Some Windows Phone 7 games have limited Xbox Live integration, including Live achievements that add to your Gamerscore. Very commonly (always?), when the game has a trial or demo version, achievements cannot be earned in the demo. However, when you do something in the trial that would earn you a...

In Marathon, the Fusion Pistol bullet and the projectile that the S'pht shoot seem to be pretty similar. Do they have similar damage amounts too? They both seem to be electricity weapons

I need to change spells so Ron can get an animal to go through the tube to get the key. For some reason when i hold Y or press the left and right trigger nothing happens. I'm unable to change the spell and therefore I can't get the key to exit the classroom... I've tried restarting the game, crea...

I gather that getting a legacy in SWTOR bestows a last name on your character. I didn't really realize this when I made my character so the surname I'd like doesn't really fit with my character name. Can I choose to not display my surname (while still, presumably, having a legacy)?

Obviously character names are unique per server, but are legacy surnames as well?

On levels that have Bobs in them, the Bobs frequently get stuck - jammed together in narrow hallways and such, blocking them. On levels such as The Rose (Marathon 1) where your mission is to keep as many from being killed as possible, it's kind of counterproductive to kill the Bobs to get them ou...

There's so much continuity in this game (for example meeting Cicero on the road before you see him at the Dark Brotherhood) that I thought perhaps you might get to meet the character you left Helgen with again (Hadvar or the other guy). Has anyone bumped into them? They don't seem to be in Riverw...

Is there a good way to represent variable terrain using heightfields (or heightmaps) in an ASCII game such as a Roguelike? Thanks!

I'm writing an app for Skyrim which has all the shouts lined up and people can just click on it to hear the shout of their choice. However, I got the shout files the same way modders do, by extracting them from the game files and them editing them to my liking. The app is free so I won't be maki...

My publicist chick and promoter dude are beginning to grate on me after only the first season. Is there a way to get them to QFT so I can race in peace? I can't skip their blabbering with or anything.

I recently got a new computer which has two NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti's. I quickly installed Battlefield 3 and put all the settings on Ultra to see if I could get a better FPS at that quality than I could with my previous GTX 260. There was an improvement, but I can't tell if Battlefield 3 is using both ...

After finishing the shipyards, I wandered back to the beginning of the mine cart track, and discovered I can pay 20 rupees to race against the clock. Is it worth my time? What can I win?

A character in the game told me that I can catch birds with my bug net, for which I'll collect a feather. I have repeatedly tried to follow these instructions. Just before I get close enough to use my net, the birds fly away. What is the best technique for catching birds?

Occasionally, while wandering around various cities, some female NPCs seem prone to flirt with me. They'll say things like "It's a fine day with you around" and such. Is this an indication that they can be married?

The owner of Fun Fun Island is very sad. It appears he has lost his wheel. I'd like to help him out. I suspect it fell somewhere in the Lanayru Desert, the closest surface world. Do I need to go explicitly look for this wheel, or will it turn up in the normal course of my adventuring? (A generic...

Is there a way to see all the contents of a stockpile? I'd like to get an inventory of my Metal Bar stock. I know about the z screen, but that does not break it down by bar type.

Are there any roguelikes that use Action Points like D&D?

How do I choose between the console and PC versions of a game? provides a good summary of the qualities to look for in deciding which platform to play a game on. However, this is rather difficult information to extract most times. Lots of places do separate reviews for console releases, but then ...

My pangea map has a lot of free space for barbarian encampments to spawn. I had been farming them for cash and culture. However, I am not in the 1700s and notice that they are not spawning anymore. Is there a technology I have discovered or have I passed a time line which stops spawning the enca...

I seem to recall in Civ4 there was a keyboard short cut to break workers out of automatic mode. Is there a similar command for civ5?

I've seen the Five Tenets posted on the walls of the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, but the print is faded, smudged, and very small. Has anyone been able to make out what they used to be?

I always just use one bank account for everything, and I haven't noticed any problems. What good can multiple bank accounts be?

When I woke up at night in my room at the Knight Academy, I heard a very unexpected sound coming from the room next door. Investigating, I found Fledge doing push-ups, trying to get stronger. I've helped him twice now, and he's still not satisfied. Will he ever succeed and show some gratitude for...

I know the 3DS has a built in microphone somewhere, because I need to blow into it as part of a Cooking Mama 4 minigame. However. I have no idea where it is, so I just generally blow at the bottom edge of the 3DS. I keep failing the minigame, most likely because I am blowing in the wrong spot. ...

