Athletics and video game playing haven't always enjoyed a close relationship, but they certainly do now, as evidenced NFL players competing as fiercely at Madden as they do on the field. This video will teach you how to make a soccer ball or or baseball Call of Duty Black Ops player card / emblem / icon.
Black Ops Zombies is one of the best survival modes from a game in recent memory, and reaching the higher levels requires careful planning and strategy. This video will show you a devastatingly effective strategy for reaching high levels on the map Five in Black Ops Zombies.
Nuketown has emerged as one of the most popular multiplayer maps in Call of Duty Black Ops, so knowing it is key to ranking up fast in the game. Watch this video for an inside-and-out guide to the map and way to get more kill in it while playing Deathmatch.
The water levels in Mario games are as controversial to their fans as Pete Rose is to baseball, but yet they endure because not every level can be a straight platformer can it? This video will show you how to get all three Star Coins in World 1-4, the first water level in New Super Mario Bros Wii.
Every proper Mario game need at least one level, probably more, based on jumping between platforms moving around on tracks. New Super Mario Bros Wii is no exception, and this video will teach you how to get all of the Star Coins in World 1-5, just such a level.
Finding all of the Star Coins and other hidden collectibles in Mario games is half of the fun of the title and their main source of enduring replayability. Watch this video to learn how to get all three Star Coins in World 2-6 of New Super Mario Bros Wii.
If you play Mario games and don't try to collect all of the collectible items like Star Coins, you're really not getting your money's worth. Watch this video to learn how to get all three Star Coins in World 2-End Castle of New Super Mario Bros Wii.
Mario games were some of the first to take advantage of gamers' compulsive desire to collect items, and in New Super Mario Bros Wii the Star Coins are the most important of several types of collectibles. Watch this video to learn where to find all three Star Coins in World 1-1.
The Demon Doors in the Fable series of games always hold great treasure but can be infuriating to open. Watch this video by the fine folks at IGN about how to find, open, and loot all six of the Fable 3 Demon Doors.
The Microsoft Kinect represents its attempt to steal the Wii's thunder, and it work pretty dang well. Watch this video for a guide to plugging the Kinect into your XBox 360 and setting up your gaming area so that you'll be able to play it.
Altair or Ezio? If you've played both Assassin's Creed games you've probably pondered that question yourself, and creators Ubisoft catered to both by including an unlockable Altair costume in Assassin's Creed 2. Watch this video to learn how to unlock that costume and improve your Assassin's Creed 2 play in general.
NBA 2K11 is finally breathing some life into the long-stagnant world of basketball video games, introducing new elements and bringing back old ones that people missed. In this video, you'll learn how to use the isomotion dribbling system to do freestyle dribble moves with greater control and score more points.
If you're a Zelda fan and are looking to do something different for your cosplay, or Halloween outfit, then there's a chance that you haven't tried being Midna in her human form after you complete the game Twilight Princess after reassembling the mirror. In this video you will get a full tutorial on how to create the costume from scratch including making the headpiece and trinkets yourself!
Tennis is much more tiring than players of other sports often give it credit for. A match is most often won by the more agile player. If you need to work on your footwork and movement to improve your tennis game, watch this video for drills that will help you do it.
The forehand shot is the preferred shot for many tennis players. If you feel like you've reached the limits of your current forehand shot, you should practice up and add some new techniques to it, and this video will help you do just that.
Being more physically gifted than your opponent is only part of successful tennis. You have to have a keen mind well versed in the tactics of the game as well. This video will teach you some basic tactics for singles tennis that will help you win matches you would have lost otherwise.
The beautiful game, Football (Soccer for those of you in the US) is full of all sorts of unique and advanced techniques that you can use in FIFA 11 to defend with! Things such as a Secondary Press, Jockeying and even Running Jockey. If you're still getting scored on and are looking for more advanced techniques to try, check out this video for some advanced tactics for defending.
So the game has gone into penalty shots and you're looking to add a flair to your shots? No worries, these shots are easier to do with players with a higher flair or penalty ratings (like Ronaldo), higher star players means better chances of getting the shot. In this video you will learn how to perform advanced penalty shots like the Chip shot and the Stutter shot.
Drake is one of the biggest rappers in the game right now, and "Find Your Love" has been one of his biggest singles. This video will teach you how to play a really pretty instrumental cover of the song on piano or keyboard. The creator even posted the notes in written form here.
Chico Marx was the oldest of the Marx Brothers, but is not as well-remembered as some of his younger brothers. Apparently, he liked this trick, and now you can too. It works great for tricking people at bars. It involves a circle of dollars and a game of removing them that you can win every time with a simple trick.
Spider-Man 2099, one of the four dimensions in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, and quite possibly one of the coolest! If you're going for a full 100% completion of the game, you're going to want to get all the hidden spiders. In this video you will get a full walkthrough of each location in the Doctor Octopus level, where you will find the spider tokens as well as a great commentary for each area where you might be confused.
