PC applications that every gamer should havedoiop.com/mustPlayJoystiq.com did an excellent feature all about software and resources that will help you improve your PC gaming experience. Check the heat it out. Although a lot of the stuff in the list are for multiplayer gaming only, there are also a couple of software that will surely be very useful for normal PC gaming.
FRAPSfraps.comFrom the list mentioned above, I give you FRAPS! There are three main things that this versatile application can do. As the guys over Joystiq.com puts it: “it can display the framerate of pretty much every DirectX and OpenGL game out there. It also features an excellent screen capture feature that’s light years ahead of Window’s awful “print screen” function. It’ll automatically create a jpeg on your desktop - that’s named and time-stamped. Finally, its best feature: real-time video capture! FRAPS is the application to use if you have machinima (movies or comics created using gameplay video or screenshots) aspirations.”
Powers of Tendoiop.com/powers10The “Powers of Ten” explores the relative size of things from the microscopic to the cosmic. The 1977 film travels from an aerial view of a man in a Chicago park to the outer limits of the universe directly above him and back down into the microscopic world contained in the man's hand. Originally made for the Chicago Museum of science and industry. Awesome.
Amazing pictures of coffeedoiop.com/latteArtWho knew coffee could be used for art. Amazing stuff.
Grand Theft Legodoiop.com/LegoGTAThe most ingenious use of stop motion animation ever. Check out what happens when Grand Theft Auto meets LEGO. Awesome video.
2005 SCUBA Photo Contest Winnersdoiop.com/scubaPhotos
Some very cool photos...Macros, Wide-angles, Wrecks, and a bunch more. I especially like the huge Stingray (2nd place wide-angle), the eel (or whatever it is) with a fish in its mouth, and the 3rd place wide-angle shot. There sure are some bizarre creatures underwater!
The worst movies of the yeardoiop.com/shittyMoviesRottentomatoes.com put together a list of the worst movies that came out this year. Doom is on the list, you know.
Meteor Impact Cratershttp://doiop.com/EarthCratersSome of these craters in the Earth are massive, and many people don't even realize they're there.
Huge collection of old propagandadoiop.com/OldPropogandaThis website has over 200 propaganda posters from the 20th century. Remember, "If you are giving it up, you are going steady with Hitler!"
Silent-Bobsilent-bob.de/en/This free program named Silent-Bob records all incoming audio through the soundcard so that if you suddenly decide you want to record something; Silent-Bob is two steps ahead of you. It has already started the recording 2 minutes earlier. Neat. But it could slow down your PC a bit win when it is running.
List of free file hostsdoiop.com/freehostNeed some please place to post host some of your clients files? Check out these free file hosts. Big list, maybe 70 entries with details like max filesize, registration, bandwidth limits, space limits, file restrictions etc.
EvilLyricsevillabs.sk/evillyricsEvilLyrics is a free lyrics fetching program designed for use with most popular music players (iTunes, Winamp, WMP, etc.). In addition to displaying lyrics of the song currently playing (which it handles very well), the program also has a cool karaoke mode that highlights lyrics line-by-line. And if karaoke isn't available for your song, it's easy to create your own karaoke timings. The karaoke mode works well, and in all it's a nice addition to your digital music experience. It's not the slickest interface available, but it does the job very well. 600 KB, and needs to go online to search for the lyrics.
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