Hot PC Games How-Tos
How To: Solve the eight pointed star puzzle in the game Machinarium
Machinarium is an innovative robot adventure game, where you point and click your way through all the puzzles. This tutorial starts off by showing you how to solve the six pointed puzzle, and then moves through several of the other solutions in this part of the game.
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: Fly a helicopter with a keyboard in GTA IV
Use mouse and keyboards to play this game. To move the camera, press and hold the right mouse button. Moving mouse freely moves the helicopter. Acceleration is set in (W) button in keyboard. To slowdown press (S). Rotating left is set in (CTRL) and right in (ALT). Use (CTRL+ALT) to power fly. Pitching backwards and forwards is also set in the mouse. Holding space bar gives you another angle. Using the controls the helicopter can be flied through narrow ways, broad-ways etc. Firing is set in s...
How To: Clear your World of Warcraft cache
In this tutorial, we learn how to clear your World of Warcraft cache. First, you will go to your computer, then the local disk (C:), then users. From here, go to the public folder, then click on 'games', and then 'Word of Warcraft'. Once here, you will need to delete the 'cache' and 'wtf' folders. Next, you can exit out of this and continue to play your game as normal. This will clear out history from your game and make it load faster than before. If you aren't a Vista user, you will be able ...
How To: Find North in Minecraft Without Using a Compass
It's easy to lose oneself when playing Minecraft and easier still to get plum lost. That's why it's always good to have a compass on hand. No compass? No problem. There are, in fact, no fewer than seven methods at your disposal for finding true north in a Minecraft world. Better still, a lot of them are accessible to you from the very moment you start playing the game.
How To: Use Cheat Engine to duplicate items in Minecraft
This only works on single player games. You can use the free program Cheat Engine to hack into Minecraft and use it to duplicate items in your inventory. Get as many diamonds, obsidian blocks or gold ingots as you want!
How To: Put a spin on your ball in World Golf Tour
In this tutorial, we learn how to put a spin on your ball in World Golf Tour. This will help control the roll of the ball when it hits the surface. Putting backspin on the ball decreases flight distance of shot and reduces roll. To put backspin on the ball, move the green dot towards the bottom of the ball in the bottom right hand corner of the ball. For topspin, move the green dot towards the top of the ball. Knowing where to put the spin on your ball is difficult and takes a lot of practice...
How To: Find the awesome secret level hidden in StarCraft II
Make sure you watch this before you start your StarCraft 2 game! This guide shows you how to gain access to the secret level during the Media Blitz mission. When you blow up a particular science center, you'll be given the secret mission 'Piercing the Shroud'. Awesome!
How To: Access the character command list in Mugen
This is a tutorial on how to access characters command list in Mugen - the custom PC game engine - to see how to perform special attacks and basic moves.
How To: Turn Kinect Snapshots into 3D Statues in MineCraft
Since the release of Microsoft's Kinect, there's been no shortage of useful and fun hacks. In the past, we've seen the Kinect modded for things like x-ray vision, World of WarCraft gameplay, air guitar and 3D video. And now there's even a use for all of you MineCraft gamers!
How To: Beat Riddle Transfer the sixth game in the Riddle School series
Wondering how to make it through Riddle Transfer? Watch this Riddle Transfer walkthrough video to learn how to beat the sixth game in the Riddle School series. If Flash based adventure games are your thing, this is the video for you.
How To: Solve the Monkey Madness Runescape puzzle
This is a Runescape Monkey Madness & Treasure Trails super puzzle guide! If you want to learn how to solve the Monkey Madness puzzle, you need to watch this video tutorial. You will also learn how to solve the Treasure Trails puzzle, since the puzzles are identical.
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: Use a boat and fishing rod in Minecraft
Wondering how to fish off of your boat in Minecraft? Check out this video to learn the whole process, from crafting a workbench and boat to heading out onto the water and finding some fish. This is your guide to boat fishing in Minecraft.
How To: Get into Skeletron's dungeon without killing Skeletron in Terraria
Looking to gain access to Skeletron's dungeon, without having to fight and kill Skeletron himself (herself? itself?) This video demonstrates a technique for entering Skeltron's dungeon without having to fight that particular Terraria boss. Watch and lean how to break into Skeletron's dungeon in Terraria.
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: Get the AER14 Prototype secret weapon in Fallout: New Vegas
You can find this secret weapon, the AER14 Prototype, in Vault 22. What makes it so cool? Well, for starters, it shoots green lasers instead of red! Here's a walkthrough on how you can find this totally awesome gun in Fallout: New Vegas.
How To: Build a foundation home in Sims 3 and attach a garage
You can easily attach garages to your foundation homes when you're building a house in Sims 3! You'll need to open up the cheat editor first, but you only need to enter a few commands to make the garage work with the rest of the house.
How To: Teleport your sims in Sims 3 without a teleport pad
This is a cool new cheat you can use when you play Sims 3, that will let you teleport your little sims around the map (even into other peoples' houses!) You don't even need a teleport pad to use this cheat.
How To: Spawn Jimmy Gibbs Jr. in Left 4 Dead 2
If you're a big fan of the Left 4 Dead games, then you're going to love this next tutorial. In this video, you'll find out how to spawn a very unique zombie: the Jimmy Gibbs Jr. zombie!
