Instead of just playing with basketballs, you can compete with your friends using a variety of different balls which will directly influence the game play.

Furthermore, there are challenge mode such as H.O.R.S.E mode which you can play against other online players, or have some fun with AI. For those of you who have never H.O.R.S.E before, basically your objective is to collect the five letters, H.O.R.S.E. by making highly difficult trick shots that are made to force the other person miss. The AI seems to be a bit out of sync as they don’t seem to shoot the ball before time expired, & we do hope that the producer will find a way to fix it soon.

In H.O.R.S.E, player #1 can choose to shoot from anywhere on the court. If the shot goes into the basket, player #2 must take the shot from the same position. If player #2 misses, he/she receives the first “letter” from the word “horse”, “H”. However, if player #2 makes the shot, no letter will be given to either player, and now it’s player #2′s turn to make the decision as to where he/she can launch the new shot.

For classic mode, you will be shooting basketball just like in a normal game, & for each game that you have finished, you will earn coins which can be used to buy addons such as extra planes, which will give you double coins for each shot that you made.

Verditc : This game is skippable, nothing fancy.

While it can be play on iPhone, please do us a favour by playing it on an iPad. Really, the sound system & the sheer quality of the gameplay should be enjoyed on a tablet rather than on a phone. Plug your device to an external speaker & enjoy the high quality sound of the characters dialogue with your enemies.

You will be playing as a warrior who’s given the responsibility to set the denizens free from a land intruded by a deformed tyrant. Since you’re starting from zero, you will be defeated easily by the level 50 God King. Two decades later, you strive to take revenge for your father, who arrives at the castle dressed in father’s armor and has taken all the experience from your ancestor’s battle. You’ll be fighting through different enemies, ranging from trolls, warriors & other guys in one-on-one battle before reaching the final boss.

Verdict : While it promotes redundancy based on it’s gameplay, the amazing graphic & sound effect takes gaming to a new level, & it challenges the iOS to perform at its best.

The developer, Mountain Sheep has designed 40+ levels that range in difficulty from easy to virtually impossible. In other words, you can finish the game with your eyes closed or you will get frustrated for repeating the same movement over and over again. The aim of the game is simple – you have to get your biker to cross the finish line. All the levels are all short, and for those who’re struggling to finish the game, there are multiple checkpoints that you can reach along the level to avoid starting all over again.

Bike Baron comes from the cartoon school of physics. Levels are designed with a certain wackiness, with huge jumps, loops and explosions. But the Baron is slightly more realistic in design. Like most people, he’s vulnerable to hitting his head, blowing up, smacking into ledges or crushing himself under his bike. Honestly, if you’re going to participate in this kind of extreme biking, you really ought to be made of hardier stock.

Having your character upside down is normal. It only takes a few levels to reach a point where excessive precision is required. Jumping at the wrong time & you will have to start from previous checkpoint. Heck, a small tilt to the back will left you cringing to your iPhone & shouting for help.

From a gamer’s point of view this game be either challenging or frustrating (Depends on how you define it). Falling over and over again is a common sign, & while the sound & artwork is a pleasure to look at, I doubt if you will want to stare at it for a whole day.

Once you have finished a level, you get to have a detailed view of the statistics screen that shows how many times you’ve won or died.

To unlock a new level, all you have to do is to finish the current level. At first it’s easy to get one, but soon you will have to complete a certain stunt before you can unlock a new level. For casual gamers this can be a minor annoyance, but for those perfectionists, it’s not an easy task to finish it within time limit while collecting all the golden coins & without involve in any accident. With up to three stars to be earned each level, the replay value of the game is high, provided that you’re motivated enough to play it over and over again.

Verdict: It’s not the type of difficulty that suits everyone’s preference, but if you love challenging yourself to the limit, then this game is definitely for you.

The graphic is a step above from the ordinary design – Swampy himself has a wonderful emotion and always appears to be active. While Swampy is the only character that you will see in each level, it doesn’t affect the gameplay at all, as it uses physics carefully to thread the game together, just like Cut The Rope.

The basic water-directing gameplay might get old eventually, but through tricky puzzle design Walaber has take this game to a whole new level by implementing unique features such as acid water which sinks into dirt, water-activated switches that will trigger special functions, and many more. This gameplay is certainly not new, but for those who loves physics type of game, this should be included in your must have list.

The only way to keep these monsters happy is to swipe the floor to feed them, & there will be new floors dropping from the top to form a new level, and that’s only control of the game.

