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How to Search Your Minecraft Worlds with AMIDST

Mushroom biomes, remote villages, temples buried in desert sands, ice spike villages: whatever rare structure or biome that eludes you will elude you no more armed with AMIDST, an external Minecraft tool that’s like hav...

Jason Fitzpatrick Dec 4th, 2014

How to Select a Remote Minecraft Host

You read over the local-host server guides, you even set up a local server (or two), but you’ve realized that your home network isn’t fast enough for you to share your server with friends. No worries, today we’re takin...

Jason Fitzpatrick Dec 3rd, 2014

How to Run a Simple Local Minecraft Server (With and Without Mods)

While it’s easy enough to share a Minecraft map with other local players on your network, it’s nice to be able to run a dedicated server so people can come and go without the original game host loading up Minecraft. Today...

Jason Fitzpatrick Dec 1st, 2014

How to Overhaul and Expand Minecraft with Game Changing Mods

The fundamental allure of Minecraft is the ability to build anything and make the game whatever you desire it to be. Today, we’re taking a look at mods that help you in that endeavor by adding extra dimensions, major game c...

Jason Fitzpatrick Nov 30th, 2014

How to Pump the Minecraft Eyecandy with Shaders

The simple and blocky styling of Minecraft is endearing to many fans of the game, but if you’d like a more sophisticated 3D look with realistic lighting, reflections, and enhanced graphics you can achieve the shimmering...

Jason Fitzpatrick Nov 29th, 2014

How to Enhance Minecraft’s Core Mechanics with Mods Big and Small

Minecraft is a fantastic game but there is always room for improvement. Today we’re taking a look at mods big and small that tweak the user interface, biomes, villages and more in Minecraft for a more robust and feature...

Jason Fitzpatrick Nov 28th, 2014

HTG Reviews the Amazon Fire TV: Beefy Hardware Primed for the Amazon Ecosystem

In the age of dwindling cable TV subscriptions companies are clamoring for control of your living room, and Amazon is no exception. Today we take a look at their entry into the media center circus with a review of the compact...

Jason Fitzpatrick Nov 23rd, 2014

How to Switch a Minecraft World from Survival to Creative to Hardcore

When you create a Minecraft world you select your game mode and that mode is fixed for the lifetime of the world. Or is it? Read on as we show you how you can sidestep the gamemode lock and permanently change your game’...

Jason Fitzpatrick Nov 21st, 2014

How to Use Parental Controls on Windows 7

Without some layer of protection, your kids are exposed to all kinds of risks and dangers online. Even using the basic security features offered on your router, you probably aren’t doing as much as you could, which is where...

Matt Klein Nov 10th, 2014

Why You Should Connect a PC to Your TV (Don’t Worry; It’s Easy!)

Connecting a PC to your TV is dead simple. All you’ll usually need is an HDMI cable, and then you can access every media service, streaming site, and PC game — on your TV.

5 Ways to Stream a Game From Another Computer (or the Cloud)

Game-streaming solutions have evolved from the “cloud gaming” services we examined last year. Many new solutions allow you to stream a game from a computer in your house to a device in another room....

How to Play Minecraft on Your Chromebook

Chromebooks aren’t the ideal Minecraft laptops, that’s for sure. There’s no web-based or Chrome app version of Minecraft, which is written in Java. But Chromebook owners aren’t completely out-of-luck i...

How to Install Minecraft on Ubuntu or Any Other Linux Distribution

Minecraft runs just fine on Linux, but it’s probably not available for easy installation in your Linux distribution’s package manager. Here’s how to get your Linux system ready for Minecraft....

Chris Hoffman Oct 16th, 2014

How to Prevent the Windows Key, Alt+Tab, and Sticky Keys From Ruining Your Gaming

Windows is designed for desktop use, not gaming. The Windows key, Alt+Tab, and other keyboard options like Sticky Keys will rip you out of full-screen games and back to your desktop — but you can disable them....

Download the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Basic Rules Set for Free

Are you an avid Dungeons & Dragons player who is curious about the latest edition, been away from the game for a bit but want to get back in, or someone who is completely new to the game? Then we have the perfect opportun...

Akemi Iwaya Aug 18th, 2014

How did Adding Memory Significantly Increase Gaming Performance for an AMD APU?

When you upgrade your computer’s hardware, it is a given that you expect a boost in performance, but sometimes you get an unexpectedly significant increase beyond what you counted on. Today’s SuperUser Q&A pos...

Akemi Iwaya Jul 31st, 2014

Are There any Benefits from Plugging Your Mouse into a USB 3.0 Port?

When you are serious about online gaming, you look for every edge that you can find. The question is, will plugging your mouse into a USB 3.0 port provide any speed or response benefits over a USB 2.0 port? Today’s Supe...

Akemi Iwaya Jul 24th, 2014

How to Play Windows PC Games on a Mac

There are many ways you can play those Windows PC games on your Mac. After all, Macs have been standard Intel PCs that come with a different operating system preinstalled since 2006.

How to Use Steam In-Home Streaming

Steam’s In-Home Streaming is now available to everyone, allowing you to stream PC games from one PC to another PC on the same local network. Use your gaming PC to power your laptops and home theater system....

How to Play PC Games on Your TV

No need to wait for Valve’s Steam Machines — connect your Windows gaming PC to your TV and use powerful PC graphics in the living room today. It’s easy — you don’t need any unusual hardware or sp...

Why is There a Useless Games Folder in Windows 7’s Start Menu?

Microsoft’s Games Explorer — also known as the Games folder — is only a single click away every time you open Windows 7’s Start menu. It’s Microsoft’s interface to your PC games, but not ev...

Why PC Games Struggle With Alt+Tab and How to Fix it

You’re playing a game and you Alt+Tab to use another program, but there’s a problem. The Alt+Tab process may be extremely slow, the game may crash or freeze, or you may see graphical corruption....

How to Enable Family Options (aka Parental Controls) In Your Steam Client

Earlier this week, Steam released Family Options, their version of parental controls, for the Steam game client. Read on as we show you how to lock down adult games, online content, and purchasing options to make your Steam c...

Jason Fitzpatrick Jan 12th, 2014

The 10 Best Gadgets of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in 2014

This year’s CES unveiled a ton of new gadgets, but most of them aren’t that interesting. Here are the ones that we liked the best — just the most interesting gadgets and gear that we looked at....

How to Add Non-Steam Games to Steam and Apply Custom Icons

Steam’s game management client is very streamlined if you’re only using Steam-purchased games, but it needs a little tweaking if you’re adding non-Steam games to the launcher. Read on as we show you how to a...

Jason Fitzpatrick Jan 9th, 2014