Category Archives: Hacks & Mods

22 Years Later… DOOM co-creator John Romero makes a new level

And it’s awesome. John Romero, one of the main creators of the smash hit 1993 FPS, DOOM by id Software, has released a brand new level for the game for free on social media profiles. The level offers a challenging, yet classic style DOOM level utilizing abstract level design. Romero states that the entire stage was made using assets from the shareware version of Doom, so it … [ Read More... ]

How To Make Your Nintendo Consoles White Again

how to fix yellow snes

If you still have your old SNES and Game Boy, you probably have seen them slowly go from light grey to dingy yellow. That sucks, but hey, there’s a way to clean them up. Check out this gallery on imgur which shows you how to restore the Nintendo relic back to its original color using a peroxide based hair product.

If you have any other tips, feel free to post … [ Read More... ]

Got a crappy computer? Play the original Quake with the Oculus Rift

If you’re like me (and I apologize in advance if you are), you were an early adopter of the awesome Oculus Rift SDK (I don’t apologize for this because it’s incredible). You bought the dev kit for the purpose of research and development. Awesome right? Yeah, until you remembered you’re running a 2009 Macbook Pro with 256mb of VRAM (or similar outdated hardware). Short of the simple (but effective) “Tuscany … [ Read More... ]

Mirror’s Edge gets modded for the Oculus Rift VR HMD

Mirrors Edge Oculus Rift VR Mod

One of the first thoughts of many including some of us here when we saw the Rift was to mod Mirror’s Edge for virtual reality. Well, modder Cymatic Bruce made it a reality and posted his own footage of Mirror’s Edge being played with Oculus’ Rift developers kit.

You can watch 9 minutes of Mirror’s Edge on the Oculus Rift below…

Cymatic Bruce calls it just an experiment, a … [ Read More... ]