12 Legitimate Reasons to Hack Your Console

12 Legitimate Reasons to Hack Your Console

According to most game companies, software piracy is very black and white. In this article, we analyze the pros and cons of hacking your console, and provide twelve legitimate reasons to do so.

Tips When Calling Game Phone Support

Tips When Calling Game Phone Support

OIOpublisher As a representative of one of the largest video game makers in the world, I am on the telephone with the good people of the United States to help them get their problems resolved.  I would like to say that most of the time these calls are clear and straightforward, but sadly they are not.  [...]

Western Digital MyPassport 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Western Digital MyPassport 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Western Digital’s MyPassport 1TB hard drive could be the answer you’re looking for. Not only does it offer a ton of storage, but comes in a small form factor and is equipped with USB 3.0 technology.

Most Read Articles of the Past Decade

Most Read Articles of the Past Decade

While we get a lot of traffic from articles about heatsinks, cases, motherboards and other PC hardware, there are just some articles that just shoot past all of the others and really stand out. Listed here are the most popular OCModShop articles from the past decade.

OCModShop’s 10 Year Anniversary

OCModShop’s 10 Year Anniversary

Fast-forward to today and the industry has changed quite a bit. The cool custom projects that were originally created by a handful of hardware enthusiasts are now created en-masse by several different manufacturers.


Hardware Reviews

Western Digital MyPassport 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Western Digital MyPassport 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Western Digital’s MyPassport 1TB hard drive could be the answer you’re looking for. Not only does it offer a ton of storage, but comes in a small form factor and is equipped with USB 3.0 technology.

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Articles

12 Legitimate Reasons to Hack Your Console

12 Legitimate Reasons to Hack Your Console

According to most game companies, software piracy is very black and white. In this article, we analyze the pros and cons of hacking your console, and provide twelve legitimate reasons to do so.

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Games

F.E.A.R. 3 Review

F.E.A.R. 3 Review

Supernatural horror fans are in for one frantic thrill ride with the release of F.E.A.R. 3 from Warner Bros. interactive. The game returns the original games protagonist the Point Man to the series as his absence was severely missed in the previous game. The game takes place approximately 9 months after the events of F.E.A.R [...]

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Tutorials

Manage Electricity Costs During the Holidays

Manage Electricity Costs During the Holidays

The same holds true with electricity, which are a bit like icebergs: it’s what you DON’T see that can kill you. Most people have no idea exactly how much electricity they use, even when the monthly bill comes.

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Recent Articles

12 Legitimate Reasons to Hack Your Console

12 Legitimate Reasons to Hack Your Console

According to most game companies, software piracy is very black and white. In this article, we analyze the pros and cons of hacking your console, and provide twelve legitimate reasons to do so.

Tips When Calling Game Phone Support

Tips When Calling Game Phone Support

As a representative of one of the largest video game makers in the world, I am on the telephone with the good people of the United States to help them get their problems resolved.  I would like to say that most of the time these calls are clear and straightforward, but sadly they are not.  We [...]

Western Digital MyPassport 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Western Digital MyPassport 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Western Digital’s MyPassport 1TB hard drive could be the answer you’re looking for. Not only does it offer a ton of storage, but comes in a small form factor and is equipped with USB 3.0 technology.

Most Read Articles of the Past Decade

Most Read Articles of the Past Decade

While we get a lot of traffic from articles about heatsinks, cases, motherboards and other PC hardware, there are just some articles that just shoot past all of the others and really stand out. Listed here are the most popular OCModShop articles from the past decade.

OCModShop’s 10 Year Anniversary

OCModShop’s 10 Year Anniversary

Fast-forward to today and the industry has changed quite a bit. The cool custom projects that were originally created by a handful of hardware enthusiasts are now created en-masse by several different manufacturers.

Manage Electricity Costs During the Holidays

Manage Electricity Costs During the Holidays

The same holds true with electricity, which are a bit like icebergs: it’s what you DON’T see that can kill you. Most people have no idea exactly how much electricity they use, even when the monthly bill comes.

Logitech Repair Policy Change

Logitech Repair Policy Change

Over a year ago, we reviewed an exciting Logitech PC gaming product, the Logitech G930 Wireless Gaming Headset (reviewed here).  As noted in the article, our review unit came with a broken LED light on the microphone.  I decided to get this repaired while the headset was still under warranty, so I called the tech [...]

Fix: Sothink DHTML Menu Not Showing Preview

Fix: Sothink DHTML Menu Not Showing Preview

As a web developer, I use Sothink’s DHTML Menu creator as a valuable tool.  Why reinvent the wheel if you don’t have to, right? Unfortunately I came across a weird problem when installing their latest version on Windows 7.  Saved templates will not show up in a preview: in the preview area or in the [...]

Winning the 2012 Console War

Winning the 2012 Console War

There’s been a lot of talk recently about the three major console manufacturers announcing their next generations of consoles in 2012. Nintendo has already beaten their competition to the punch by announcing Wii U at this year’s E3 convention. Rather than speculate on what the consoles will and will not have I decided to look [...]

Type Special Characters Using Only a Keyboard

Type Special Characters Using Only a Keyboard

In today’s computing world, there are a lot of special symbols and characters in use that just cannot fit onto a standard keyboard.   Even as a hardware reviewer, I find myself consistently using the degree, one-half, one-quarter, copyright, and registered symbols on a regular basis.  Many others have to use accented characters, such as when [...]