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How to Burn & Play Xbox 360 Games

21 May 2011 by admin

The problem with Xbox 360 games is actually quite simple. They are burnt in a special way, known as dual layer, that makes them quite tricky to copy… especially if you aren’t familiar with how to do it. Luckily, there is a way to burn Xbox 360 games and play them on your console.

Xbox 360 games are all burnt using dual layer DVDs. This is basically where the DVD disc has two layers to record on, allowing the likes of Microsoft and other game developers to fit as much as 9gb of data onto the DVD. Although this technology has been present for a very long time, it’s only recently that Microsoft have adopted it for their games console, and it’s made many people unable to burn their games.

To burn an Xbox 360 game, you first need to have the .ISO file and the .DVD file of the game you wish to copy. The ISO file holds all the game data, and is what will be burnt to the disc. The .DVD file is a group of instructions for the DVD burner, to put the game onto the disc in the right way. In order to copy the game, you need to have both of these files, either from a game you have in your possession, or from downloading them (which is illegal).

When you have these two files, you then just need to open the .DVD file and copy the “layer break” number that it has. This is important, because the layer break number tells your PC where to cut off the recording of the first layer and where to start the second layer recording. You just need to copy the number with CRTL + C.

After that, you then need to download a program called imgBurn, which is a DVD copying tool. After you’ve installed it and loaded it up, you then just need to open up the “settings” tab that it has and then find the “layer break” section. When you find it, paste the number you found in the DVD file; as this will tell the software where to ”break” the recording onto the next layer.

After you’ve done that, you then need to select the “Burn From Image” option in imgBurn and then select the ISO file to burn to the disc. ImgBurn should take about 20-40 minutes to burn the DVD, but after it’s done, you will have a game that will be playable on an Xbox. You then just need to pop it into your console and play it till you get bored!

This is actually a very simple way of copying games, but many people fall foul of a few tricks that Microsoft have employed to stop people from pirating games. Obviously, we do not condone illegal activity, but if you want to legally backup your game, you need to be able to do it properly. And to do that, it’s best to have a tutorial or system which allows you to copy games quickly and easily.

You can actually burn Xbox360 games very easily with a tool called GameBackupSystem. This tool has been created by an anonymous team, but we were able to backup and play 20+ Xbox360 games with it. It burns your discs perfectly and utilizes the dual-layer DVD features to help you copy all the games you want.

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How To Get Paid To Play Video Games At Home – 3 Easy Methods

19 May 2011 by admin

You might find that your video gaming habit is getting in the way of your making money, or worse yet anything else. Luckily, there are ways to turn your video gaming into cash and get paid to play video games at home. Here are a few tips to get you started.

You might be thinking of testing games for money, in itself a decent job, one that requires your to have a keen eye and halfway decent writing skills. These opportunities however, are ways to actually get paid to play video games at home, doing what you’re already doing, but with a little cash reward at the end of the tunnel.

Online Gaming Contests

There are at times numerous ways to make money online by entering online gaming contests. You can compete with your fellow scrabblers, compete in tournaments via your favorite online game, or join one of many sites like WorldWinner that offer popular desktop computer games in which you can wager and win large sums of money if you’re good enough. The opportunities are endless, but the key is that you can actually get paid to play video games at home.

Game Reviews

You’re playing the games anyway, why not write about them? Video game reviews are everywhere on the internet. Everyone writes them, but you can actually turn them into money if you’re savvy enough with the resources the internet offers you for free.

If you write well and play enough different games, start a blog and write reviews for it. If you grow your readership, write decent reviews, and supplement your blog with news stories and video game ideas, you can position ads from google or commission junction and make money from your reviews.

And for those truly enterprising folks who really want to get paid to play video games at home, consider freelance writing articles for websites like TheEscapistMagazine.com. For writers out there, the internet is a great way to get paid to play video games.

Writing FAQs and E-books

Speaking of writing, there is an even more lucrative opportunity for those with the time to invest. If you’ve ever looked at GameFAQS or searched for World of Warcraft on eBay, you’ll know that tip guides and e-books filled with gaming guides are everywhere.

