Is playing games on my mac air going to ruin it?

i installed world or warcarft of my computer and when i start playing it the fan kicks in on high gear and the computer gets warm. is that going to hurt my computer?

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The MacBook Air isn't designed to play games, first because the graphic card will make that your game experience will be awful. Also, the computer gets hot, so fans turn on automatically, and at a very high speed if you play for a long time.
If you play for a small amount of time, it shouldn't harm your computer, if you play for a long time, it may cause problems in the future because of the heat and an enormous fan speed. Be very careful

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