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About the Game Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community. Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a [...]]]> http://twistedgeek.com/?p=283

Portal was one of the best games that I have seen in a long time.  The game was way different than anything most of us have ever played, which is the reason for it's success.  The game had a brilliant idea that was perfectly executed and a mysterious storyline that left you wanting to know [...]]]> http://twistedgeek.com/?p=274

250 GB of pure sex.  A new Xbox was announced by Microsoft this week.  Here are the main differences from the elite version: New smaller styling with glossy black colour. Higher capacity, 250 GB hard disk. Built-in 802.11 Wireless-N. 5 USB ports (up from 3). Kinect (AKA Natal) connector. Lots of ventilation and one large [...]]]> http://twistedgeek.com/?p=167

For those of you like myself using Mozilla Firefox, I recommend changing a few settings in the configuration file to speed up your browser. This will take you less than one minute. Open up Firefox and type "about:config" in the address bar (no quotes). Tell the browser you'll be careful and enter the settings page, [...]]]> http://twistedgeek.com/?p=161

Here's a quick tip on how I get my wallpapers. Most wallpapers come with that annoying watermark that we all love.  To get these wallpapers, we have to browse through bloated websites that have pop-ups galore.  Searching this way will give you MUCH more selection.  Since I have discovered this, I haven't been back to [...]]]> http://twistedgeek.com/?p=112

Many people still don't know that you can use mp3's from your computer as free ringtones. I'm going to take it a step further and show you how to crop a certain section of a song to use for a ringtone. To begin, download the audio editing software called Audacity. It's 100% free and well [...]]]> http://twistedgeek.com/?p=78

Ding dong! I came across this tutorial a while ago and always thought it was interesting. For those with a LOT of time on your hands and a few extra dollars in your pocket, I'd say try it out! http://popsci.typepad.com/how20blog/2007/11/build-it-hack-y.html]]> http://twistedgeek.com/?p=67

Connecting a Wiimote to your PC is very simple and effective when used with an emulator. A Nintendo Wiimote uses Bluetooth to connect to the Wii, therefore it can connect to your computer.  All you need is a bluetooth ready PC (built-in or dongle). To get started, have your Wiimote ready and download a program [...]]]> http://twistedgeek.com/?p=56

Bumptop is a 3D desktop environment that gives you virtually 5 desktops to use and a cool transition between them. Google recently purchased the software company responsible for creating this amazing program and rumours have already started about a new tablet running BumpTop with Android. For those of you who were lucky enough to get [...]]]> http://twistedgeek.com/?p=42