a guide gets built
Each guide starts with the reader decision, not the product. Will this run natively? Which tool fits this title? Which store copy suits your library? We then check platform status, system requirements, and the known limits of the route we recommend. Where a game has both Windows and macOS versions, we note release timing and any gap between them. That structure keeps the copy concrete.
Head-to-head, not roundup filler
Comparison inside a category
Our editorial angle is comparison inside a category. A compatibility layer against virtualization. A DRM-light store against a launcher with exclusives. A heavy CRPG against a light farming sim on the same Mac. That format shows what separates a strong pick from an average one.
It also stops us writing the same generic list five times with different titles pasted in. Every comparison has a decision at the end: which route, which store, which rig — and what you give up with each choice.
If a topic does not help a reader choose a platform or a title, it probably does not belong here. That is the rule we apply before a guide starts, not after it is published.
The eight entities we return to
A focused set of reference points
Reference point
We write about a focused set of reference points: Apple silicon Macs, CrossOver, GOG, the Epic Games Store, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate 3, and Stardew Valley. Returning to the same entities lets readers compare like with like.
- Cyberpunk 2077 — tests high-end performance.
- Stardew Valley — tests whether a game runs anywhere.
- The Witcher 3 — tests longevity.
- Baldur's Gate 3 — tests turn-based strategy on both platforms.
Beginner mistakes are part of the brief
A large share of our writing is aimed at first-time Mac gamers. The most common error is assuming any Windows game will run on macOS with a single tool. The second is ignoring system requirements and buying for the wrong rig. We write these warnings into the guides themselves, near the point where the mistake happens, rather than hiding them in a footnote nobody reads.
Updates · Lines · Contact
What changes, and where the line sits
Updates and corrections
Guides change when games change. A macOS port can land, a patch can fix a frame rate problem, or a store can alter its DRM policy. We update pages when that happens and we correct errors when readers point them out. Send corrections to [email protected] with the page name included. A clear subject line helps more than a long message.
What ARZAB does not do
We do not sell games, take payment for placement in our picks, or publish ratings we cannot explain. We do not present the site as a third-party brand or impersonate a platform company. If a guide recommends buying on a store, that is an editorial judgment about DRM, catalog, or library management, not a paid slot.
Why Poland, why English
The site is based in Łódź and published in English. That choice is deliberate. Much of the audience for Mac and Windows gaming guidance reads in English, and our team can write in it clearly. Polish roots show up where they should, for example in how we treat The Witcher series, which is widely recognized in Poland and not a niche reference here.
Contact and privacy in plain terms
The contact page lists the same email and address shown here, so visitors can reach a real inbox. Our privacy and cookie policies describe what data the site handles and why. If a form collects personal data, a privacy policy link is visible on the site. We keep that language dry and factual, because legal pages should read like legal pages.