Playing games on a MacBook Pro: Safety?

I recently found old copies of my Half-Life 2, The Witcher, Call of Duty, and a bunch of other PC games. I was wondering if it is safe to play them on my MacBook Pro 15 (Winter 2011 Edition). I will be installing them on my BootCamp partition of Windows 7.
What I'm worried about is whether or not playing games on my Mac (or any laptop for that matter) will damage the motherboard in the long run. I once owned an old HP laptop that was completely decimated after forcing it to play games that were very demanding on system requirements.
I was naive back then, so this time I will be really careful when I play games on a laptop. How many hours do you recommend that I limit my gaming time in order to avoid damage?
Thanks in advance!

it will be fine. the motherboard problem was probably not caused solely by gaming
i have basically had my macbook air at full strength, fans running for 12 hours a day for the last 18 months
it's completely fine

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