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How To: Walkthrough God of War III — Opening Introduction

See how it all begins in God of War 3 with this video walkthrough of the opening introduction to the video game. Learn all about Kratos and his status as God of War. The hands of death could not defeat him, the sisters of faith could not control him, and on this day, the man, the legend, the Kratos, will have his revenge! Watch the walkthrough for the Opening Introduction of God of War III.

How To: Exercise to get in shape for mountaineering

Ali Alami with Fit Climb demonstrates how to get in shape for mountaineering. You can do these exercises in a park or at home. Your core and lower body are important in mountaineering. First, find a wet, wood bench that is four to six inches off of the ground. Do step ups to work your quadriceps and glutes. Balance briefly on one leg and then bring the other leg up. You can also do side steps. Step downs help you get you used to gravity. Calf raises are also helpful. To strengthen your core u...

How To: Prepare homemade toffee

David L. Spies shows us how to make the best toffee in the world. It only takes four ingredients - butter, sugar, Macadamia nuts and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Chop or crush the nuts and have them ready for the final step.

How To: Make accent spikes for your hair bows

In this how to video, you will learn how to make the finishing edges on pieces of ribbons. The hardest part is getting the spikes even on both sides. Fold up the ribbon so the two ends meet. If the spike is just a single angle, tape the edges at the top. If the spike has a center to it, bring the ends together and fold it in half. Take a piece of tape and place it around the ribbon ends. This will hold them in place for when you make the cut. If you want to make an angle cut, take your scisso...

How To: Make a tres leches sponge cake

In this video from foodwishes we learn how to make a tres leches sponge cake. Grease a baking pan with shortening. Take a box of cake mix (yellow preferred), 3 eggs, cup of cold water, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, teaspoon vanilla. Beat in a bowl with electric mixer until very smooth. Halfway through turn off the mixture and scrape down the sides. Mix until completely smooth. When done beating, raise the beater so the mix falls off of it. This recipe works well in a 13x9 baking pan. Pour into the p...

How To: Bend notes when playing a minor pentatonic scale

In this how to video, you will learn to use the pentatonic scale and bend notes. First, you must remember that your bend must reach another note in the scale. When bending, you are bring the fret to your finger rather than sliding up to it. You must use your ear to make sure it is in tuned. The blues note, or half step, only sounds good when it is going to another note. You can bend the half step as long as it resolves to another note in the scale. You can also do the whole step bend. This ca...

How To: Create eye shadow looks for different type of eyes

Beauty Newbie suggests determining the shape of your eyes to create dramatic makeup looks using eye shadow. For close set eyes, you'll need to create more space between your eyes. Try applying a light shade on the inner third of your eye. Then, on the outer part of your eye add a darker shade. Its not necessary to always use three shades, although it does enhance the end result. If your eyes are wider set, you'd just do the opposite of the close set eye technique. If your eyes are deep set, A...

How To: Dance with a girl at a school dance

In this how-to video, you will learn how to dance with a girl at a school dance or club. This will be helpful for guys who are too self conscious to start dancing. It is important to just have fun. The main thing is to be confident so you do not feel embarrassed the entire night. Be prepared to get rejected. If you dance closer to a girl and she walks away or gives you an excuse if you ask her to dance, move away. Move around and find another girl. If she is with a group of friends, be carefu...

How To: Focus stack for great macro photos

In this Fine Art video tutorial you will learn how to focus stack for great macro photos. This video is from EPhotoZine. The idea is to take several pictures of the same subject at different distances. For this you will need focus stacking. If you focus with a wide aperture, everything in front and behind the subject will be out of focus. The idea of focus stacking is to shoot several shots and put them together in a program that automatically brings them all into one. And that is focus stack...

How To: Prepare a persimmon for eating

A persimmon is not ready to eat until it has a soft consistency like jelly or pudding, though the fruit can be harvested and brought inside while still hard, so long as the branch the fruit hangs from is picked along with it. One way to be sure that a persimmon is ready to eat, is to press a finger against the skin of the fruit. If a fingerprint is left, the persimmon is ripe and delicious. Once they start getting soft they go bad very quickly, so it's good to prepare them so you can eat them...

