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How To: Get Unlimited Money at the Hall of Heroes in BioShock: Infinite
C.R.E.A.M., aka Cash Rules Everything Around Me. There have never been truer words spoken in real life, or even in a video game. After playing BioShock: Infinite for a few days know, I wish I came across this little glitch a little earlier.
How To: 20 Epic Superhero and Villain Emblems for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (And How to Make Them)
Everyone has a favorite superhero. It doesn't matter how old or young you are, there are probably some heroic characters out there that you wish you could be. And in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, you can be them, as long as you've got some emblem editing skills.
How To: Fix Your Game Controller's Analog Stick with a Furniture Gripper Pad
It can get pretty chaotic when you're gaming. When you're playing a fast-paced game like Black Ops, frustration, urgency, and confusion will lead to a sudden loss of control, i.e. a panic attack. There's an enemy at your six and you try to spin around, but it's too late—and that sudden rush of adrenaline will tear your controller to shreds. It's a step beyond mere button-mashing, because it's not really intentional—you just put a little more force on that thumbstick than needed. And now you'r...
How To: Download and install the Minecraft 1.9 pre-release 2 beta on a PC
The Minecraft 1.9 pre-release is out, and Jeb has recently tweeted a link to version 2 of the 1.9 pre-release. If you're interested in downloading and installing it, take a look at this guide to learn how to update your Minecraft to the 1.9 pre-release.
How To: Create an unlimited or infinite water source in Terraria
Water is a valuable resource in Terraria, and if you want to create an limitless water source, take a look at this cheat which takes advantage of a glitch in the game. The next time you load up Terraria you'll have more water than you know what to do with.
How To: Install the Too Many Items mod for Minecraft 1.9
If you're running either the Minecraft 1.9 pre-release, or the actual release of Minecraft 1.9, this video tutorial on how to download and install the Too Many Items mod should give you some help. The Too Many Items mod helps you organize your inventory in a much better way.
How To: Craft iron ingots into iron bars and make a fence in Minecraft 1.8 pre-release
In the pre-release version of Minecraft 1.8, it is possible to craft iron bars from iron ingots and use this to create iron fences for your buildings and creations in the game. This tutorial will show you what you need to do to craft them and what it looks like when it's installed.
How To: Download apps, games, and trailers on your Nintendo 3DS using the eShop
As long as your Nintendo 3DS is connected to an internet connection, you can access the eShop on the gaming device at any time and download or purchase games, apps, or movie trailers straight to your handheld. This tutorial will show you how to access and use the eShop, including adding funds to your account with a Nintendo 3DS prepaid card or with a Visa or Mastercard.
How To: Move Your Minecraft Save Files on Windows
In this article, you will learn how to move your Minecraft save files. This knowledge is very useful if you want to give your friends a copy of your offline world, or play on one of theirs. You can also make backups, or move your offline world to your server folder to play online.
How To: Make a trap door with pistons in Minecraft
Looking a for a secure and secretive entryway to your Minecraft base? Check out this video to learn a great design that uses pistons to make a trap door. With this trap door you can control who gets into your base, and who gets sent to the lava pit.
How To: Use pistons to build a secret door in Minecraft
Wondering how to build a secret door using pistons in Minecraft? Watch this video tutorial to learn how to use redtsone and pistons to build a secret door. This video will explain how the door works and what materials to use.
How To: Make a workbench in Terraria
Just getting started out in Terraria? One of the first things you will want to do is build your workbench. The workbench is essential to crafting important items that will allow you to survive and thrive in your Terraria world.
How To: Craft an Ivy Whip in Terraria
Want to be king of your Terraria jungle? Watch this video to learn how to make an ivy whip. This Terraria guide will show you what items you need to combine to craft an ivy whip, an upgraded version of a grappling hook.
How To: Build an infinite lava fall in Terraria
How would you like more lava in Terraria ? A lot more lava. Infnite lava, to be exact. Watch this video to learn a technique for designing an infinite lava fall in Terraria. This Terraria guide will show you what materials to use.
How To: Kick someone off of Xbox live with a host booter
Using Cain & Able and a host booter, you can kick someone off of Xbox Live. If you are annoyed with another player, this is how you take their ball and throw it into the scary old man neighbor's yard.
How To: Craft the Ivy Whip in Terraria
Watch this video to learn which materials to use to craft an ivy whip at an anvil in Terraria. The ivy whip is similar to a grappling hook but provides its own advantages. This Terraria guide will show you how to get your own ivy whip.
How To: Craft an Obsidian generator in Terraria
Obsidian is an excellent resource for crafting in Terraria. With enough, you can even build yourself a fine house. This video will show you how to set up an Obsidian generator using vats, grinders, and duplicators. This is expert Terraria crafting.
How To: Use Hamachi to make a Terraria server for multiplayer
If you'd like to play Terraria with your friends online, check out this video guide to learn how to use Hamachi to set up a server. You'll be crafting with your friends in no time once you've got your own Terraria server set up.
How To: Make a Minecraft server to play multiplayer online
If you're interested in playing multiplayer Minecraft, check out this video to learn how to set up your own server. Download Logmein Hamachi, watch the video and follow all of the instructions and you'll be playing in no time.
How To: Farm a lot of XP fast in Brink
Check out this video to learn the best way to get as much XP in as little time as possible when playing Brink on PC, Xbox 360, or PlayStation 3. If you are interested in farming experience to get to level 5, this video will show you how to do it.
