Hot PC Games How-Tos
How To: Install the SDK Gun Mod in Minecraft
Getting bored with Minecraft? Looking to spice things up a little? Install the SDK Gun Mod! This gamer's guide presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For complete instructions, watch the video!
How To: Create a hidden switch on a multiplayer Minecraft server running CraftBook
Create hidden switches on a multiplayer Minecraft server running the CraftBook plug-in! This gamer's guide presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For complete instructions, watch the video!
How To: Quickly harvest chicken eggs in Minecraft
Want to know the easiest way to get eggs in Minecraft, the popular cube-based sandbox game? It's surprisingly logical: Build a pen, put some chickens in it and wait! This gamer's guide presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of the process.
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: Set up a non-premium server for Minecraft beta
This tutorial shows you how you can set up a non-premium server for playing Minecraft with your friends, without having to use Hamachi. Your users will all need a Minecraft account and a Google account to be able to login.
How To: Kill the last boss, Cho'Gall in Bastion of Twilight for WoW: Cataclysm
Cho'Gall is the last and toughest boss to kill when you're playing the Bastion of Twilight instance on World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Here are some great tips and tricks you can use when you and your guild are taking him on.
How To: Build an easy trench monster trap in Minecraft
In Minecraft, traps provide an easy and safe means of harvesting monster-specific resources. This gamer's guide will walk you through the construction of such a trench-style trap. For complete instructions, watch the video!
How To: Stay alive as a beginner-level player in Minecraft
If you're reckless with your first moments in Minecraft, they may wind up to be your last! This gamer's guide offers some tips and tricks especially useful for beginners.
How To: Fall safely from any hight in Minecraft Beta
Fall from any height in Minecraft without losing health! This gamer's guide presents a complete overview of this neat and useful trick. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look!
How To: Build a simple lava monster trap in Minecraft
In Minecraft, traps provide an easy and safe means of harvesting monster-specific resources. This gamer's guide will walk you through the construction of a simple lava trap. For complete instructions, watch the video!
How To: Build a compact cobblestone generator in Minecraft
Want to build a cobblestone generator but would prefer that it not take up too much space? This gamer's guide will walk you through the construction of a lean cobblestone machine. For complete instructions, watch the video!
How To: Create a dark-room monster trap in Minecraft
In Minecraft, traps provide an easy and safe means of harvesting monster-specific resources. This gamer's guide will walk you through the construction of such a trap. For complete instructions, watch the video!
How To: Built water ladders and stealth water ladders in Minecraft
In the world of Minecraft, style counts for a lot. Why get around by resource-expensive ladders when a water ladder will get you there just as easily? This gamer's guide presents a complete walkthrough of how to build both standard and stealth (i.e., invisible) water ladders. Note: Water ladders must face North or East.
How To: Play as the Assault class well in Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam
The Assault class in Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam is a nice simple class that can kill people quickly and support your team by providing them with extra ammo packs. This video will teach you some strategies for dominating as the Assault and also analyze the different weapons you can choose for the class.
How To: Play as the Medic class well in Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam
Every effective combat team needs a Medic, and in Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam this is especially true. This video will show you some strategies you can you to play the Medic class effectively and also analyze all of their class-specific weapons.
How To: Jump to great secret sniper spots in Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam
Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam might have the convoluted title of any map pack released in the history of gaming, but it is a great one and must-buy for all your BBC2 players out there. This video will teach you how to jump into three obscure hidden sniper spots scattered across the maps, allowing you to rack up kills while confusing and infuriating your opponents. Perfect.
How To: Create a Nether Portal without Diamond Tools in Minecraft
The Minecraft portal, part of the October 31st Halloween Update, is a frame of Obsidian that teleports the player to the Nether. Watch this video and learn how to create a Portal in Minecraft, avoiding obsidian mining, and without diamond tools.
How To: Dealing with mob spawners in Minecraft
When you come across a mob spawner, the best strategy is to loot the chest, steal the mossy cobblestone and set a trap. This informative video walkthrough from Minecraft enthusiast AvidyaZen shows shows you exactly how this specific strategy is done.
How To: Get a minimap added to your Minecraft game
A minimap is a small inset box on your game screen that can show you the immediate area for your Minecraft island. This is a mod for your game, and the video shows you where to get it and how to install it.
How To: Play Super Meat Boy + Defeat Dr. Fetus + Save Bandage Girl
Super Mario Brothers! No, wait... Super Meat Boy! Yep, that's right. Meat. As in "cube" steak. As in a square piece of beef with eyes and a shitty grin, who just happens to be in love with a band-aid. I have no idea why. And no matter how shocked you are to see your dinner on your screen, it doesn't change the fact that this platform game is AWESOME!
