I want to play games without the CD, please help.

Hey everyone,
I've noticed that some people have their videogames (e.g. Warcraft, Starcraft, etc.), on their computer as a dmg. file, they mount the file, and then play the game right off of their hard drive, no need to lug around different CDs. So my question is, how is this done? I presume that you have to install the game first, but what do you do after that?
I'm fairly new to this aspect of Mac's (dmg files), so if anyone could give me a good idea of how to do this, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.

It's not too hard actually. Have the install disk in your drive. Open Apple Disk Utility (use Spotlight to find it if you don't know where it is). On the left column click the disk, and select File > New > Disc Image from "Disk Name"
Follow the prompts, and you're all set really. There are image format options: Compressed will make it into a compressed .dmg, while CD/DVD master makes an actual copy to be burnt. You'll want .dmg, as that's what you asked to do. It will make an exact duplicate of the disk.
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