Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk shows you how to play a real game of chess in this video tutorial, showing you how to checkmate the king with two variations in endgame/middle game chess. This example is from the game DesChapelles - De Labourdonnais, Paris 1836. White plays and wins the chess game by first playing the knight to check the king, with a sacrifice. Then the queen moves in for the endgame/middle game chess kill.
Play the new co-operative game Pandemic with tips from this how-to video (no, the game Pandemic has nothing to do with Valentines Day, but don't hearts and flowers always remind you of communicable diseases?).
Here is a video introduction and review of a strategy game, it's Ingenious (no, really--the game is called Ingenious). This Ingenious game is for one to four brains, or players (depending on how you prefer to see it).
This six-part 3ds Max video tutorial will guide you step by step through the process of exporting from 3D Studio Max into the award-winning, science-fiction, first-person shooter, computer game Crysis.
Here is a beginner's guide to getting going on this highly addictive online word game, WordSteal. Watch the first video for registering and logging in, the second for creating a game, and the third for joining a game.
Bananagrams. Why would a wod game be called Bananagrams? Well, maybe because all of the game tiles are held inside a banana (no, not a real one). This gives you a brief description of how to play the Scrabble-style word game. Fun, high-speed, and competitive.
Who wants to play Risk the old fashioned way? No, I don't mean with armies and such, but the board game. Well, what if you wanted to play it on your wall? Then make a big game and build your own pieces, and see how to do it here. Watch the first video for making the board, the second for making the game pieces, and the third video for making the cards and dice.
This three part tutorial covers everything from downloading the needed programs, to saving an iso image, to converting the image into a playable file, to moving it to your psp, to explaining the optional settings.
Learn how to create a high score table for Flash games using Armorbot.com Part 1 of 2 - How to Create a high score table for Flash games.
This tutorial shows you how to download and use old roll playing games like those from an NES OR SNES to learn languages online. Make sure to watch the second video or you won't get very far.
Board game enthusiast Scott Nicholson reviews a new game each week showing you the pieces and rules of play, as well and demonstrating the game with friends. This weeks game, Heroscape, is about buying and fighting with miniatures for kids and adults put out by Milton Bradley.
We've shared a capture-the-flag game for grabbing handshakes and cracking passwords for Wi-Fi, and there are some upcoming CTF games we plan on sharing for other Wi-Fi hacks and even a dead-drop game. While security-minded activities and war games are excellent ways to improve your hacking skills, coding a real video game is also an excellent exercise for improving your programming abilities.
Nintendo may be developing cases that'll turn your iPhone into a gaming device like the Game Boy, but until something materializes there, you're stuck with cheap knockoffs on Amazon or a real Game Boy or Game Boy Color. But there's something else you can do to play eight-bit Nintendo games on your iPhone right now.
The OnePlus 7 Pro is an outright beast. From the highly rated display with minimal bezels to the 90 Hz refresh rate, there's no denying this phone is great for gaming. Although not explicitly marketed as a gaming phone, it seems OnePlus unintentionally created one by cramming in great specs and game-friendly software features like Fnatic Mode.
While a release date for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has not yet materialized, co-developers Niantic and WB Games have finally released gameplay footage and an in-depth game description to whet the appetites of eager Harry Potter fans.
What's the best way to cheat death in Dark Souls? By cheating of course. IGN reveals an exploit on the PS3 that allows you to stop the game during a save and resume it with humanities and souls intact. Be sure to use this exploit at your own risk.
After beating chapter 2 in Disagaea 4, the Cabinet feature for multiplayer unlocks. This allows you to interact with other Disgaea 4 Playstation Network players within the game. This guide overviews the functionality of the Cabinet, as well as how to use the Red Cell Phones in game to call upon other player's characters.
Orianna is a unique champion that focuses her abilities on the use of a ball she carries with her. The ball allows you to pull off some pretty cool tricks, including slowing your opponents in an AOE around it and harassing with it during the laning phase.
The Nintendo 3DS has a slightly larger screen than the older DS models, such the DSi. Because the 3DS stretches the video of older DS games to fit the bigger screen, the image quality can degrade a bit. If you're looking to increase the quality of picture while playing DS games, take a look at this tutorial to learn how to resize the picture.
Did you know that in Deus Ex: Human Revolution there's a hidden rocket launcher hidden in Derelict Row? While there are many different panths into the area, this Game Front video presents you with a simple one that will allow you to find and use a rocket launcher to your heart's content.
Skarner is a crystal scorpion style champion in League of Legends that fights in melee range. Take a look at this guide from Riot Games to learn how to use his abilities, including his ultimate--impale, which allows you to drag your opponent with you.
