Temperature during games - will this damage my macbook?

Hello,
I've had my Mid-2010 macbook for a few months now and it's working brilliantly. I love it. I've recently installed some games, from steam, on my Macbook. I've tweaked the settings and I've used smcFanControl to set the fan speed to 5600rpm when I play games. When I am playing a game, for instance Day of Defeat:Source, my temperature varies between 65-68 degrees (it sometimes spikes at 80 degrees, but only momentarily and it returns to 65 degrees shortly after). I play games frequently and I was wondering if this 'high' temperature would cause lasting damage to my Macbook in the future.
What do you guys think? Are those temperatures in the 'reasonable' range?

Thanks for the quick response and the reassurance. The insight was well appreciated. Now I can game at ease knowing that I'm not doing any damage to my Macbook! Haha. Thanks again.

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