Hot PC Games How-Tos
How To: Fix the bug with the swimming pool in Sims 3
Sometimes, there might be a minor bug in Sims 3 which makes the water in a swimming pool look very dark - like seawater or lake water. You can easily fix this bug in the options menu and get clear water in your pool!
How To: Get the Keening Blade in Dragon Age: Origins
The Keening Blade is one of the best one-handed swords in the game, and you can find it by completing the quest to kill Gaxxkang. This tutorial shows you all the different steps you have to complete in all the different maps to be able to find Gaxxkang.
How To: Get the full suit of Juggernaut armor in Dragon Age: Origins
The Juggernaut armor is the best armor in the entire Dragon Age: Origins game, especially when you have the full suit! Three pieces are easy to find - disturb the Ancient Tombstones in the Brecilian Forest, and then defeat the monsters that spawn. But the fourth piece is a little trickier - here's where to find it in the ruined temple.
How To: Get the sword Starfang in Dragon Age: Origins
You'll need to have purchased the DLC Warden's Keep to get access to Starfang. Once you have it, travel near Lothering and wait for a random encounter to drop Meteor Metal Ore. Then take it to Mikhael Dryden at Warden's Peak and have him make you a sword.
How to Enable the Dragon Age: Origins console to cheat for game extras
Give yourself all the sovereigns or XP you could possibly want, or have everyone wearing the Juggernaut armor. This tutorial shows you how to enable the console for Dragon Age, and then enter a variety of cheat codes to get all sorts of great stuff! (works with the Steam version, too!)
How To: Fix a save and crash error in Sims 3 on Windows Vista
Some people who are running Windows Vista are experiencing problems with their Sims 3 game crashing every time they try to save the game. Needless to say, this can be annoying. However, there is a way to fix it
How To: Get the Arcane Warrior specialization in Dragon Age: Origins
The Arcane Warrior specialization is a tricky one to find, as there's only one place in the game you can get it. You have to fight your way through the ruined elven temple in the Brecilian Forest on your way to Witherfang, and then find the small phylactery hidden in a corner. Talk to the spirit there, and he'll give you the specialization.
How To: Build a better house in Sims 3 for your sims to live in
How can you add your own creativity to the construction and architecture aspects of Sims 3? Make sure your sims are living the life they deserve in comfortable and attractive houses! Add extensions, bay windows, yards, nooks and other details to make a more interesting house in Sims 3.
How To: Use console codes to cheat in Dragon Age: Origins
If you've already enabled the developer console, you know you can access the cheat menu in the game and enter codes to give you crazy cool stuff. But what to get? Here's a list of codes that you can use to give yourself immortality, kill every enemy in your immediate area, give yourself unlimited money and, of course, play in God Mode!
How To: Get the hidden Ageless sword in Dragon Age: Origins
You can find the secret sword Ageless in the throne room of Orzammar. Of course, you're going to have to set a dragon free, first. And then you'll have to kill it. Here's how you find it and get the sword.
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: Build a replica of the house from Twilight in Sims 3
Want to port your love of all things Twilight to Sims 3? You can build a replica of the Cullen house as featured in the Twilight film, right in your Sims game! This tutorial shows you exactly how to construct this spacious vampire mansion.
How To: Create a comfortable and rewarding life for your sims in Sims 3
The newest sims game, Sims 3, gives you a wide variety of sims and choices. This tutorial demonstrates how you can maximize happiness for each of your sims by giving them hobbies and making sure all their needs are met.
How To: Build an ultra modern house in Sims 3
Want your sims to live in an ultra modern home? This tutorial focuses mostly on the interior construction and design, and shows you how to create a high tech and ultra modern look for your next Sims 3 sims to live in.
How To: Construct a nice house for your sims to live in Sims 3
Build comfortable family dwelling for your sims to live in! This Sims 3 video cast shows you how to build a lovely split level home for your sims, complete with two garages, flooring unique to each room and several bedrooms.
How To: Build an art deco style mansion for your sims in Sims 3
Want to make sure your sims live in a classy, elegant house? This tutorial shows you how to build a lovely, art deco style mansion from the ground up, complete with multiple stories, a garage, Spanish roofs and an expansive backyard.
How To: Build a traditional family house in Sims 3
Want to give your sim family the traditional family home with the yard and the white picket fence? This tutorial shows you how to build the house that is in everyone's mind when they think of a traditional family home.
How To: Build a modern wooden house in Sims 3
Create a lovely and roomy wooden cabin for your sims to enjoy the outdoors with! This tutorial shows you how to use the house builder that comes with Sims 3 to create a wooden house with, both exterior and interior.
How To: Complete the galaxy gates when playing DarkOrbit
DarkOrbit is a fun science fiction and space exploration game you can play directly in your browser. If you're stuck on how to complete the galaxy gates part of the game, this tutorial was created especially for you, and demonstrates the best way to accomplish this part of the game.
How To: Have your sims give birth to twin girls in Sims 3
Want your sims avatar to be able to give birth to twin girls? This tutorial shows you a few tips and hints to influence the pregnancy of your chosen Sims avatar to ensure two baby girls pop up in the delivery room! (hint: it's all about the watermelon)
How To: Build a pool window for your Sims 3 house
Want to watch your sims swim? You can by adding in a pool window! This tutorial shows you how to build a window into a pool that you're adding to your sims house. Just follow along in the house builder!