Someone has to write them though, and it might as well be you. If you’re a decent writer with a thorough approach to game and good advice to give, you can turn that guide into good money. Sell it on eBay for a couple of dollars or offer it on forums or message boards.

If you can prove that your advice is helpful and well written, there are plenty of gamers who are willing to pay for your tips, and support your desire to get paid to play video games at home.

Video gaming is a wondrous pastime. It’s relaxing, it’s entertaining and it can be involving. For the industrious few out there it can even be rewarding, allowing you to play video games at home and get paid for it. There are plenty of words to be written about video games and plenty of venues to sell those words to. To truly realize your goal of money making through video games, get out and take a look.

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How To Download Free Wii Games

16 May 2011 by admin

Nowadays, there are all sorts of free download available over the internet. Entertainment media like games, movies, music and TV shows are the most popular. Done properly, they benefit both the providers and consumers in the long run. In the case of Nintendo, it saves the Wii gamers heaps if they know How to Download Free Wii Games online.

Strictly speaking, straight FOC (free-of-charge) Nintendo Wii game download is not a norm. Why should Nintendo let them be? Given its immense popularity, the games are the core money-spinners of the moment for them. As a matter of fact, they apply full intellectual property protection on their Wii games. So is there now still a way on How to Download Free Wii Games online? You bet!

Yes, there are still Nintendo Wii games that are absolutely free to be found on the net. Then again, it’s better to steer clear of them as they are likely to be illegal, of sub-standard quality and laden with virus and malware. Others would require soft installation and even hard modification to the extent that unless you’re into technology rather than video gaming, you’ll burn out in the pursuit.

Without re-inventing the wheel, the ready-made solution to How to Download Free Wii Games is membership sites which give a lifetime of unlimited free access of all kinds of media including video games. Although the download of Wii games is free at such sites, a one-time joining fee is required. However, competition is keen so the amount is usually very reasonable.

Even for those who are only occasional gamers or where only a few games in particular are sought, downloading Wii games is still viable. There is a per-download online option at only a fraction of the cost of the discs from the game stores. But by and large, Wii fanciers go on for more after a while even if they started out lukewarm and quite typically upgrade to unlimited access membership in due course.

It is easy to find Wii Download Services on the internet but this is where one needs to tread with caution. In the haste onto the bandwagon of this hugely popular service, many contenders have run ahead of themselves, thus falling short on commitments to their subscribed members. Worse still, some are just out to pull a fast one on those who are not wise to such tactics. In truth, there are but only a precious few of them who are worth their salt.

No need to despair, a few simple tips will set you safely on How to Download Free Wii Games. Find a provider which offers full money-back guarantee with no questions asked, software, tools and accessories with no extra charge, all media including games, movies, music and TV shows and 24/7 support and service, and you are then on the right track. If it’s also powered by secure retailers such as Clickbank, you are in safe hands.

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How To Download Games Onto PSP

14 May 2011 by admin

The hot thing today is the PSP. If you don’t have one, you may not understand why. If you do, you understand the draw of it. The PSP is a piece of equipment that goes far beyond a portable video game.

The games are on a small disk known as a UMD that can be carried around easily. There are also memory sticks that you can use to store games on. So, how do you download games onto your PSP from your computer?

Here is your guide:

When programmers design games specifically for the PSP, they are sometimes referred to as Homebrew Games. Some of these Homebrew Games are made for the PSP game console to mimic games made for other systems so you do not have to have every console made in order to play every game.

For example, a game that was made for Nintendo may be Homebrewed to play with your PSP console so you can have the fun of the Nintendo, but not the expense. This is just one of the many selling points for the PSP because you can download Homebrew PSP games from just about anywhere you look online.

To download a game on to PSP from the Internet, you will need a PSP memory stick with sufficient memory. It is advisable that the stick have at least 1GB of memory to accommodate graphic, sound and any personal settings. However, these cards can get expensive, so if you do not have one or do not have the money to buy one, a 256 MB stick will most likely work. If your stick is brand new, it will have to be formatted before downloading.

An important note: you will need your PSP Firmware version 1.5 or less. If you have a newer PSP you may have to downgrade.

