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Archive of : 2010

A Basic Walkthrough for Updating a Video Card Driver

If you’ve ever had crashing issues, stuttering, low FPS, and/or general video card problems after installing a new driver, one of the causes may be left over files from the old driver. There are many long and detailed instructions for a perfect “clean install” on forums for those who...

Ghosts of Ascalon

Ghosts of Ascalon, written by Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb, is a novel set in the fictional land of Tyria, home of the best-selling game Guild Wars. The story takes place 250 years after the original game and tells much of what has happened between then and the upcoming...

DOUBLE HAT DROP ALL THE WAY!

Pardon me while I indulge in an internet meme – I did not think that this was possible. Previously, every 4 hours and 17 minutes there was a 3.57% chance of getting a random hat. Hats now seem to only drop during the weekly limit, but this two-in-a-row appears...

Yes, this was real and, yes, I am just that juvenile.

This was, sadly, an unacceptable word in Bookworm Adventures Deluxe. I’m guessing possibly because it is two words and there was no space.

Team Fortress 2 Menu Replacement

I’ve been tinkering around with a custom Team Fortress 2 menu for a couple of months and decided that I wanted it completed in order to move on to other things. So, now it’s finished and I offer it to you. Changes from original: Installation: Download and unzip the...

Are Anime Characters Caucasian or Japanese by celebritymorph

This is an interesting video that is linked (multiple times) in the comments of a Kotaku article writing on a blog post titled “Why do the Japanese Draw Themselves as White?” I am very surprised at the amount of commenters who are still reading the article through only one…...

Rocket Jumping Tutorials for TF2

There are metric ton of “How To’s” for rocket jumping in Team Fortress 2 and I’ve probably watched most of them. None of them really compare to honorablejay‘s videos though, at least in terms of covering everything from the beginning.

Valve Console Commands

Below I have compiled some console commands that are standard in most Valve games, the majority of which are useful in multiplayer: These commands can be very helpful when used in conjunction, an example being  saving a hacker’s Steam ID. You would open the console and type “clear” to...