I have seen training dummies and targets all over Skyrim (and Cyridil). Do these practice targets improve your skills when you use them, or is it just for effect?

In the three intro cinematics, there are a couple of recurring characters. Satele Shan, the female Jedi, for instance, and Darth Malgus. A couple of the other characters show up in official art, and in one case, even appears on the game's box. Who is the female, red-headed bounty hunter from th...

A friend and I are starting new characters. We already know which planet each class starts on, but we were wondering what happens after that. Do the higher-level planets continue to cater to the same pairs of classes? Is there a point where all four classes meet up, or the classes swap which pla...

Was watching the Artosis stream and his SC2 copy is Korean to play over there and it has some fairly different menus: What is the extra stuff at the bottom of the Korean SC2 in-game menu?

Here are the specs for my Sony Vaio Z13: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5-460M RAM Capacity: 4.00GB Graphics: Intel HD graphics / Nvidia GeForce G330M Graphics card RAM: 1.00GB Thanks and Merry Christmas.

In Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic, I've noticed that sometimes after completing a recipe I get a gold star, and if I get a total of three (over time, not all at once), I get a reward (usually a custom item for either Mama to wear, or something to change the look of my kitchen). What can I do to m...

When playing 1v1 on maps with 4 (or more) starting locations how do I know if any of the starting locations are disabled for 1v1?

Killing Floor's DLC currently consists of a half-dozen "character packs". However, the game's and packs' pages on Steam don't appear to describe what significance, if any, your choice of character makes. Do the DLC characters have any distinction from the default characters in game terms, or ar...

I'm a leftie playing COD games for a while. However, I never managed to find the "perfect" keyboard/mouse layout ! I got a razer lachesis mouse that I use left hand, with shoot, aim, prone and crouch mapped to the mouse buttons, then all the rest on the keyboard keys : o,l,k,";" for moving, sh...

I've been trying to install Skyrim with the store bought DVD, but because I can't log on to my newly created Steam account, I can't install it. I've been trying to find a solution online, but no luck so far. I've sent a message to the Steam support, which hopefully will provide an answer. Righ...

I found Curly's panties, and got a secret achievement. Checking the global achievements page, I discovered there are a lot of other hidden achievements that have no descriptions. What are these achievements and how do I get them?

SPOILERS AHEAD DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU FINISHED THE GAME So, I have brought 3 followers to the blades I then was asked to kill a certain dragon. If I don't kill this dragon, the blades no longer speak to me. I've finished the main story line. At this point, do I gain anything from killing the d...

I am curious why I get a message saying dragon souls are required to unlock shout however I currently have 5, how many drangon souls are required to unlock a shouts?

I've heard rumors that if you keep Vette's shock collar on, and shock her every chance you get, then she will eventually become twisted and start to prefer the dark side dialogue choices that she normally dislikes. Can anyone confirm if this is true? In my case, I've gotten to the point where I...

Which Zerg units would be good to counter that Protoss group?

I have recently been slaying dragons in Skyrim, and I keep finding Dragon Bones and Scales. However, I have so far been unsuccessful in finding out what to do with them. I can't sell them for some reason.

I remember playing this game when I was young on the NES, but I cannot find it anywhere to enjoy this game again. It was a space shooter, side scroller from left to right (the ship I mean), and this ship was somewhat especial because it could switch between a normal spaceship, a human (mecha I s...

I'm already stuck with the glitch Repairing the White Phial I've now got a further problem in that I have picked up the Red Eagle sword again by mistake having already completed that quest but now I can't drop the sword as it says it is a quest item. I have enough inventory space taken up by br...

I know that in general, a higher affection score raises the chance for a successful crew skill check and reduces the time to completion, but what I'm looking for here is hard numbers so I can decide whether or not buying a bunch of gifts to raise my companion's affection is worth it to me? What ...

On reaching level 20, I was advised to 'start saving up' for Speeder training by a tutorial popup. And looking at my class skill trainer, high level abilities cost... well, they cost what seems to be an astounding amount of money to my low level self. What's the most efficient way to earn lots o...

So, Presence as a stat, is defined as raising your companions health and damage/healing output. Awesome! A stat just for soloing, that's pretty handy. And, using a +Presence stim, I see that, yes, my companion has just gained a bunch of health. Nifty. But +Presence can also be found on/added to ...

I understand that leveling your character unlocks new special and super arts in Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. However, what I don't understand is how to level these special and super arts once I've obtained them. After leveling one of them with a character I thought it might be based upon how ...