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How To : Deal With Annoying People on Google+ & Facebook

Both Google+ and Facebook are competing for your time and space, and your commitment to one social network. To make their spaces more attractive to you, they've both made it easier for you to deal with people you don't like or don't care for. Ignore People on Google+ In Goog ...more

Child of Eden : First Impressions

A woman from space that who has been dead hundreds of years has been resurrected on the internet and you're the IT assigned to fight the viruses attacking her. Child of Eden is a mesmerizing musical game, with fluid animations, great game play, and lots of replay ability. Pla ...more

LA Noire : First Impressions

L.A. Noire is the newest Rockstar (GTA4, Red Dead Redemption) game created by Team Bondi ( The Getaway). The game is set in the late 1940’s in Los Angeles. The main character, Phelps, is a war veteran rising through the ranks from police officer to detective. The game is prese ...more

Tera Online : Shortcomings

No game is perfect. Well maybe except for Super Mario Brothers 3. In the last two posts I've been praising Tera but it's not without its shortcomings. Basic quest system: Playing the game in Korean and without understanding a single world I’ve managed to complete 95% of the ...more

News : A New Deck, and an Old One Revived

Ladies and gentlemen, I have a confession to make, in case you haven't noticed already: I'm a little reticent about building decks. I've only posted two on this blog, one of which was made by someone else. I have a few thousand cards. Why not make use of a few? Well, why not, ...more

Green : The Color of Mana

GreenYou can tell a lot about a person's thought process by MTG color they favor: Red: aggressive, unsubtle, will surpass an obstacle by blowing it to bits with the largest explosives available (or Fireballs, as the case may be Black: vindictive, mean-spirited, will tie the o ...more

News : What's all the fuss about World of Warcraft?

So what's all the fuss about World of Warcraft? I guess the first question would be 'is there a fuss?' and the simple answer is Yes there is, very much so. World of Warcraft now has over 12 million subscribers, it is by far the most popular MMORPG (massively multiplayer onli ...more

How To : Star gaze with your kids

In this video, Daddy Troy teaches us how to star gaze with your kids. This can get your kids interested in space and teach them a thing or two, while still having a good time. First, Google offers a service called Google Earth, which will show your child the entire earth, moon ...more

How To : Make a DIY XBox 360 Wi-Fi adapter

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a DIY. XBOX 360 Wi-Fi adapter. First, go to your network connection properties on your laptop or netbook. From here, you will disconnect from any connection you have going. Then, select both connections and right click 'bridge connections ...more

News : Final Fantasy 14 First Impressions

These impressions are coming from a person completely new to the Final Fantasy Online world. Never played FF 11 or the FF 14 Beta. This game is not friendly to new people. The account creation is a Kafka like experience in things that don't make sense. For the game itself, the ...more

News : Force Unleased 2 Comic Con Preview

If you want Star Wars, look to the games and not the movies to satisfy your hunger. The original Force Unleashed was a great game and a surprise hit. Later next year another Star Wars MMO will debut from Bioware. Maybe the Star Wars novels are also a good source for Star Wars ...more

How To : Cherry mod the Sanwa JLF video game joystick

Sanwa Denshi's JFL series joystick is one of the most popular ones on the market, and a lot better than the standard joysticks out there. If you want great gameplay, you need the right equipment, but that's not to say the JFL doesn't have it's faults. Sometimes, even the best ...more

NYT : Maradona deserves an apology. Hell yeah he does!

I personally don't owe him an apology because as soon as the plane left Argentina for South Africa, I was done criticizing and started rooting for the team, regardless of who was in it. Nyeeeh! ;p Still a tough game ahead of Argentina tomorrow. I think this article should be ...more

How To : Make a trapeze spring snare to catch small game

Ryan teaches us how to make a trapeze spring snare to catch small game in this video. You will need: finishing line, a knife, paracord, and natural living wood. the trap will have two snares built into one mechanism. Start off by gathering all your wood and then place a stake ...more

News : Seido and The Shadow

Not long ago in Rome during a Master’s Tennis Tournament something remarkable happened. In a tightly contested game, American Andy Roddick challenged a linesman’s call on a ball hit by his opponent. The remarkable thing about this incident was that Roddick argued against his o ...more

How To : Get out of the map in the Mirror's Edge demo

Mirror's Edge was an okay game, but the demo was one of the best ever made. It would have made a worthwhile budget game purchase by itself! If you, like many, got the demo but not the full game, this video will show you how to extend the life of said demo by teaching you how t ...more