Build a Home Arcade Machine: Part 1
Remember the arcades? Were you saddened when they closed up one by one, leaving no outlet to actually go out and socialize while you played video games? With all the home consoles and internet connectivity, gaming has evolved, but the social factor has been eliminated. Sure we can play against others, but they may be miles and miles away. Remember back in the day when you could go down to the corner store to play your favorite game and show off your skills in front of a crowd? Well, all is no...
How To: Capture perfect gameplay footage from your Nintendo DS
If you'd like to capture footage from your Nintendo DS, either to share online or make walkthroughs or playthroughs with commentaries, download all of the necessary files from Lifehacker, then watch this video for step-by-step instructions on how to get capturing. For recording gameplay this way, you'll need a DS or DS Lite, microSD card, NDS flash cartridge, Wi-Fi connection, SD card reader and a computer (along with all of those files you need to download).
How To: Use a glitch to duplicate items and make bonus money in Dragon Age 2
Duplicating, or "duping" items has been around for as long as PC RPG's, and allows you to use glitches to duplicate your items in the game. This video will teach you how to use the stunningly easy-to-use dup glitch in Dragon Age 2 to duplicate as many of any item you have 2 or more of your want, up to 999. This essentially gives you unlimited money and items.
How To: Use Cheat Engine to hack the game Plants vs Zombies
Give yourself more health, more sunshine or make the zombies move slower! This quicky and easy video tutorial shows you how to use the free game hacking program Cheat Engine to alter your game stats when playing Plants vs Zombies.
How To: Create your skins for your Minecraft character in Adobe Photoshop
You can personalize not only your avatar in Minecraft, you can also create custom skins for the monsters and animals as well. This tutorial shows you how to create these custom skins using Adobe Photoshop (though it will probably work for other graphics programs as well).
How To: Jailbreak a Sony PSP go
This video will show you how to jailbreak Sony's PSP Go. This is a sweet little device that can be all that much sweeter once you unlock all its potential. Follow the video to see what you'll need to do.
How To: Create a farm for both animals and monsters in Minecraft
Both animals and monsters produce things you need in Minecraft. This tutorial shows you how to build a farm that will spawn animals during the day and monsters at night, so you can accumulate more of everything that you need!
How To: Figure out which way is North in Minecraft
If you want to shoot a Minecraft cannon to the west for maximum power or are just curious which direction everything in the game is facing, watch this video. It will show you an easy way to figure out which direction is North, and hence which are all the other directions, in Minecraft.
How To: Find the hidden hot rod in Mafia II
This is a small Easter egg, but it's still there. There's a hot rod hidden in the game Mafia II, and you can find this in Chapter 15. This video by Rooster Teeth shows you exactly where to find it.
How to Find All of the Fallout: New Vegas Companions
Want a buddy in Fallout: New Vegas? Sure you do. In fact, you probably want a couple New Vegas companions.
How to Fix the Call of Duty: Black Ops 1.04 Update Patch on the PlayStation 3
At first, the Black Ops 1.04 patch seemed like a godsend. It was supposed to fix the horde of issues plaguing Call of Duty: Black Ops on the PlayStation 3.
How To: Find The Earthen Ring Quartermaster in World of WarCraft: Cataclysm
The Earthen Ring Quartermaster is as elusive as a long-beaked echidna, so how do you find him in World of WarCraft: Cataclysm?
How To: Build an effective water elevator in Minecraft
So you've managed to build an awesome tower in Minecraft, but you're tired of walking up and down the stairs to get in and out. The solution is to build a water elevator! All you need now is a boat!
How To: Build a house to survive your first night in Minecraft
Your first night in Minecraft is the most perilous one, and you don't have to build just a simple shelter. There's enough time to build a complete house out of twenty-three logs, twenty-three blocks of sand, four blocks of coal and eighty-one blocks of stone.
How To: Make a Sons of Anarchy emblem in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Love Sons of Anarchy? Show the world by using the SoA logo as your custom Black Ops playercard emblem! This tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of how to draw it in the Black Ops Emblem Editor.
How To: Master the "B" License Tests in Gran Turismo 5 (Gold Trophy Guide)
If you're a legit Gran Turismo fan, you've already gotten the new Gran Turismo 5 for PlayStation 3. There's a lot of new features in GT5, and one that returns is the License Test challenges. One change in the License Tests in GT5 is that it ties every mode into a single, persistent experience system that lets players go straight to entering cups without having to pass any license tests first.
How To: Achieve a gold trophy on the B-10 License Test (lap battle) in Gran Turismo 5
Now that you've earned the gold on all of the previous National B License Tests in Gran Turismo 5 on the PlayStation 3, you have one more to go— the lap battle (B-10) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If you still haven't unlocked these tests, just buy your first car and start driving… um… racing!
How To: Create a custom King Boo playercard emblem in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Learn how to recreate Boo/King Boo from Nintendo's Super Mario Bros as a custom, multilayer Black Ops playercard emblem! This COD Emblem Editor tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of the drawing process.
How To: Play through the Joe's Adventures DLC for Mafia II
Joe's Adventures is one of the downloadable content packages recently released for Mafia II, with the action all focused on the soldier Joe. This is a complete walkthrough for this DLC, and shows you how to solve all the puzzles and find the achievements.
How To: Unlock the secret "Dead Ops Arcade" mini-game in Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3)
Learn how to unlock the Dead Ops Arcade (DOA) mini-game in the single-player campaign mode of Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Sony PlayStation 3.