Hosting an Online Game Night
If you’ve never hosted or joined an online game night before, then this post will get you started - if it’s old hat for you, then maybe you’ll find a few new tips!...
Toxicity in Online Gaming
Kindness is free, people.
Sneak-peek at NEW WindowBlinds skins
WindowBlinds allows you to customize the look and feel of your taskbar, window frames, and more. You can make your desktop look unique by choosing from several different styles and skins and adjusting them to suit your personal tastes.
Stressed Out? Play Your Comfort Game
Everyone has different ideas of what is comforting to them during times of turbulence, and I think gamers are no different.
DeskScapes 11: How to Make a Background Playlist
In the newest version of our popular customization app, you can set different backgrounds - both animated and static - to a playlist that will cycle in and out at intervals of your choice.
DeskScapes 11: The Dream Maker Pro Tool
Let’s take a look at how to make an animated background - called a Dream - for DeskScapes together!...
DeskScapes 11: A Guided Tour
DeskScapes is a program designed to make it easy to have really cool Windows desktop backgrounds. It doesn’t just manage wallpapers - it integrates native animated wallpaper support into Windows.
Are you a streamer? We have some software that can help!
Because streaming is something I do often in both my work and home life, I’ve picked up a few tricks and things that help my experience run smoothly for both myself and my viewers. Specifically, a few pieces of software that make my life a lot easier - let’s take a look at them!...
Genres in Gaming: RPGs
An RPG is a story-driven game that places the player in the position of the main protagonist, either via a first or third person lens.
Spring Cleaning for your Windows PC
Even if you already have an organizational system in place, the occasional “spring cleaning” is still called for - let’s take a look at what can help with that!...
Stardock's Virtual Trivia Night
A couple Fridays ago, we hosted an online trivia night using Discord. We offered a $20 Amazon gift card as a prize, worked on the honor system that no one would use Google (or any other search engine, for you loop-hole searchers!), and had a grand old time. I teamed up with Raeann, our awesome admin...
It’s April Fools’ Day! Let’s talk origins and great geeky pranks
I absolutely love a good joke.
A Tour of Multiplicity KVM
There are a few pretty big differences between the KM and KVM versions of Multiplicity. KM is great, but what if you’re a user who has more than 2 PCs they’d like to connect and wants to make use of the other options? KVM has you covered.
Customizing Start10 Searches
A feature I haven’t used too much until recently is filtering my searches. In order to do this, you want to first make sure to go into the Start10 configuration and set the “Show search filtering icons” is on.
Fandom and Collections - Old School Collector's Editions
Let's talk about shiny collector's editions for games!...
A Dive into Classic Stardock Software - Part 2
Let's take a look at the classic software programs Desktop X, Logon Studio, and RightClick!...
STOP: Is this legit? Don't Fall for Steam Scams!
Apparently, this scam isn’t really all that new, but it reared its ugly head this weekend.
Genres in Gaming: Story versus Immersion
To discuss the idea of immersion, I want to turn primarily to sandbox games. More specifically, I’d like to focus on strategy sandboxes like Galactic Civilizations III, Stellaris, Civilization, and so on.
A Dive into Classic Stardock Software - Part 1
We are always adapting and updating our programs to better serve all of you and keep up with the world and technology as it changes. But, sometimes, a product outlives its usefulness and becomes discontinued. We’re going to take a look at a few of Stardock’s today!...
Let's take a look at Tiles 2.0!
It's already been an exciting year for Stardock software - and it's only February! We are working on DeskScapes 11 still (you can see some previews and walkthroughs), but today I’d like to focus on our newly released beta for Tiles - what’s already there, and also what new things are coming to the a...
