November 9, 2008
For those of you who are new to the concept of hacked PSPs, custom firmware might not sound so familiar. Custom firmware allow you to run homebrew. Homebrew is software developed by the user community. Enabling this homebrew makes the PSP an open platform. It allows you to add the functions and/or applications that Sony [...]
November 4, 2008
Cheating at a game is bending the rules a little bit, to make it easier on yourself or to change the overall experience. Most of the time, cheats are implemented to give users the ability to tweak the gameplay in a way which they prefer. Doing this is nothing to be ashamed of, at least [...]
October 7, 2008
I love computer gaming. In a real sense computer gaming was the driver behind my interest, in the early 1980′s, in becoming computer literate, and then taking that literacy to new levels. Computer gaming has changed enormously of course from the early 1980′s to the present. The technical changes in both the games themselves, and [...]
September 7, 2008
Earlier in the series, we showed you how to play PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games on your PC. This time, we are taking on some old school consoles. That is, how to play console games on your computer. Those who’ve been around long enough will be able to recall the days of the good old [...]
August 12, 2008
In the previous installment of these emulation series, you saw how to play Sony PlayStation (PSX) games on your PC. Many of you told me (in the comments here and on Digg.com) how the first PlayStation was too outdated, and thus not interesting. ‘Passé’, one might say. Because of that and because it was planned [...]
July 30, 2008
Hamachi isn’t a brand new utility or idea, but I did want to ‘spread the word’ of this excellent program. Hamachi is a service that runs in the background and connects your computer to any other computer you wish in a particular network. This creates an encrypted VPN (Virtual Private Network) between you and other [...]
July 26, 2008
I’m sure most of you have heard of emulation somewhere. So what is it exactly? Wikipedia says that “an emulator duplicates the functions of one system, using a different system, so that the second system behaves like (and appears to be) the first system.” This means that we can make our PC mimic a specific [...]
June 24, 2008
I don’t know about you but I’m not much into fancy-pants 3D first person shooters. I can’t be bothered to build a massive gaming rig, blow $500 on a video card, and figure out what custom weights give me the best mouse response. I’ve got a WII, and I love it, and one of the [...]
June 10, 2008
When you think of Linux, you probably think of open source software and security, but not gaming. Most people think if you are into gaming, Windows is your only option. A few years ago this might have been the case but not anymore. So, if you are a Linux power user, or just prefer Linux, [...]
May 10, 2008
As a pretty big fan of PC gaming, I have always wanted a better way to find my friends online and jump into a server with them. Well, XFire provides that solution and so much more. You can grab XFire here and quickly install it. Once installed, XFire will automatically detect all of the games [...]