How To: Play the Tol Barad Zone in World of WarCraft: Cataclysm
Tol Barad sounds pretty exotic, but really, what doesn't in World of WarCraft: Cataclysm? If you're a WoW: Cataclysm player and haven't heard of the Tol Barad zone yet, then what in the hell have you been doing? Letting a bot play your game? Maybe the WoW Glider? Tsk, tsk.
How To: Complete the bunker mission in Cortex Command
Cortex Command is a great little indie strategy game which gives you a series of missions to complete. This walkthrough shows you how to successfully accomplish the bunker mission in Cortex Command. Hint: it's all about having enough rockets to launch!
How To: Play the indie game Cortex Command
Have you already played through the tutorial on Cortex Command, and still confused on how the game works? This walkthrough is here to help! A quick overview of the game mechanics and controls, and showing you a few demo levels as well. Play the indie game Cortex Command.
How To: Rescue the dog in the indie game Machinarium
Oh, no! There's a little robot dog in trouble, and he needs your help! This video is a short walkthrough on how you can complete this level of the indie game Machinarium. Rescue the dog and earn a friend for life!
How To: Get through the prison level in the indie game Machinarium
This two part tutorial is a walkthrough in Machinarium, showing you how to successfully complete the prison level. Your little robot has been captured by his black hatted enemies, and must now figure out a way to break free so he can save the city!
How To: Get through the fifth level in the indie game Machinarium
This tutorial shows you how to solve all the puzzles in level five of the indie point and click game Machiniarium, where you play a little robot trying to thwart a conspiracy headed by your old black hat wearing nemeses.
How To: Get through level six in the indie game Machinarium
Level six is more of the robot city, where your little robot is working to try and stop a dread conspiracy. You even get to play a board game very much like go in this level! Here is how you can solve this part of Machinarium.
How To: Find the first four stars in the game Braid
There are eight stars hidden throughout the game Braid, and you can earn a special achievement or trophy if you uncover all of them. This tutorial shows you where the first four of these stars in this game can be found.
How To: Solve the final attic level in the indie game Braid
The Princess isn't far now! You've solved all the puzzle worlds, and now you can access the final level, in the attic of the game. In this world, time runs completely backwards. Here's how you can complete this level and finish the game!
How To: Get through the final world, Hesitance, in the indie game Braid
This video is a walkthrough for the final level in Braid, called Hesitance. You're so close to finding your Princess! In this world, you can use your ring to slow down time while you solve all the puzzles to collected your pieces.
How To: Find and install the better light mod for your Minecraft game
This mod was designed to improve the quality of the ambient light in your Minecraft game. It's super easy to add to your game. This tutorial shows you where to find the mod and then how to install it on your computer.
How To: Find diamonds in multiplayer Minecraft games
This tutorial shows you a few good tips on how you can manage your multiplayer Minecraft game. There's a special focus on how you can mine for diamonds and other rare commodities when you've logged on to a multiplayer server.
How To: Kill any enemy when playing the indie game Cortex Command
Destroy everything on the map! This tutorial shows you how to defeat the army of crabs, without ever being able to summon the Mama Crab. The solution, of course, is as many explosives and bombs as you can fit onto a rocket.
How To: Build a Nether Gate mold out of lava, water and dirt in Minecraft
You can build your own Nether Gate mold in Minecraft! And the best part is, you won't even need some diamond tools to do it! All you need is some buckets of water, dirt and lava... and a lot of patience.
How To: Make a locking door for your house in Minecraft
Creepers and zombies aren't very smart, but if you're on a multiplayer server for Minecraft, you're going to want to be able to protect your stuff! Here is how you can construct a locking door using cobblestones, an iron door and redstone.
How To: Solve the entire game Braid in a half hour or less
This video is a speed run through the indie puzzle game Braid. Get through the entire game in a half hour or less! Also useful if you want to look up how to find a piece or solve a particular level.
How To: Solve the puzzles in Machinarium after breaking out of jail
Your little robot has been thrown in jail and managed to break out! But what happens next? This tutorial shows you how to thwart one of your black-hatted enemies and sneak past him to continue on through the robot castle in Machinarium.
How To: Solve all the puzzles in the final part of the game Machinarium
This is the last video for the Machinarium game. Solve all the puzzles at the very end of the game, including one that looks like a very old school video game. Finally, you've made it to the end of this game!
How To: Complete level eight in the indie game Machinarium
More point and click puzzle game goodness! This video is a walkthrough for level eight of the indie game Machiniarum. Here, you have to solve a puzzle involving a few old consoles and a bicycle generator. Here is how you can figure out all the puzzles for this level.
How To: Solve all the puzzles in part four of the game Machinarium
Machinarium is a fun little indie game where you play a robot in a point and click puzzle adventure. This tutorial is a walkthrough for part four of the game, where your robot ventures from the castle into the city of the robots.