The League of Legends champion Kayle, or Judicator, received a rework a while back and now plays slightly differently because of that. Take a look at this champion spotlight guide by Riot Games on how to build Kayle as a hybrid support champion using the right runes and masteries. Be sure to take advantage of her ult so that you can save someone at the right time with invincibility!
League of Legends most fearsome assassin is Talon--the Shadow's Blade. If you want to learn how to build Talon, what runes and masteries to take on him, or how to lane with him correctly, look no further than this champion spotlight from Riot Games.
The Achievement Hunter demonstrates how to find all of the various collectibles in the Xbox 360 game Transformers: Dark of the Moon. These collectibles are necessary to unlock the 'Completionist' achievement and are scattered throughout the various levels of the game.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is a frenetic modern fighting game, and learning how the combo system works and being able to apply that knowledge on the fly is the key to arcade success in the game. This video will teach you how the combo mechanics in MvC3 work and how you can use them to come up with new combos on the fly and beat any character, as any character, any time.
Ryu from Street Fighter is the face of fighting games, and as such could not be omitted from Marvel vs. Capcom 3. This video will show you the basics of fighting as him in this new game, including all his supers, specials, combos, and launchers you can use to confuse and annihilate your opponent. HADOUKEN!
Marvel vs. Capcom has been the flagship series for frenetic 2D fighting games for years, and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 hit store shelves in February. This video tutorial will teach you the basics of the game, including basic combos, hyper combos, team combos, special attacks, and more. Everything you need to start off your MvC3 career right.
Test Drive Unlimited 2 is the latest title in the prestigious racing series. Having enough money to get everything you want in the game takes a lot of grinding, and who has time for that? This video will teach you how to use this mod and Modio (included in the download) to mod your TDU2 saved game and get infinite money.
OK, you've played through GTA IV many times and you're looking for a new kick. Check out this video and see what sweet mods you can apply to take this awesome PS3 game to a whole new level. From weapons, to vehicles, colors, characters, physics and more, these mods will let you blast, jump and bend your way to the end of this game which redefined the whole world of an open play gaming reality. Check it out! Go check it out and learn how to hack GTA 4 for the PS3!
If you're going to really have fun with LittleBigPlanet 2, you're going to need to know the ins and out of the game's logic tools. This video tutorial will introduce you to the basic logic tools, including microchips and the logic gates AND, OR, XOR, and NOT.
This video will show you how to play PlayStation 1 games on your PlayStation 3 without modding the system. Note, this how-to does require you open up your machine, so if you're still under warranty you may wan to think twice!
Beat the twentieth level of Angry Birds Seasons with three stars! On December 1st, Rovio released their version of an advent calendar—Angry Birds Seasons (aka "Angry Birds Christmas"). Each day leading up to the Christmas holiday, a new level will become available to Angry Birds enthusiasts worldwide. Stuck? No problem: YouTube's 23hathman has pledged to post a three-star walkthrough for each of the game's levels. In this, the December 20th installment, we learn how to beat level 20.
Braid is a pretty short game. If you've beaten it and want some more gameplay, you really need to get the 8 secret stars, some of the best-hidden and most rewarding collectibles in recent gaming memory. This video helps you find them in three stages of spoilerdom: the first only tells you what levels to look in, the second the first step to getting each star, and the third a step-by-step guide to grabbing each one.
Teamviewer is a handy program for viewing what's going on on a distant computer remotely, but now it can also be used to play games like WoW and Runescape on your Android phone! This video will teach you how to do it. You'll need this for your phone and this for your computer.
Far Cry 2 set the bar for video game graphics when it came out, and it's grenade launcher is one of the best-looking in games. This video will teach you how to bring the grenade launcher into reality by making a replica out of cardboard and clay, perfect for a film or costume.
There aren't a lot of games with 3D maps where you can't break out of the levels in some way, and Black Ops is not different. This video will teach you a barrier breaker that you can use to get out of every multiplayer map in the game. Only use this in private matches unless you want it to go away!
New Super Mario Bros Wii appears to have taken an interesting cue from old-school JRPG's: you have to walk into all of the walls in the game if you have any hope of finding all the secret items. This video will show you how to get all of the Star Coins in World 1-3 of the game.
Call of Duty: Black Ops has established Treyarch as the kings of Call of Duty once again. If you're having some trouble with learning the game's many awesome maps, watch this video for a full walkthrough of the Hanoi map.
Do you like the analog look of old handheld video games like Mr. Game and Watch or clock with 7 segment displays? It's pretty easy to simulate them nowadays by making an electroluminescent display on printed circuitboards with EL ink. You'll learn how to do just that in this video. It almost looks like Lite Brite.
Most long-haired men and women in America have a hair tie on them most of the time, sometimes more. All you need are two different-colored ones to do this awesome mind game / bar trick on someone! It involves tying the two ties together surreptitiously, and you'll learn how to do it in this video.