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: Find dungeons in Minecraft with the X-ray texture pack
Have you found a dungeon in your Minecraft world yet? There are a lot of great items and resources in dungeons, so if you are having a hard time locating one, consider using the X-ray texture pack and the technique demonstrated in this video.
How To: Make a bed in Minecraft Beta
Have you been playing a lot of Minecraft? Starting to feel tired? Watch this video to learn how to build a bed so that you can get some sleep. Rest through the night and avoid irritating mobs by crafting a bed in Minecraft beta.
How To: Complete the sidequest 'Magistrate's Orders'
Whether you're the kind of gamer who likes to fight the law or fight for the law, you probably shouldn't pass up this sidequest line in Dragon Age 2. Accessible after completing the 'Birthright' quest you can pursue 'Magistrate's Orders', which these videos will give you a walkthrough of.
How To: Build a rapid fire dispenser using redstone and stone
This machine uses quite a lot of redstone, and lets you rapidly fire arrows out of your machine (you can also use eggs or snowballs or other small items). Once you get a good pulse going, you can launch small items all day.
How To: Use cheat codes for GTA San Andreas on the PC
Why should console players have all the fun? This tutorial shows you how to enter in cheat codes when you're playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the PC. Get everything you can as an XBox or Playstion player with these codes!
How To: Get the Pardon Denied heroic achievement in Shadowfang Keep
This achievement is difficult, but it's not impossible! You get this achievement by interrupting the Stay of Execution power in Shadowfang Keep. Make sure you have plenty of healers on hand, because this leaves your whole party at ten percent health.
How To: Make Custom Minecraft Skins (Change Your Minecraft Character's Texture)
Now that Minecraft is officially Minecraft Beta, it's time to do some of your own enhancements, and skins are a great start.
How To: Find caves and lava in Minecraft by exploiting a glitch
This is a clever little exploit that you can use in Minecraft that shows you how to use correctly positioned gravel to take advantage of a glitch in the programming. Use this to be able to tell where there are caves and lava!
How To: Fix the Oh My Papa Melissa bug in Fallout: New Vegas with the console
Some players might encounter a few bugs when playing the Oh My Papa Melissa mission in Fallout: New Vegas. If you are playing on a PC, you can open up the dev console and manually enter a few commands to fix this bug.
How To: Find all seven NPCs able to repair your gear in Fallout: New Vegas
There are seven NPCs who are able to repair your gear in Fallout: New Vegas, and this video shows you where you can find all of them, in chronological order by quest. You can gain fame and infamy from some of them, depending on faction.
How To: Use the console commands for Call of Duty: Black Ops
If you're having some problems playing Call of Duty: Black Ops because your computer can't quite handle everything, you can use the console commands to scale everything back a bit. This is a great stopgap to use until the patch comes out.
How To: Glitch your companion to regain health in Fallout: New Vegas
Gltiches and bugs are riddles in the release of Fallout New Vegas, and as Obsidian rushes to put out patches for these problems, that leaves us free to abuse them! If you're in combat and are noticing that your companions are taking quite the beating, you can actually glitch their companion wheel to heal them without even worrying about using up your stimpaks! Check out this video for details on the gltich!
How To: Get access to the mages' cache in Ostagar in Dragon Age: Origins
Is that locked chest next to the Tranquil mage in Ostagar driving you crazy? There's a way to unlock it! The man with the key is currently dangling in a cage elsewhere in camp. Convince the guard to share his dinner with the prisoner, and he'll give you the key. Sneak back after nightfall, and it's all yours!
How To: Find Yusaris the Dragonslayer sword in Dragon Age: Origns
To get ahold of Yusaris (a weapon that's desigined to kill dragons), you'll have to complete the Watchguard of the Reaching quest in the Circle Tower. First find all the notes (and this video shows you where they are), and then follow the notes to summon a demon. Kill it, and collect Yusaris!
How To: Enable the console to get unlimited cash and XP in Dragon Age: Origins
By enabling the console, you can give yourself as much gold and XP as you want. You can even make yourself unkillable, no matter how many darkspawn, rage demons or reavers you face down! This video demonstrates how you can enable the console and a few useful commands.
How To: Get Zevran to propose to you in Dragon Age: Origins
Your Warden is so awesome, you can even get Zevran to propse to you (in a Zevran kind of way, of course!) After you kill Taliesin, he'll offer you his earring. Refuse it, and tell him it's because you want it to mean something. He'll try and give it to later, and he'll make it mean something!
How To: Start playing the browser based online game DarkOrbit
Start playing one of the most popular browser based science fiction games DarkOrbit! This tutorial gets you started, showing you how to create an account and choose your faction (Mars, Venus or Earth). Then the basic system is demonstrated, so you can start exploring space!
How To: Play Better in Counter Strike Source
So You're New to Counter Strike Source? So you're new to Counter Strike Source and you want to improve your gameplay? Great. You've come to the right place.
How To: Move your units using the basic commands in StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty
This video is all about the basic movement commands in one of your units in StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty. This is the basics, so you better know this stuff before you get too involved. Learn about what the computer mouse can do for you when moving your units and learn a whole lot more! This is the basic unit movement.