February 6, 2012
The art of creating demos – non-interactive, animated digital bragging rights – has its roots within the cracking subculture of yore. Upon cracking a piece of software, pirates would often add their own intro or “crack screens” which initially were quite plain, eventually evolving into increasingly technical and impressive animations.
December 2, 2011
No matter how you look at it, Windows Phone 7 is getting harder and harder to ignore. Many Android and iOS lovers would rather turn a blind eye to the emerging mobile OS from Microsoft; after all, isn’t it Microsoft’s turn to be the underdog in at least one game? But despite ourselves, we may find that we’re at least somewhat interested in this tiled, vertical OS that’s popping up everywhere.
May 2, 2010
For this Sunday’s MP3 download post I decided to hunt down some demos of new bands or artists working on an upcoming album. I ended up with 5 free MP3 demo downloads covering a wide range of genres. Hopefully everyone will find something they like. Feel free to point me to genres of your liking [...]
February 9, 2010
We usually don’t talk about software trials or retail products on MakeUseOf. At least, not unless the free alternative holds sufficient ground. With video games, it does. Like the ‘real’ version, PC game demos take you away to some distant adventure, albeit not as long. They allow you to cast a glance on the world, [...]