News : Red Dead Redemption Short Film

The full 30 minute short film by John Hillcoat that was shown on TV. From the description: Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater The director of The Road and The Proposition, John Hillcoat, brings you an entirely digital Western short film. It uses Rockstar's rich ope ...more

How To : Get the Wedding Crasher achievement in L4D 2

BOOMER! As you may know, that saying is uttered a lot in the hit Valve game, Left 4 Dead 2. This achievement tutorial focuses on the DLC, The Passing, and requires that you use two controllers to get this achievement. It can be difficult to get, but is totally worth it in the ...more

Red Dead Redemption : An introduction to the times

Here is the introduction sequence for the game, it's one of the best for this generation: The arrival of the player is mirrored by the arrival of the riverboat, as if the player is getting off the boat to a new location just like the characters. The piano music at the beginnin ...more

News : A little about Augmented Reality (AR)

Augmented Reality, or just AR, is a combination of graphics overlaid onto the real world. Think of it as a cross between Virtual Reality (VR) and Real Reality (RR). Some good examples are Esquire's AR issue, eLearning video & GE's AR. AR is still in early phases of developmen ...more

PC Magazine : Sorry Zynga, Farmville Needs Facebook

Farmville vs. Facebook There’s apparently some drama happening between Facebook and Zynga, maker of the wildly popular social games Farmville, Cafe World and Mafia Wars. The beef is primarily about Facebook forcing game developers to use Facebook Credits for in-game purcha ...more

How To : Use your Playstation 3 controller on a PC

Playing PC games can be way better than playing on the Xbox 360 or PS3. But many times, what makes playing on console like the 360 is the fact you are able to easily use a controller. Playing with one can not only be easier on your hands and fingers, but a lot more enjoyable a ...more

How To : Find the "Baby" Panay easter egg in Just Cause 2

The cool thing about Just Cause 2, is not only do you play a shoot first, ask questions later type of character, but the game is stocked with a lot of hidden secrets. Or as they are referred to, easter eggs. This video tutorial is presented by the guys at Achievement Hunter an ...more

World of Warcraft : Cataclysm approaches!

I'm not sure if who follows World of Warcraft, but recently they went into Alpha testing (for friends & family of the company), which means the release is coming fairly soon. I've got a few friends inside the company so I'm hoping to get started on it soon.  Once the NDA is l ...more

How To : Rip DVDs in Mac OS X with Handbrake

Movie DVD that you buy are large in size. So you may need to convert the movie to other smaller formats to store them in your computer or other back up disks. This process of extraction the movie from the DVD into another format is called as ripping. To do this you can use one ...more

How To : Hack Space Attack with Cheat Engine (01/26/10)

Trevor4Ever595 teaches you how to hack the game Space Attack using Cheat Engine. You start the game, select a level and pause it using P. Open up Cheat Engine, open the process list, select Firefox or whatever internet browser you are using. Then you will want to use the searc ...more

How To : Whistle loudly using your teeth

Never doubt the volume of your whistle again. This video shows you how to whistle loudly using your teeth. You'll learn proper position of your mouth and tongue to be able to make the loudest sound possible. With lots of practice you'll be the only one heard at the local games ...more

How To : Improve your chipping game in golf

In this how-to video, you will learn how to prepare for a golf tournament by improving your chipping game. For a high shot, put the ball up in the stance with an open club face. Address the ball with the hands a little bit behind the ball. Through the shot, let the club contin ...more

How To : Download Cheat Engine 5.5 for Windows

Cheat Engine 5.5 is the best possible way for you to hack flash games on the internet, on Facebook, and on many other popular web game sites. If there's a hack out there for a game, more than likely it involves Cheat Engine. A lot of people don't actually know how to get the h ...more

How To : Quickly kill a Big Daddy in Bioshock

One of the biggest challenges in Bioshock are the Big Daddies. They roam throughout the game protecting the Little Sister. Naturally, the best way to kill a Big Daddy is by obtaining a lot of explosives, and that's precisely what Sam of Game Almighty does. This video shows how ...more

How To : Test Photoshop-made textures in Maya 7

This Maya 7 video tutorial teaches you how to test Photoshop-made textures in Maya 7 from Autodesk. This video is from the "Tiling Textures" course. Shaders alone do a lot to give a realistic feel to various materials, and adding textures to the mix gives them even more impa ...more

