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PokerTH, Free Open Source Poker Game [Game Saturday]

I like to play online poker every now and then. For real money but no high stake games. Most poker sites on the Internet require an account before you can play using their software, even if you only want to play with play money. PokerTH is an Open Source Texas Holdem Poker game for Windows, [...]

Categories: Entertainment, Games

Stealth Bastard, Free 2D-Stealth PC Game

Game Saturday was yesterday, why on earth are you reviewing another game today? Because it is bloody awesome. Stealth Bastard is a free 2D-stealth game for the PC. It combines elements of the classic Impossible Mission game with stealth elements of games such as Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. When you look at the [...]

Categories: Games

Game Explorer Builder, Add, Delete Game Explorer Games

Are you using Game Explorer under Windows? The feature was introduced in Vista by Microsoft and has been carried over to Windows 7. The purpose of the feature was to provide users with a central hub for all their games. You may know that Microsoft is far away from that goal, as Game Explorer is [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Game Booster 2 Beta Released

Daniel back in April 2009 reviewed the first Game Booster release and came to the conclusion that it reduced some of the performance issues he was experiencing while playing GTA4. The developers of Game Booster have now published a beta version of the upcoming Game Booster 2, and boy have they changed the application. The [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Create A Shortcut To All Installed Games In Windows

Chance is you have some computer games installed on your computer. Even work related PCs have some games installed usually, even if it is only Solitaire or Minesweeper. Those games are usually accessed from the Windows start menu, or individual game shortcuts placed on the computer desktop. Most Windows users do not start games from [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Best free (and open-source) FPS games

Whilst first person shooters are mainly confined to the console, several good FPS games are available for PC. I’m nothing more than a casual gamer but I enjoy shooters and I was surprised by the sheer number available. I use a Mac, so this article will primarily focus on cross-platform shooters. AssaultCube AssaultCube is a [...]

Categories: Games, Open Source

Windows Vista Games

One usability addition to Windows Vista was the so called Windows Game Explorer that would display all installed Windows Vista games in one menu. It would not only display the usual Microsoft games that ship with the Windows operating system but also games installed by the user of the computer system. Previously installing games meant [...]

Categories: Games, Windows

101 freeware games

1up.com released a list of 101 great freeware games all sorted in categories like Arcade, Strategy and Shooters. Every game has a short description about its content and a link to the homepage of the producers. Everything is free to download and play of course, you will need a full priced game like halflife 2 for some mods.

Categories: Entertainment, Games

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