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Screenshot Tour: The 29 New Universal Apps Included With Windows 10

Windows 10 isn’t just an improved desktop environment. It includes many “universal apps,” which often replace existing desktop apps. Unlike on Windows 8, these apps can run in windows on the desktop so you m...

How to Run a Spigot Minecraft Server for Customized Multiplayer

Minecraft’s native LAN support is great for running games on the fly, but if you want a dedicated, customized server, Spigot is the way to go. Spigot is built on a plugin API called Bukkit, which makes customizing your...

Anthony Heddings Aug 4th, 2015

10 Overlooked New Features in Windows 10

Windows 10 includes some flashy new features like Task View virtual desktops, Cortana, the Edge browser, a Start menu, and apps that run in windows. Here are some of the other, more overlooked improvements....

Turn a Raspberry Pi into a Steam Machine with Moonlight

Valve’s Steam Machines aim to bring your Steam game library right into your living room (but at a rather steep premium). Today we’ll show you how to bring your Steam library (plus all your other computer games) to...

Jason Fitzpatrick Jul 13th, 2015

How to Make Your Nintendo 3DS’s Battery Last Longer

Nintendo’s New 3DS XL promises 3.5 to 7 hours of battery life, which is quite a large range. These tips will help you get as much battery life as possible out of your 3DS, whether you’re gaming or it’s ju...

The 5 Grand Theft Auto V Mods You Should Be Using Right Now

Much like its predecessor, the arrival of GTA V on PC heralded not only a boost in graphics and replayability that remains unmatched by its console brethren, but also the limitless possibility for at-home developers to dive ...

Chris Stobing Jul 8th, 2015

What is Direct X 12 and Why is it Important?

When Microsoft began detailing new features of its upcoming Windows 10 operating system, one of those features it talked about is DirectX 12. Gamers will immediately know what this is but they may not perhaps realize just ho...

How to Record PC Gameplay With Windows 10’s Game DVR and Game Bar

Windows 10 includes a built-in tool for recording videos of PC games. You can upload gameplay footage to YouTube or any other video-sharing site — or just keep the clip on your own PC and share it with your friends....

Choosing Your Next Gaming PC: Should You Build, Buy, or Get a Laptop?

So you’ve saved up for months but still can’t decide which kind of gaming rig is best for you? Do you need something that can stay with you wherever you go, or just want to get the most punch possible regardless of cost o...

The Best Games You Can Play with One Hand on Your iPhone

We live in a busy world, one where the luxury of using both your hands to beat the last boss may not always be immediately available. Today we’re showcasing some great games that you can play while you’re busy hol...

How to Capture Video and Screenshots from a Game Console or TV Streaming Box

You can capture video (or screenshots) from any device with an HDMI cable or composite video outputs with a basic device. You could live-stream gameplay on Twitch TV with such a device, too.

How to Play Minecraft from a Flash Drive for Block Building Fun Anywhere

What’s more fun than the creative block-building in Minecraft? Building whenever and wherever you want with a portable Minecraft installation on a flash drive you can take with you. Read on as we detail how to configure...

How to Disable the Alerts on Your Wii U’s GamePad

Your Wii U’s GamePad will automatically turn itself on, play a sound to get your attention, and display advertisements for games you might want to buy. It does this when you’re not using the Wi U at all, and that ...

How to Upgrade Your Old Minecraft Maps for Seamless Transitions to New Biomes

Upgrading Minecraft to get to the newest features is always fun unless it breaks your old maps and creates huge and ugly artifacts across them. Read on as we show you how you can take an old Minecraft map and bring it into a...

Jason Fitzpatrick Apr 8th, 2015

How to Unlock The Difficulty Of A Minecraft Map

Minecraft 1.8 introduced a new feature map feature: the ability to permanently lock the map’s difficulty setting. While it’s a great way to encourage you to play without cheating it’s also frustrating if the...

Jason Fitzpatrick Apr 3rd, 2015

Add Dungeons, Ruins, and Treasure Hunts to Your Minecraft World with MCDungeon

If you’ve grown tired of exploring the vanilla Minecraft world and the thrill of stumbling upon the tiny dungeons or sprawling mineshafts is gone, we’ve got just the thing for you: enormous procedurally generated ...

Jason Fitzpatrick Mar 18th, 2015

The Parents’ Guide to Minecraft

Minecraft is and, for the foreseeable future, will remain one of the most popular video games among children. Behind all those millions upon millions of downloads are more than a few curious parents; read on as we help clear ...

How to Install the Homebrew Channel on a Nintendo Wii the Easy Way

The Nintendo Wii was introduced in 2006 and, since then, over 100 million units have shipped. So, the Wii is almost ten years old, plentiful, and with a few simple hacks, you can conceivably extend its life a few more years....

Matt Klein Feb 25th, 2015

How to Speed Up Your Minecraft Experience with Minecraft Land Generator

While you’re exploring your Minecraft world the game is devoting a huge amount of resources to creating it around you. Generating these pieces ahead of time significantly decreases the resource load on your CPU while p...

Jason Fitzpatrick Feb 7th, 2015

How to Keep Your Minecraft Items When You Die (and Other Clever Tricks)

It happens to even the most cautious explorer: you’re far from home, you die, and all your precious loot is left sitting in a pile far, far away. Tired of losing your loot? No problem. Read on as we show you how to make...

Jason Fitzpatrick Jan 29th, 2015

How to Customize Your Minecraft Splash Screen Text

Minecraft is a game that begs for creative play and customization of elements big and small. Leave no detail unattended to by following along with our simple tutorial to customize the yellow splash screen text found on the ga...

Jason Fitzpatrick Jan 23rd, 2015

How to Find Your Minecraft Saved Games Folder on Any OS

We were setting up a new Minecraft server at HTG headquarters to play the awesome Captive Minecraft survival mode game (which uses vanilla Minecraft, no mods required), when we realized we didn’t have an article about h...

Lowell Heddings Jan 19th, 2015

When Will Virtual Reality Headsets Be a Consumer Product?

CES 2015 was packed with different virtual reality headsets, and it feels like we’ve been on the cusp of consumer VR for years. Oculus Rift hasn’t released their consumer version yet, and other companies are tryi...

Why are Games Slower on Battery Power Even With a High Performance Power Plan Selected?

If you love playing games, then you definitely want the best performance you can get out of your computer, but what if games on your laptop slow down even with a high performance power plan selected? Today’s SuperUser Q...

Akemi Iwaya Dec 23rd, 2014

How to Add More Storage to Your PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Wii U

Consoles have come a long way from cartridges. Today, they’re practically just gaming PCs and include built-in storage for save files, game updates, and digital-download games.