How To: Break into your neighbors' house in Sims 3
You'll need to open your cheat box to make this happen, and then type in a few commands. Once you do, you're now able to break into homes (even if the sims are there) and use the teleportation pad to break into houses and steal all their things!
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: Start making money and pearls in the browser game Seafight
Ready to become a pirate and adventure on the high seas, in search of gold and glory? This tutorial, for the free browser based game Seafight, shows you exactly how to do just that! Play as a pirate, explore the high seas, kill monsters and earn as much booty as possible!
How To: Play Sims 3 on your PC without needing the CD
You'll need to have installed Sims 3 already, but this tutorial will show you how to get a special crack for your game that will let you play the game without needing the CD. Ideal if you have more than one person in your house who likes to play Sims 3!
How To: Become a rock star in the PC game Sims 3
You can become a famous rock star in the Sims 3! Perform in front of huge audiences, spend your days signing autographs, cultivate groupies and live in a spacious mansion! This tutorial shows you everything you need to do to become a Sims 3 superstar!
How To: Cleanse your sim of the mummy's curse in Sims 3
Has your sim come down with a bad case of the mummy's curse? All is not lost! There is a way to cure your sim of this terrible curse in the World Adventures expansion, and this video walks you through finding the fountain in the Sphinx's Tomb.
How To: Get all of the possible cheats for Sims 3 on the PC
Want to get all of the possible cheats for your Sims 3 game? This tutorial shows you how to open the cheat box, and then what commands you can enter to get more money, happiness for your sims and move objects wherever you want.
How To: Construct a Carnelian Chalcedony mansion in Sims 3
This is a very extensive and detailed tutorial which will teach you how to build a Carnelian Chalcedony luxury house from the ground up in Sims 3. You're shown everything from exterior construction to all the tiny detail work when decorating the interior.
How To: Join a clan in the free science fiction game DarkOrbit
DarkOrbit is rapidly increasing in popularity, as a free browser based game that anyone with an Internet connection and a PC can play. This video shows a new player how to choose and join one of the many clans available in the game.
How To: Drown, starve or electrocute your sims in Sims 3
Tired of some of your sims? Just feel like inflicting a little mayhem? This tutorial shows you a few creative ways for you to drown, starve or electrocute your sims and summon the Grim Reaper. There's also a particularly inventive way to use an oven to incinerate your unlucky sims.
How To: Kill your sim in Sims 3 nine different ways
Whether you're bored with your sim or just want to have some naughty fun, here are nine ways to kill your sim - electrocution, pestilence, fire, drowning, disease, starvation... you can even get creative and scare them to death, or drop a satellite on them!
How To: Make easy money in Sims 3 by abusing your sims
Here's how to kill off sims for easy money in the PC game Sims 3. You have to trap new sims into small rooms so they will eventually die. Every time you create a new sim, you get more money in the bank.
How To: Build a basement without using the basement tool in Sims 3
If you don't have the right expansion, or just don't want to use the basement tool, here's a different way for you to build a basement into your Sims house. You can use this alternate method instead of the basement tool.
How To: Create a world in Sims 3 using the World Builder tool
EA has released a world builder tool which allows you to create your own neighborhoods, towns and worlds for your sims to live in. Make a mountain community, a beach settlement, a small town or a suburban paradise! It's up to you, and this tutorial shows you how.
How To: Build bridges over water using the Sims 3 world builder tool
With the Sims 3 World Builder toolset, you can create almost any kind of world imaginable. This tutorial focuses on bridges - how to build them, where to place them and how to make them go over rivers so your sims can drive across it!
How To: Fake a skyscraper in Sims 3
The limit to the heights of buildings in Sims 3 is five stories, so what to do if you have your heart set on urban sims? You can certainly create the mockup of a skyscraper by following this tutorial that shows you how to build something that at least has the appearance of a tall building.
How To: Play your sim as a ghost in Sims 3
Why should death be the end in a computer game, even the Sims? You can bring your sim character back as a ghost after they die - just follow the steps to make sure that they come back as a spirit!
How To: Get the StarCraft II "Training Day" Achievement
This will show you how to earn the Training Day achievement in StarCraft II on the newest patch, 1.1.2. It's slightly different than before, whereas the Terran Barracks now requires a Supply Depot before it can be built. You can most likely do this faster, as there are a couple of errors here and there, but I scraped in producing the tenth Marine at 4 minutes and 15 seconds - five seconds inside the time limit of 320 seconds (5 minutes 20 seconds) - so it can be done! Races: Terran v Protoss ...
How To: Walkthrough Fallout 1 with a great custom character
The original Fallout was an innovator for its time, and today, is a great classic! One key reason why it may turn off newcomers is the difficulty of the game itself. And with no real direction out of the gate for the game, it can be quite difficult trying to figure out what to do. Have no fear, in this amazing video series you will get a full walkthrough of the entire game Fallout with tips for character creation and more!