How To : Make and use UV space in Maya 7

This Maya 7 video tutorial teaches you how to make and use UV space in Maya 7 from Autodesk. This video is from the "Maya Basics" course. Shaders alone do a lot to give a realistic feel to various materials, and adding textures to the mix gives them even more impact. See how ...more

How To : Use light and camera choices in Maya 7

This Maya 7 video tutorial teaches you how to use light and camera choices in Maya 7 from Autodesk. This video is from the "Maya Basics" course. Shaders alone do a lot to give a realistic feel to various materials, and adding textures to the mix gives them even more impact. ...more

How To : Use four lighting techniques in Maya 7

This Maya 7 video tutorial teaches you how to use four lighting techniques in Maya 7 from Autodesk. This video is from the "Game Lighting and Color" course. Shaders alone do a lot to give a realistic feel to various materials, and adding textures to the mix gives them even m ...more

How To : Construct a metal shader in Maya 7

This Maya 7 video tutorial teaches you how to construct a metal shader in Maya 7 from Autodesk. This video is from the "Game Lighting and Color" course. Shaders alone do a lot to give a realistic feel to various materials, and adding textures to the mix gives them even more ...more

How To : Hack Mybrute (exp and item hack) (04/06/09)

This is the guide of how to cheat in my brute to gain Exp. much faster then the normal people. Click the link www.cheatengine.org to get cheat engine! Now go to this site: http://2345643.mybrute.com After you have cheat engine, create a char and fight the guy with stupid num ...more

How To : Play Settlers of Catan board game

Gom Gaylor and Frarque Meissen introduce the Settlers of Catan board game. They go over some simple strategies for winning the popular game. This is said to outpace Monopoly in adoption rates and popularity! This was the board game of the year in 1995. The US has been slow to ...more

How To : Improve your golf swing with the finish drill

It's time for some golf! If you spend a lot of time on the practice tee but don't seem to improve, it's time to get more productive. Try Mike Vardeman's simple drill for improving both your balance and power now. See how to improve your golf swing with the finish drill. For n ...more

How To : Do skateboard backside disasters at a skatepark

Park Skateboarding: Show Off Your Skills The first skateparks appeared in the 1970s, and nowadays, they're the epicenter of the skateboarding world, a place to see and be seen. That being the case, you don't want to show up to the park without your "A" game. Let our trick gui ...more

How To : Play the card game Heart Attack

So you like card games, huh? Don't we all. Well, have you ever heard of Heart Attack? I didn't think so. This video tutorial will show you how to play the card game Heart Attack. This card game for two or more players is as fast as War or Double Solitaire, but a lot more fun. ...more

How To : Play the card game Frustration

So you like card games, huh? Don't we all. Well, have you ever heard of Frustration? I didn't think so. This video tutorial will show you how to play the card game Frustration. This two-player card game is as fast as War or Double Solitaire, but a lot more fun. If you don't b ...more

How To : Play the board game Go

You know how to play the board game Go, but not really. You just started, you're a beginner, you know nothing of this game that originated in China. You know nothing of strategy, you know nothing of defense, you know nothing about winning the Go game. Sometimes, you can't even ...more

How To : Play tennis on a grass court

Check out this instructional tennis video that demonstrates a few techniques on how to play tennis on a grass court. There aren't a lot of grass courts around, so if you are lucky enough to do so, you're in for quite a treat. The game of tennis is played on many surfaces from ...more

How To : Use splines to model a head in 3ds Max 8

Check out this two-part 3ds Max video tutorial which exploits a little known capability of Max to create a head. You'll find this technique easier than box modeling for heads since your topology and edge flow are there from the beginning. With box modeling, there's a lot of di ...more

How To : Clock your wedge shots for a better golf swing

Do you have the perfect timing? Timing your swing is important, but sometimes a clock can do a whole lot more to help your golf swing. By imagining the face of a clock, you can effectively train your body to calculate the proper swing length for shots from various distances. S ...more

How To : Make a cat's cradle from a piece of string

Relive your fond childhood memories by making some fun shapes out of string! Cat's cradle is one of the most popular schoolyard games, involving a piece of string and two players. The object is to create a series of figures and seeing how many you can make before you can't mak ...more

News : Everything You Need to Know About the New Facebook

Facebook unveiled a lot of changes last week, and, as usual, it's causing a lot of consternation and controversy. People within my Facebook, and on Google+, keep asking how to remove the ticker, and are trying, and mostly failing to make sense of the changes. I've decided to ...more

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