After you swipe each floor to a side, you can put three (or more) floors of the same color together to score a combo. Succeed for the first time & you will get a bronze floor. Once you have three bronzes together, it will be converted into silver. Three silvers will become a gold and finally three golds make a diamond.

Each combo will trigger a special power, and each of them will help you in keeping your tower organized. Duration of each power will be based on the colour of the combo.

Verdict : Monsters Ate My Condo is a clever game. Feeding the monster might keep them happy but you will miss out on scoring a combo, and swiping the floor away will make them angry but then again you can get huge points from matching the same colour. You need to use your mind to think & concentrate on which move is best to reach your goal, & to make something so challenging & fun at the same time is what makes this game so exciting.

The VLC player, which stands for VideoLAN Client player, is one of the most popular video players in the market. It can play most video files regardless of formats. For Windows user, this is definitely a good news as it is a better replacement for Windows Media Player and most of all, it’s free.

The VLC player can be easily recognized with an orange traffic cone logo. However, it does come with a minor annoyance, and in this case, it is the Font Cache dialog window, which pops up every time when you start to use the player. It can be a bit irritating especially if you have to click the cancel button every time you are watching a video.

So, what exactly is a font cache and how to disable it?

What is a font cache?

When watching movies, there are several occasions when different font styles are used in the movies. To help solving the problem, the VLC Building font cache window pops out every time because it can make the subtitles to become clearer on your screen. So VLC developers have created a font fig that contains a list of all the fonts available in this world.

How to get rid of the font cache

Removing the building font cache is easy and can be done in just a few steps. You just need to complete the following instructions to disable the building font cache window:

1. Open the VLC player by clicking on the traffic cone icon. From the Tools Menu selection, click preferences.

2. On the lower left part of the window you can see a check box labeled as All. Click the tiny box beside it.

3. Click on the expand video tab on the left side of the window and select the subtitles/OSD option.

4. On the right side of the same window you will see the drop down menu. Click on Dummy font rendering functions.

5. After that, its time to check if the video is working properly. Re-open the VLC player by clicking on the traffic cone icon. Play the video or movie with subtitles, and as you will notice the Building Font Cache dialog box will not appear anymore.

Voila! No more annoying pop-ups at the welcome screen.

Your computer will automatically generate a disk queue length when you switch on your computer. In general, the disk queue length of a computer can affect its performance, because this is basically the list of tasks that your computer has to accomplish. In this article we will tell you what exactly is an average disk queue length and what it does to your computer.

An average disk queue length tracks the number of requests or activities you do during an interval. Let’s say you want to open a program, following by an Internet browser, and then go on Skype to chat with your families. Your computer will put all these tasks in a queue, and the performance of your computer will depend solely on how your computer handles them. For a single disk system, the moment you run two requests simultaneously, your computer might lag or slow down when processing the requests. This is the time when your computer is telling you he can only handle one request at a time.

When your computer indicates a high average disk queue length, it means you have gone past what your computer can handle. A simple way of getting things back to normal is to cancel some non-critical and unnecessary programs and try doing them after you have finish one task. Most of the time, closing some programs, and cancelling some requests can speed up your computer and get it back to its normal speed.

Before using your computer, you should put into consideration how and what you are going to use it for. Make sure you know the specs of the computer by looking for it in your Control Panel. Older models tend to be inflexible with disk queue length and slow down faster when there are more than two tasks done at the same time. These computers are not built for multitasking purpose and are basically used for typing and other simple computer tasks only.

So what are the other alternatives you can use to prevent and fix a high average queue length? It’s easy, you just have to reconfigure your computer. If you find that your computer is having a hard time catching up then add more RAM to it. Computers with higher RAM tend to work flawlessly for people who prefer multitasking. You can also add more disks to your computer.

Another trick is to simply monitor your queue and be a little cautious when working. Look out for those programs that use up a lot of memory and avoid using those programs if they are not necessary.

To sum it up, the performance of a computer depends on the disk queue length. To avoid lagging or hanging, one should always close the programs they are not using, and if you have a deep pocket, add in extra arsenals such as RAMs or disks.

Don’t you hate it when you computer starts to move slowly? I mean, looking at the blue circle icon going round and round isn’t fun, especially when you have splash out lots of money or you are working on something to meet the deadline.

