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The PC Gaming Renaissance

It's hard to believe that not too long ago, many folks in the gaming industry were yet again ready to write off the PC as a platform on the verge of extinction. A perennial argument that seems to sprout up every few years, "the death of PC gaming" couldn't be more exaggerated. Despite ongoing issues with piracy and lagging sales at the retail counter, the oldest and most flexible of video game platforms continues to thrive. And that's because the game is changing.

The rapid rise of digital distribution has put an endless sea of fresh games at our fingertips, and opened up new ways for developers to innovate. Blockbuster PC exclusive and side-by-side ports of AAA hits may still satiate the most hardcore among us, but plenty of enthralling gaming opportunities exist for players who don't wield the latest bleeding-edge hardware. Quirky independent projects, social networking apps, and free games are filling in the gaps to entice new players into the fold. No matter how you look at it, the options are staggering. It's an exciting time to be a PC gamer.

The Online Freeware Revolution

Beyond more mainstream indie fare, a large number of individuals are coding and releasing interesting PC games well below the radar. A thriving scene of talented do-it-yourselfers focus their efforts on making bite-sized Flash and downloadable games... and considering that many of these quality games are offered up as freeware or sold at a very meager price, little-to-no risk is involved in giving them a shot. Sites like Newgrounds, YoYo Games, and Kongregate are online repositories for freeware, though many creators make their projects through their own sites as well. Indie studio Nitrome has launched dozens of high-quality freeware Flash games. Others, like Super Meat Boy creator Edmund McMillen, got their start making freeware games before breaking into the mainstream market.

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Nothing places quite such a heavy demand on your PC as a leading-edge game. And if your system isn't quite up to the challenge, then the chances are you'll already know the results: lengthy startup times, an unresponsive interface and poor frame rates. Don't give up just yet, though - there may be a way to improve your PCs performance. Run Game Booster and it'll scan your system for unnecessary background programs and services. We tried it on a test system and it located 13 active processes that were surplus to requirements. These could all be closed in a couple of clicks, freeing up more than 140MB of RAM, and a few other system resources, to help improve our gaming speeds. And if that's not quite enough, then the program can also check your game folder for file fragmentation. Just click the Game Defrag button, select your game and click Analyze. In our tests the program detected and reported on fragmented files in a second or two, and didn't take very much longer to defragment them, delivering a worthwhile speed boost without the hassle of having to defrag your complete hard drive.

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