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Many LAN games have been released over the years and have become increasingly popular thanks to its wide-variety of gameplay styles and its awesome multiplayer. LAN gaming is all about fun, whether your into FPS's, RPG's or even RTS's. It's a fun way to connect with your friends and have a blast! Here are some of the most awesome titles within the last decade:

10. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory - 2 Player LAN (Campaign) - 2005

The Holy Grail of all stealth games, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory offers many gamers new and intuitive ways to pinpoint and take out your enemies with cutting-edge stealth mechanics and a wide range of weapons. The graphics have been tweaked with an option to select your own shader model.

9. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - 4 Player LAN (Campaign or Multiplayer) - 2009One of the hardest and most demanding games of all time and probably one of the best tactical shooters I've played in a long time, Operation Flashpoint delivers in every aspect. Amazing graphics and a compelling story. It is extremely fun with friends over LAN and can get quite difficult at times especially the third mission of the game. For every tactical shooter or FPS fan, you guys should definitely check this out!

8. Call of Duty World at War - 4 Player LAN (Campaign or Multiplayer) - 2008

Call of Duty World at War includes similar multiplayer elements and experiences to Call of Duty 4, but with many tweaks. For the first time in Call of Duty history, players get to experience campaign mode with their friends on LAN. They also have incorporated a Nazi Zombie mode which consists of battling through endless waves of zombies, becoming more and more difficult every round.

7. Titan Quest - 4 Player LAN (Campaign) - 2006

Another great diablo-esque kind of game featuring 4 players over LAN. Hours of fun and an overall great story. Borrowing many elements from Diablo, like clicking-to-move, battling creatures and collecting loot. It features many unusual yet cool-looking creatures to fight like horsemen or boars.

6. Left 4 Dead 2 - 4 Player LAN (Campaign or Multiplayer) - 2009

One of the most popular games in its class, Left 4 Dead 2 contains all the ingredients of fun: Zombies-CHECK badass weapons-CHECK Funny characters-CHECK
New revamped weapons and an endless amount of zombies make this game what it is: a mindless fun experience.

5. Borderlands - 4 Player LAN (Campaign) - 2009

What would happen if an FPS and an RPG gamer had a baby? They'd probably make Borderlands, bringing to you all of the great RPG elements like collecting loot, upgrading your weapons and completing quests and FPS elements like shooting down your enemies using a wide range of weapons to fit everyone's specialty. An epic campaign and three massive expansions will have you playing for days on end. Overall a great multiplayer experience. Oh ya by the way, it contains over 1000 different kinds of weapons!!!

4. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - 4 Player LAN (4-Player Terrorist Hunt and 2-Player Campaign) - 2008
Vegas 2 offers many of the same fun aspects as the first game but with a little more weapons, an even more gripping story and an overall epic multiplayer experience. The graphics have been highly improved. The enemy AI are top notch. They maneuver according to what you're doing and know when to take the first strike. It'll have you playing for hours!

3. Left 4 Dead - 4 Player LAN (Campaign or Multiplayer) - 2008

What an awesome game this is; way better than the second. It contains less weapons than the second one but offers even more, such as a better multiplayer experience, better characters and epic campaigns. There's just so much variety in this game... This is a must buy for everyone!

2. Diablo II - 8 Player LAN (Campaign) - 2000

The king of all RPG games and the sequel to Blizzard's 1996 title, Diablo, Diablo 2 brings friends closer by offering many of the same rpg elements we have today. The game is known to be the father of the RPG genre, having brought to us the abilities to collect loot and hack n slash our way to epic boss fights. The enemies consists of zombies, skeletons and many other fantasy creatures. Diablo II was made specifically for online gaming. It is probably the best game ever created by many die-hard fans. We just can't wait for Diablo III!

1. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - 16 Player LAN - 2001 (Original) 2009 (HD Version)Serious Sam games have always delivered in online gaming. It features probably the most epic and gigantic enemies and bosses known to man and contains a huge amount of extraordinary weapons. It's a very unique game in its class and is widely known as the funnest game of all time. We sure as hell don't have a problem calling it that!

Hope you guys learn a thing or two!

Cheers!

Unleash7 Team

Internet Explorer is probably the most known browser in the world, generally because it comes packaged with every Windows OS. These past 2 years have been very crucial to IE due to its poor interface ans slow speeds, having many users switch to more comprehensive browser such as Firefox or Google Chrome. One of the new features in Windows 7 is to disable Internet Explorer from your PC. Here's how to do so:

1. Open up Start, Control Panel, Programs
2. In Programs, under Programs and Features, click on Turn Windows Features On or Off
3. In the list, uncheck Internet Explorer

That's it!

Cheers!

TechWiz

ReadyBoost is a feature implemented in Vista and in Windows 7 as well to simply speed up your PC. It uses your USB Drives, SD Cards and even flash memory as a disk cache which also helps saving up RAM space. This feature is strongly recommended for those who have 512Mb to 1Gb of RAM. You won't see a big difference in performance if you have more than 2Gb.

All you need to get started is a USB flash drive holding more than 512Mb of space (256Mb MINIMUM) and must have an access time of 1ms or less.

Here's how to set it up:

1. Plug your USB drive in the USB Slot on your pc
2. Go to Start, Computer, right-click your device and select Properties
3. Click on the ReadyBoost Tab
4. Check Dedicate This Device To ReadyBoost

*If you cannot see this tab, then your usb flash drive isn't supported

Hope this helps!

TechWiz

Disabling Autoexec.bat Parsing

By default, Windows parses autoexec.bat on startup. This is not necessary as it slows down your computer's boot time. Here's how to disable it and save a few seconds off your boot.

1. Navigate to Start, Run, then type Regedit
2. Then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Winlogon
3. Click on the Winlogon folder key and look to the right. You will see something called ParseAutoexec. Simply Right-Click it, select Modify and set the Value Data to 0

Disabling Windows Sounds

Yes, it might seem a bit weird, but it does work. Saved about 3 seconds off my boot time. If you don't care about windows sounds follow these steps:

1. Go to Start, Control Panel, Hardware And Sound, then Sound
2. Click on the Sounds tab
3. In Sound Scheme, select No Sounds

BOOM YOU'RE DONE!

Cheers!

TechWiz