I own a Mac for about 2 years and so far, I have yet to experience any problems (Unlike Microsoft which I have formatted twice during this period) but most people don’t have the budget to spend on a better computer, so if you are one of them, then read on as the following tips may help you in fixing a slow computer.

There are a couple of reasons that make your computer load slowly, & those are:

1. Spyware and Viruses.

This is the number one culprit and the most common problem users are facing nowadays. If you like to download torrents or other illegal stuffs from unknown websites, you are likely to become a victim of spywares and computer viruses. Downloading antivirus can help you to solve the problem. Most of the antivirus programs offer a 30-day free trial, so you can try them before deciding whether to purchase them.

2. Junk items.

If you have been using your computer for quite some time, you will definitely see some unwanted files such as cache files, cookies, and other unnecessary components that clog up your system. Most of the time users don’t even notice the existence of these files.

3. Unwanted applications and pop-ups.

Programs and applications can also cause a computer to slow down. Check your system, and see if you have any applications that you forgot to uninstall. Disallowing auto pop-ups can also solve the problem.

Now that you know the reasons why a computer is not performing as fast as it should be, it’s time to learn how to improve the performance, or better, to its original state. Here are a few tips to speed it up:

1. Eliminate viruses.

Once you have downloaded antivirus software, schedule an autoscan every week to prevent your computer from being infected. Look out for the warning sign when you want to download from an unknown source, read reviews of the websites that you are downloading from and if you can afford it, pay for a antivirus package as they can provide a detailed scan of your computer. If you have several family members in your house you can consider purchasing multiple users license as it’s cheaper comparing with an individual license.

2. Delete files.

Once a month, clear up those temporary folders as you will not be needing them in the future. To clear up those files,

3. Uninstall.

If you have files that you won’t use anymore, simply head to Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Programs and Features. Select a program, and then click Uninstall.

If the tips above can’t solve your problem, you might want to consider formatting your computer but make sure you backup your files before proceeding! Still not working? Then the only 2 options left are either upgrading your RAM or buying a new computer.

Funky club beats are becoming more and more common these days. Notice how many singers nowadays who don’t really sing but instead mixing their music with a robotic tune? Yeah that’s what you call an autotune.

What is autotune?

Autotuning is a technique used by hip-hop, rap and pop artists all over the world. It is mainly use to correct the pitch, cover up the flat and out of tune notes and make it seem that it is totally in sync.

But most artists purposely distort the music to create a robotic tune. Although this is already considered common in the music industry, many artists still protest and request that autotuning be banned from the industry. Why? Because many artists have abused it and try to release their own music even though their voices suck. Many audiences feel cheated when they realized that those singers can’t even sing a right pitch in a concert and they feel like their hard-earned money have been thrown into the sea. (Even Jay-Z want it dead right now).

Ok so I am not an advocate of autotune myself, but I am curious to try just how autotune can correct my pitches (I suck at singing btw).

How does one do autotuning?

You might think that autotune requires a PhD but in fact it’s relatively easy to do so. There are plenty of plugins and softwares that can be used to create professional music just like the pros.

Ready? Here we go:

1. Download autotune programs such as Antares Autotune, Wavepad, Aurdacity, or Waveosaur. After that, set up your microphone so that you can record your voice directly onto the computer.

2. Depends on the program you are using, you might want to alter some of the settings and change the tune to whatever pitch you want it to be.

3. Now you can go on and record your own song using the microphone and replay it to see if there are any off beat parts. Using autotune does not mean that you have to be out of tune. You can actually sing just like normal and just tweak any parts that you feel not good enough. Otherwise, you can download any sample songs from the internet to skip this step.

There are 2 things that you need to know :

a. Pitch is the note you are playing.

b. Pitch modulation – You can raise or lower the pitch to make it sound more robotic. It’s basically a process of manipulating the original pitch.

Unfortunately most of the autotune programs are relatively expensive, and trial often does not come with full features, so unless you really can’t sing well I would suggest you to spend that money hiring a music teacher

There’s only one movement in the whole game, & that’s moving forward. When no button is pressed, your character will be standing & spinning on the spot, so you will have to wait for the right moment to make sure you singer is moving towards that direction. Each game can fit up to 4 players, which makes up for a perfect multiplayer game.

This game is best played on an iPad, but you can enjoy it on an iPhone as well. There’s no way to control AI’s difficulty, so you might find the game easy to beat after quite some while.

Verdict: King of Opera is available for only $0.99, and it’s a great way to spend your wonderful weekend with your friends and family.