Make sure you watch this before you start your StarCraft 2 game! This guide shows you how to gain access to the secret level during the Media Blitz mission. When you blow up a particular science center, you'll be given the secret mission 'Piercing the Shroud'. Awesome!
Miranda from Mass Effect 2 is one of the sexiest femme fatales to show up on the game scene in a while. If you find yourself wanting to translate her icy good looks onto your real face, watch this video. It will show you how to create a makeup look inspired by the character. Now all you have to do is work on your Afrikaans accent and you're good!
If you really want to make a convincing cosplay costume, be it furry, anime, manga, or video-game related, you're going to need really high-quality wigs, makup, and contact lenses. This video will show you how to shop for and use all of these products to make a really awesome costume.
If you are looking for inexpensive and delicious, nothing satisfies the palette more than a great pork tenderloin. But if you've never made one or if all you've been able to do is make it dry and rubbery, then it's time you stepped up your game! In this fantastic video, chef Jason Hill shows you how to make pork tenderloin with a warm compote and roasted potatoes. Delish!
This achievement is only available on the Case Zero DLC for Dead Rising 2, which is just for Xbox 360 (from the Xbox Live Marketplace). In order to become a "Locksmith" you need to find and open the four locked doors in the game. Geoff and Jack from Achievement Hunters show you there lock-picking skills.
Some of the Madden Moments in Madden NFL 11 are pretty easy. Not this one. Nevermore is one of the games hardest Madden Moments, and careful strategy is required to beat it. This video will show you how to win it as quickly and easily as possible, getting you one step close to finishing the Madden Moments.
Killzone 2 is the latest iteration of one of the Playstation 3's only reputable exclusive series. It's a great shooter, and has many guns that are well-balanced and each offer distinct advantages. If you want to master the game, you'd better know how to use each one properly. This video will teach you everything you need to know about the Helghast StA-14 rifle, a semi-automatic but powerful rifle for medium-range combat.
The lasers from Halo might not be quite as famous as the assault rifles form the games, but they are still a very cool-looking and integral part of it. This video will show you how to make your own replica of the Spartan laser from Halo out of a toy gun called the Belt Blaster. The end result looks so real it might get you arrested by any cops from the future that you may run into, so be careful.
This video gives you the lowdown on making a lag switch for gaming. But why would you want a lag switch? What is a lag switch?
If you've ever played through Valve's amazing first-person puzzle game Portal, you probably have dreams and nightmares about orange and blue portals appearing in the walls around you. Do you want to recreate the effect in a film? This video will show you how to create your very own colored wall portals on film using After Effects.
Half-Life 2 and it's brilliantly creative baby Portal refuse to die, offering the same great gameplay today that they did when they were released in 2004. This video will show you how to mimic, in After Effects, a very cool effect from the game called a portal storm. It basically looks like lightning on steroids, and will give any movie that you are compositing in After Effects some really legit sci-fi flair.
Life on the frontier was hard, and it still is in the Zynga Facebook game FrontierVille. If your homestead has been attacked by foxes or wolves, this video will teach you how to beat them, clobbering their little furry butts clear of your homestead for good!
It's time to saddle up in this next tutorial. The game is Red Dead Redemption and the mission is to collect all nine hidden treasures. It may seem like a difficult task, but thanks to the people at IGN, it doesn't have to be.
Scripting languages, like coding languages, are among the most complicated and daunting aspects of computer use to master. If you can do it, however, they allow you to do nearly anything you want with a computer. This video will introduce you to the popular scripting language Actionscript 3. This language is crucial to using Flash successfully to create games, movies, and websites, so get this stuff down and then go watch our other Actionscript tutorials!
Creating cool animations is the bread and butter of Flash. This video will help you get started making them yourself for your website, video game, or movie. It explains how to animate objects, making them move around however you wish and form the basis of your animation. No source files needed, just make some circles and get started!
Virtual cameras enable you to add all sorts of cool effects to your animations by making it seem like they were filmed with a camera that could move and focus. This video will show you where to acquire and how to use the vcam software plugin for Flash CS4 to create all of the aforementioned effects and more! This can also be useful for video games.
CCTV's (closed-circuit televisions) are more common than ever before, and have become more and more popular to depict in films and in video games like Manhunt. This video will teach you how to create a CCTV monitor effect akin to what a security guard would see on their camera monitor using After Effects. This will work great for any horror movie that you might be shooting, the effect is very creepy.
If you use Facebook regularly and don't play Mafia Wars or Farmville, chances are you wish that they would just go away. Make it so! This short video will teach you stop notifications from these annoying programs from showing up in your Facebook stream, simplifying your life and keeping these scammy games out of your face.
In this tutorial, learn how to start out with wall running. Wall running is basically the ability to hop on a vertical surface and not only climb it but run, full speed all the way across. This is a pretty awesome move and will make you look just like a character in a sci-fi movie or video game like "The Matrix." Check it out!