How to Use Photoshop for video: pan & scan image preparation

In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial the instructor shows how to prepare pan and scan images. To prepare an image by panning and scanning is quite different than preparing an image normally for using in your video. These images should be extra sized as you would perform special effects on the image in your video. This is also called as "Ken Burns" effect. Now go to the file, new menu and select the video format that you want to use according to your requirement. Enable the correct pixel aspect ra...

How To: Make Filipino-style orange chicken

In this video, from panlasangpinoy we learn how to make a Filipino style orange chicken. First the ingredients are shown as: boneless chicken breast, brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic, corn starch, green onion, vinegar, flour, egg, salt, orange juice, and ground black pepper. In a container, he adds the flour, salt, black pepper. Cover the container and shake it up. Open it back up, dip chicken to egg and put chicken in container. Close the container and shake it up again. Next it's time to deep...

How To: Tie Pendant knots

In this tutorial from the TyingItAllTogether Channel, you can learn how to make double and quadruple looped pendent knots. These knots are commonly found in Celtic designs. Once you learn how to create these knots, you can use them in arts and crafts projects for necklaces or bracelets. To begin, the double looped knot is done by taking a piece of rope and folding it in half, allowing the two sides to be next to each other. With one side of the rope, loop it around the other side of the rope,...

How To: Make a yummy Boston cream pie

This video shows you how to make a yummy Boston cream pie. This video focuses on the pastry cream and the icing. The ingredients are 3 eggs, 1/4 of a cup of sugar, 1/4 of a cup of corn starch and whisk in a large bowl until it's fluffy and a lemon color. Put in a medium size pot 1 cup of cream, 1/2 of a cup of milk, and 1 tablespoon of butter. Bring it to a boil. Turn the heat to low and pour your egg mixture into the pan with the cream mixture. Whisk and cook for 1 minute. Turn off and strai...

How To: Make a DIY violin music themed party centerpiece

This do it yourself centerpiece is brought to you by A-Bnc parties and more. This starts of by making the bow, shown by painting a dowel and letting it dry. Then glue the 'frogs' at the ends of the dowel and glue fishing line to both frogs and trim to fit. Next take a polystyrene cut out of a violin and seal it. This helps paint stick to the surface of the cut out. The violin is painted brown to replicate an actual violin. Using black paint you detail the 'f' holes and allow to dry before pro...

How To: Remove camera flash hotspots in Photoshop

This video gives detailed instructions for removing a hotspot or flash reflection in a photo by using layers and masks. Start by adding a new blank layer and naming it something like Flash Suppress. You will use a special blending mode for this layer called darken. With your paintbrush you will loosely paint out the hotspot, having selected the color tone that you need with the eyedropper tool. Later on you can use layer masks to clean this up. Adjust the opacity of the layer until you have t...

How To: Make chicken chili with Ina Garten

If you like chili then you will love this flavorful chicken chili made with Ina Garten also know as the Barefoot Contessa. Ina uses big chucks of really fresh ingredients to make her dishes great so when shopping for this recipe try to pick up fresh and colorful vegetables and herbs. Ina Garten gives you a great recipe for chicken chili. You'll be able to make this in no time! Ingredients: 1 chopped onion, 3 minced garlic cloves, 1 tsp vegetable oil, 1 pound ground chicken or turkey, 28 oz. c...

How To: Make creamy vanilla icing

Into a medium sauce pan you will add six tablespoons of all purpose flour. While whisking your flour slowly add in two cups of milk. Whisk slowly so you don't get any lumps in the flour. Place your sauce pan on the stove with medium to low high. Whisk throughout the entire heating process or you could burn the milk on the bottom of the pan. It will then form into a thick paste which you will transfer to a bowl and let it cool slightly. With your mixer and mixing bowl add two cups of butter th...

How To: Prepare steak for grilling

Summer Kitchen shows us different ways and options in preparing steaks for grilling. Basics on preparing steak for grilling: Let steak sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before grilling to allow for even cooking. Trim excess fat from the steak. Brush the steak with oil and season with kosher or sea salt and ground pepper. For even more flavor, you can also make rubs, glazes or marinades and use them on your steaks before grilling. For a sample rub mixture, you will need: chili po...

