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How To: Make a dry docking system for boats in Minecraft

This dry dock will keep your boats safe from marauding monster at night, and from just disappearing when floating in the water. All you need is some sand and gravel to construct this safe and easy structure to stash your boats.

How To: Stage huge explosions on your island using TNT in MineCraft

It's not just about putting a pile of TNT together and lighting the fuse, it's about focusing your munitions in a specific area and then strategicially distributing other packs around the epicenter. This creates a giant explosion which can leave a significant crater behind.

How To: Create an effective launchpad in the game Minecraft

This build will let you blow up 28 blocks of TNT at once, which can help you in your Minecraft rocket program. You'll need at least some stone, and a shovel to hollow out where you want to build your launch pad.

How To: Build several different types of launch pads in the game Minecraft

This tutorial shows you several different launch pads, from the simple to complex, for you to be able to construct and detonate in the game Minecraft. Useful for blowing up zombies, launching mine carts, or to build it just for fun!

How To: Build an underwater base in the game Minecraft

Make sure you have piles and piles of dirt before you start this project! Not for a beginner at Minecraft, this tutorial shows you how to build your own underwater base. All you have to do is drop dirt and stone into the water, and then hollow it out.

How To: Build your first house when starting a new game of Minecraft

You don't have to start your first night hiding in a cave on Minecraft! This tutorial shows you how you can get started on your first night in Minecraft by building an easy, zombie proof shelter that will help you survive your first few nights.

How To: Build a working cannon to fire TNT in Minecraft

Shoot at zombies, fire livestock or just build it to see it blow up! This tutorial shows you how to build a working cannon in the game Minecraft. You will need quite a lot of stone, dirt and water for this project.

How To: Construct an aquaduct to carry water around in your Minecraft game

An aquaduct will help you move water to and fro on your island when playing Minecraft, and this tutorial shows you how to build one. You'll need at least a few shovels to be able to construct this, and some stone will also be helpful.

How To: Download and install new texture packs for your Minecraft game

Want to personalize your Minecraft game? This tutorial shows you how you can find custom skins and texture packs on Minecraft fan sites, and then import them to your game. This method will only work for machines running either Windows Vista or 7.

How To: Find and collect diamonds safely in Minecraft

For this tutorial, you will need over one hundred torches, a few weapons of your choice, iron and diamond picks, iron shovels, a bucket of water (to extinguish lava or yourself), and some wood and food. If you have all these, then you're ready to go diamond mining!

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: Set up five different traps in Minecraft to kill zombies

From the simplicity of the landmine to complicated Rube Goldberg traps, this video shows you five different traps you can build in Minecraft to destroy zombies. Why bother fighting them when you can just lure them into death traps instead?

How To: Create portals and mine obsidian in the game Minecraft

To start with, this tutorial shows you how to make a compass in Minecraft that will always point towards your spawn location. It also demonstrates how you can safely mine for obsidian from lava pits, and how to build portals into the Nether.

How To: Set up an obsidian farm in the game Minecraft

Want to find a way to get nearly unlimited obsidian? This tutorial shows you how to build your own underground obsidian farm in the popular new game Minecraft. Avoid the dangers of lava while harvesting all the obsidian you can find!

How To: Build a factory for unlimited cobblestones in Minecraft

You can have an infinitely regenerating cobblestone factory in MineCraft! You will need two buckets of lava, four buckets of water and eighty four blocks of dirt to make this factory that will then start producing unlimited cobblestones for you.

How To: Create and edit custom textures and skins for Minecraft

You've seen the custom skins and textures on Minecraft fansites, but how can you make your own? You'll need Minecraft, WinRAR and an art program like Photoshop or Paint.net (as long as it supports transparency) to create your own custom skins and textures.

How To: Get absurd amounts of TNT for your Minecraft game

Want to stock up on your TNT and its components? Of course you do! This tutorial shows you how to build an monster spawner and item collection machine so you can accumulate huge amounts of TNT in Minecraft. You'll need diamond picks to start!

How To: Locate where your Minecraft save files are kept on your computer

If you want to port mods or other items into your games, you need to know first where Minecraft stores the save files. It's in a hidden folder, and here's how you can uncover it in either Windows XP or Vista.

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: Use INVedit to edit your Minecraft inventory on a Mac

Technically, INVedit is a program used to edit your inventory when playing MineCraft, and it only works on Windows machines. However, this tutorial shows you a good workaround for you to be able to install and run INVedit on your Mac.

How To: Change your Minecraft textures when using a Mac

All you need to pull this off is to have Minecraft already downloaded, and the texture you want. Then, this video shows you how you can add these textures to your Minecraft game when you're playing the agme using a Mac.

How To: Use Cheat Engine to get more health and mana in DragonFable

This tutorial shows you how to use the most current version of Cheat Engine to hack into the online game DragonFable and give yourself more health and mana. Make sure that you open the game in Firefox or Internet Explorer.

How To: Get the Mysterious Magnum weapon in Fallout: New Vegas

Where did it come from? No one knows! This video shows you where to find the Mysterious Magnum, which makes the Mysterious Stranger sound every time to take it out of the holster. You will need to start the Talent Pool quest to get this weapon.

How To: Make lots and lots of money in the online game RuneScape

Looking for easy ways to make money in the online game RuneScape? This quick and dirty guide gives you a few good ideas on how you can easy and quickly make several thousand per hour using these strategies and tips.

How To: Add texture packs and skins for your character in MineCraft

Why stay with only what you've been given by the basic game? Make your MineCraft game more exciting by giving your character a different skin, and downloading new texture packs for your game. This is an incredibly easy mod for your game.

How To: Complete the Talent Pool quest in Fallout: New Vegas

This video starts off by showing you how to complete this quest. Start in one of the casinos, and distribute four cards to different NPCs you can find on the Strip. The benefit of thsi quest is that it gets you more money!

How To: Make a water elevator in MineCraft

Looking for more cool ideas for your MineCraft game? This tutorial shows you how to build a water elevator that you can launch your boat from. This is a fun and easy tutorial that works whether you're in your boat or not.

How To: Set up a multiplayer Windows server for MineCraft

Want to set up your own multiplayer server so you can play MineCraft with your friends? From the initial download to your first logon, this tutorial shows you how you can build and set up your own server for multiplayer Minecraft!

How To: Level up your World of Warcraft Cataclysm character in Stonetalon

Cataclysm is finally almost here, after what seems like aeons of waiting, and that means WoW is about to take over your life once again. It means power levelling is once again going to be your job, and fortunately this video contains an excellent guide for doing so in Stonetalon, ensuring your character is flush with experience and loot to facilitate enjoying all the beautiful expansion content Blizzard has given you.