It is quite simple to download games for PSP from the Internet to your PC , then move the files from your computer to the PSP itself. When you hook up the PSP to the PC via a USB cable, the PC will recognize it as a removable memory device. Then the computer will assign a drive; usually the f: drive; and then you can simply drag and drop your PSP game files to the memory stick.

After the games for the PSP are transferred to the memory stick, tell the computer you want to disconnect the PSP. Once the computer gives the ‘all clear’ you can safely remove the PSP.

The PSP’s main menu will have a listing called GAME and press the Memory Stick option. After pressing X, a list is displayed of the games on your memory stick. If there is an error displayed, you might want to check the version of Firmware you are using.

Now that you know how to download games onto PSP …go out there and give it a shot. This is a technique that has been used to download games onto PSP countless times.

Ryan Edward has scoured the Internet, testing and reviewing 37 different PSP download sites and has officially crowned the winner “King of PSP Downloads” check out his website now to see who won the crown and why http://www.ryanstips.com/psp

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Trivia Games – What Do You Know?

10 May 2011 by admin

Trivia Games have become all the rave today. Many television shows, online games and board games have many thousands of people answering questions that cover many different topics from pop culture to food.

One example of a trivia game is Trivial Pursuit. This is a classic board game where players aim to make their way around a board, answering trivia questions to earn pieces. The first player to collect a different colored piece from every category makes his/her way to the center of the board. Then, if the player correctly answers another trivia question from a category chosen by the competitors, this player is considered to be the winner of the game.

Trivial Pursuit is just one of the trivia games that is offered world wide for people who love trivia. There are a variety of trivia games that are geared to the audience that buys it. You may find trivia games that feature different topics such as music, television, or fashion, each focusing itself on knowledge and popular trivia, allowing players to test their skills when it comes to brain power.

Many trivia games have cards that are numbered or some that are color-coded by category, such as the classic edition of Trivial Pursuit which features six different types of categories, each with its own color. Geography questions are denoted by the color blue, while history is seen as yellow. Entertainment questions are pink, and science and nature is green. Arts and Literature is denoted by brown, and sports and leisure is orange. These six categories make up the thousands of questions that Trivial Pursuit can provide its players, giving them a number of ways to challenge both themselves and friends. Only through a broad base of knowledge can players get any advantage over their competitors.

Some games have questions on a variety of topics which can include pop culture, music, drama, and a ton of others. Trivia games made for beginners will have only a couple of hundred questions on very easy questions. However, the more advanced the game, the more the questions available to stump even the most advanced trivia player.

Many trivia gamers use some sort of marker on their board to show who is winning. An example of this are the game pieces used for Trivial Pursuit. Each player uses a circular token as his/her piece during the game. Each one of these pieces is divided into six sections, with space for different pie slice shapes. As the players make their way around the board, they aim to land on a certain, central space for each of the main six categories. Players who land on this space and correctly answer the question, fulfill one of the requirements for the game and earn themselves a pie slice for the corresponding color of the category.

The goal is to fill the game piece with each color pie slice before heading to the central starting location on the board. Once there, if a player can successfully answer a question from a category chosen by the competitors, that player is considered the victor of the game. Collecting the pie slices can be challenging, however, for many people are often strong in one category and weaker in others, making the potential for the game to turn competitive, high.

Many of the trivia types of games have various versions that enhance the game or offer you more options. The original versions of the games usually contain the classic categories, with newer versions adding other categories. There are many different versions of games like Trivial Pursuit available to suit any number of people or fans and interests. Special editions of the game are available that are specifically geared toward a certain icon, such as The Simpsons, Star Wars, or even Lord of the Rings.

By the same token, versions of trivia games are available that are geared toward younger players, or specifically for literature, film, or even periods of time, such as the 80s or the 90s. No matter what the players’ interests are, there is a trivia game available to suit them.

These classic, challenging types of games have become one of the most popular entertainment options for people because they rely on skill and knowledge, not just random luck. It takes a degree of intelligence to play, often making it the chosen game type for a number of groups. After all, trivia games are some of the rare types of games that allow you to ask: “What exactly do you know?”

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