In X-Com: UFO Defense / UFO: Enemy Unknown (1994), I regularly lose half my squad to an alien grenade on round 1. The timer is set to zero so I can't flee, and aliens have thrown a grenade even after I put a smoke grenade at the bottom of the Skyranger's ramp. I'm also concerned that they might t...

In X-Com (the 1994 original, not the new game), you start with some heavy cannons and and an auto-cannon. Are either of these weapons still tactically advantageous in any situation once you've got enough laser rifles to equip your whole squad?

As the title says. I'm currently using a 2-hander build with Wave of Light, but having just sold a very nice amulet for 220m gold, I'm looking to convert to a dual-wield SW build like all the cool kids are using. For reference, right now my weapon is a 1500 LOH, 5.4% LS 2h sword and I'm doing MP...

I have no tool gun in the game garrys mod, I did do the impulse 101 cheat and got my phys gun (and all the others), but still no tool gun. Does anyone know know a quick fix for this?

I'm developing a game for Android. For the purpose of this question lets assume please that I have a sprite of red ball moving in space over some background of whatever. I have a PNG file which I use to draw my background and a PNG file which I use to draw my ball over the background. Problem is ...

In Halo 4 matchmaking (War Games), I have occasionally seen an enemy on the minimap get a red radar-like blink, with an accompanying noise. I'm assuming this is a "spot," a la the Battlefield series. Am I correct? If so, how do I spot enemies?

Whenever I advance my front-line soldiers into new territory, there's a chance of discovering aliens there. I keep trying different movement order, but can never seem to decide: Should I advance them in the start of the turn, so my other soldiers have a chance to take actions against the aliens...

I have an NTSC Xbox 360; I want to know if I can play a PAL Halo 4 on it. Since the game is new, I would like to know if anyone else has tried this.

I've found some sort of weird claw thing underground that looks like this When I hit it with a hammer it does 48 damage to me, nothing else seems to have any effect. What is it and does it have any use?

In each installment of the previous Halo games, skulls have been hidden as Easter eggs to unlock special abilities or more challenging game modes? What are all of the skulls for Halo 4, and where are they located?

Previous installments in the series always featured a special Easter egg ending when completing the game on Legendary difficulty. Does Halo 4 feature such an ending? If so, what are the requirements I must complete in order to see it?

I see that when you reach rank 50 you can begin to unlock "support upgrades" via "armor specializations". It will be a while before I get to that rank, but since I will need to make a choice I'd like to have my decision made ahead of time (instead of stopping matchmaking to do research *gasp*). ...

There's a few pick up pods lying around from my latest confrontation, but all my ships are fully staffed! Do I have to leave these potential goons behind? They're dying to become pirates (literally) and, unlike rez, excess crew won't be ejected automatically for beacons to pickup.

What's the safest way to construct minecart tracks so that they can be used during night-time without mobs ever getting on the tracks and stopping you?

I recently discovered that die2nite works fine on my mobile device (Android 4.0 tablet), except for the map! This unfortunate discovery resulted in a gruesome demise as I was unable to able back to town even with adequate action points. I checked out the mobile site (Anthrax) but it seems to be...

In Minecraft 1.4.2, multiplayer, I get the following error: If I place a map in an item frame and use a new map, the old map in the item frame gets blanked, thus making it impossible to use multiple maps. Is there any bugfix for this?

I see cool looking structures underwater sometimes but I never find it worthwhile to try and investigate them - it's dark and I can barely get to the bottom before I need oxygen. Is it even worth exploring underwater? If it is, what are some effective strategies for doing so?