How To: Make Pakistani prawn biryani

Here is another fantastic Pakistani recipe. Prawn biryani is a dish of prawns, rice and seasoning made in a Pakistani style. These prawns are sure to be full of flavor with lots of colorful seasonings and vegetables all cooked together.

How To: Slide an object from left to right in Flash

This video is about sliding an object from left to right in Flash. We will be creating a simple, core animation in Flash. First, let's import an image to our scene. Place it here. Now, let's convert our image into a movie clip. Change the frames per second value. Now, go to the frame and enter the key frame. Bring the image here. Let's rotate our image a little bit using the free transform tool. That will give more dynamic animation. Go to frame 30 and hit F6. Now, we need to add motion. Chan...

How to Walkthrough Darksiders: Eden

Eden In the Xbox 360 game Darksiders, consists of the Shadow War. This is a small part of the game and shouldn't take too long. After a brief scene, you'll find yourself in Eden. Follow the path and open the Soul Chest and the Soul Chest along the way. Continue to the circular area where you meet up with Azrael again who will then give you the Mask of Shadows. This item allows you to see into the Shadow Realm. With it equipped, you can turn the Shadow Realm vision on or off. Turn it on to fac...

How to Walkthrough Darksiders: Black Throne - Straga Fight

Fighting Straga is the main boss fight In the Xbox 360 game Darksiders - The Black Throne. Can you beat him? Quickly shoot a portal onto one of the floor stations in front of Straga. Watch his mace carefully and you'll see another orange portal point on the side of it. Shoot a second portal onto the mace then wait for Straga to raise the mace back behind his head. When he does this, drop through the portal you made on the ground so your pop out of the portal on his mace and land on the platfo...

How to Walkthrough Darksiders: The Destroyer - Fight Abaddon

Are you ready for the last boss fight in the Xbox 360 game Darksiders? Once you fight Abaddon in the Destroyer, you win, unless you lose. You'll now have to face Abaddon in his "normal" form. He is a powerful swordsman so you'll want to take the defensive route as he can block most of your basic attacks. Instead of attacking him, be patient and stand near him. You'll need to perform a Block Counter but simple tapping the Dash button (without hitting the directional stick) the moment before Ab...

How To: Apply porcelin theatre clown makeup

This tutorial is great if you want to apply porcelain theatre clown makeup. First white out your face and then with colored eye liner, trace out where you want the color to go. Apply a blue colored base on the lid and blend it just above the crease. The video uses a red Mufe flash color and applied it over the blue bringing the color onto the side of the nose. Using Nyx jumbo eye pencil in Black Sheep being filling in the remaining space on the brow. Using shimmery blue, a matte red, and a ma...

How to Walkthrough Darksiders: Journey to the Dry Road

After dealing with the Chronomancer in Darksiders for the Xbox 360, you'll have to make your way to the Dry Road where you'll immediately encounter Wingrocks. Continue up the tunnel and defeat the Fleshburster that waits for you. Once he's been dealt with, open the Soul Chest at the end of the tunnel then head up the stairs to the right. Climb the ledges along the wall then jump backwards into the broken pipe. Turn right and pick up the Artifact in the broken pipe, then follow the pipe in the...

How to Walkthrough Darksiders: The Ashlands - Fight Stygian

The hardest part in the Ashland level of Darksiders on the Xbox 360 is probably the boss fight between you and Stygian. At the start of this battle, Stygian will be wearing a metal cage around its mouth. This prevents you from doing any damage to the beast so you'll have to remove it if you wish to kill the creature. As Stygian does circles around the field, ride Ruin along side its head so that you can swing your Chaoseater at the cage. Use Ruin's turbo to keep up with Stygian. Smash the loc...

How to Walkthrough Darksiders: Journey to the Iron Canopy

To get out from the Soul Bridge in the Ashland of Darksiders on the Xbox 360, you should watch this video to make sure you do it without getting killed. Make your way up the western rocky ramp and head due west to find the Soul Bridge. Approach it riding Ruin and you'll be able to cross the long gap via a bridge made of souls. Ride Ruin through this long tunnel to enter the Iron Canopy at the far end. For more info, watch the whole gameplay.