Mac Full Screen Gaming

I recently bought a Macbook Pro and would like to use it for occasional gaming on the go. The problem I have is that when games are in full screen, I'm not sure how to switch to anything else. Mostly what I will end up playing is Starcraft 2, which I could run in a window, however if you use the top edge the Mac Toolbar comes up and gets in the way.

Essentially what I'm asking is, is there a way to run games full screen but be able to switch to other apps without closing the game. I can run Windows 7 on it for games, but it would be nice not to have to switch to a different OS.

Try CMD+Tab, CMD+M, or CMD+H.

It depends greatly on the game. From some games, you can CMD+Tab out, for others, not so much.

(The Sims 3, for instance, allows tabbing out; Minecraft does not.)

Most games, however, support switching display mode on the fly; after which they can generally always be tabbed out of (WoW is like this; so I'm guessing Starcraft II is too); and usually this is what the game does as a sort of macro on CMD+Tab if it supports this functionality.

The full-screen key also varies; but it's often CMD+Enter (often SDL) or CMD+M (often ported big games, like Sims 3 or WoW); F11 is not uncommon for cross-platform games developed primarily on Linux.

If you use Full Screen (Windowed Mode), you will be switch to other applications with both CMD+TAB or Exposé (4-fingers downward swipe on the TouchPad).

I'm doing this myself on my MacBook Pro and it works like a charm; I have no problems switching applications or viewing the Desktop whatsoever.