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Why I Love Star Wars
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the original Star Wars film. “It’s an epic of heroes and villains and aliens from a thousand worlds,” proclaimed the 1976 trailer. Those words painted the picture of a romantic swashbuckling adventure set in ‘a galaxy far, far away…’; it truly was a mind-bending film that thrived on [...]
Do Consumers Care About 3DTV?
Guest blogger Zuhair of MrTechz writes: Although 3D technology has been around for a long time, it was only a few years ago that 3DTVs first broke onto the scene. Since then, television vendors have been forcefully pushing 3DTVs on consumers and major companies have integrated 3D into most of their television sets. 3DTV sales [...]
Five Ways to Get More Bang for Your Buck on Video Games
LockerGnome reader Andrew Franklin writes: Hey Chris, As much as I love video games, I, like most people, don’t feel like spending all of my money on them. So here are my suggestions for picking out and buying a game that will be worth its possibly hefty price tag and remain enjoyable for some time [...]
How to Make Vocal Audio Sound Better in Audacity
Audacity is a free, open source solution that is widely used in the podcasting world for its versatility and power. It is the closest thing in the open source world to Adobe Audition, a leading audio editing tool used by podcasters and broadcasters around the world to capture, edit, and render audio files. Just because [...]
Is Blogging the Future of Journalism?
Guest blogger Zuhair of MrTechz writes: Statistics show that, in the last five years, print advertisement revenue for American newspapers has declined by nearly 50%. This decline is expected to plunge further in coming years. Since 2010, Web advertising revenue has consistently surpassed print advertisement revenue, bringing in $32 billion last year in comparison to [...]
How to Set Up Your Podcast on iTunes
iTunes is undoubtedly the most popular distribution channel for any podcast. After all, its very namesake is derived from the iPod. Setting your podcast up on iTunes will open your show up to a much larger pool of subscribers than you might find otherwise. That said, iTunes doesn’t actually host or distribute your podcast. You [...]
Top Five YouTube Monetization Tips
So, YouTube has opened monetization up to everyone across 20 different countries. This can be a very profitable venture for so many content creators that have yet to receive the coveted partner or monetization invitation in their inbox. Now, you can start making real money from your videos, regardless of whether or not they attract [...]
Can I Sell My Gamertag?
Many early adopters of Xbox Live came up with some pretty unique and cool gamertags. Over the years, some gamers have auctioned off their gamertags on eBay or sold them on Craigslist to newer gamers — similar to website developers who buy highly sought-after domains on auction. But is this even legal? I recently stumbled [...]
Five Tips on Operating a Game Server
The running or operating of a game server is rarely as easy as setting up the server in the first place. Many games, like Minecraft, have easy server setup software (and, yes, I do count Bukkit as Minecraft’s server software since Bukkit joined the Mojang team a month or so ago). These tips come from [...]
Game Publishers Are Obsolete – So Why Haven’t Developers Ditched Them Yet?
Every day, when I hop onto Reddit and scroll through the various happenings and latest meme implementations, I always expect to see some sort of post regarding Electronic Arts (EA) and how it is an evil publisher that is ruining the games it takes ownership of. I have seen these posts for quite some time [...]
