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Tutorial: Project M 3.6 (Super Smash Bros. Brawl Mod) on the Dolphin Wii Emulator v4.0.2

By Zach | 2013-07-222016-01-24 by Zach

UPDATED download links on December 8, 2015 after Project M officially ceased development. Project M is an incredible mod for Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii which changes the gameplay to more closely resemble its more competitive, more skill-based, and faster predecessor, Super Smash Bros. Melee. Even though Project M is designed to be played on a genuine Wii console, it is possible to run Project M on the Dolphin Wii emulator on your…

Gaming

Games for Windows Live Problems (0x80151909)

By Zach | 2013-02-102013-10-09 by Zach

I tried to play Dark Souls PC today and couldn’t sign into Games for Windows Live. Event Viewer says this is error 0x80151909. There’s a thread on the Xbox forums about this issue – Microsoft knows about it.

Programming

A Simple 2D Processing Sketch for Beginners

By Zach | 2013-02-092014-01-08 by Zach

Here’s a simple Processing sketch that renders some 2D graphics. Maybe it’ll inspire or help you if you’re looking to get into 2D graphics using Processing. As part of my Computer Graphics course, I’m required to write multiple 2D and 3D programs throughout the semester. This was my very first assignment! You can find more information about the Processing programming language at Processing.org.

Nvidia 3D Vision – Huge Improvement on Passive 3DTVs (EDID Override)

By Zach | 2013-02-042014-01-16 by Zach

Last June, I purchased an LG 47LM7600 Passive 3DTV for use as my PC monitor, and I absolutely love the 2D and 3D picture quality of the set in general. Using Nvidia’s 3DTV Play addon (purchasable here) to play games in 3D caused an unacceptable negative impact on 3D picture quality. Activating Nvidia’s 3D Vision utility for passive 3DTVs known as 3DTV Play forced me to run games at 720p @ 60hz in games, and caused color…

Windows 8

OblyTile – Custom Windows 8 Start Screen Icons – Updated July 22!

By Zach | 2012-11-192014-12-16 by Zach

With OblyTile, a friendly utility created by xda-developers.com user Argony-OT, any Windows 8 user can apply beautiful, custom tiles to their Windows 8 Start Menu. The main feature of Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system is undoubtedly the new Start Menu, which acts as a launcher for all of your frequently-used applications. By default, only official “Windows 8 Apps” from the Microsoft Store fully support the new “tile” launcher icons on the Start Menu. OblyTile…

Internet Tools

Google Reader – An Introduction

By Zach | 2012-11-182013-10-09 by Zach

NOTE: As of early July 2013, Google has discontinued Google Reader. I have since migrated to inoreader.com, a nearly equivalent RSS aggregator. The article below is still a useful read!

Personal

Hello, World!

By Zach | 2012-11-172013-02-10 by Zach

Hi everyone! Here we go! I’m very excited to start creating content for A Friendly Fox. Head on over to the “About ‘A Friendly Fox’” page for more information regarding what I’d like this site to become. Here’s what the site currently looks like. I expect the look of my site to change very quickly. -Zach