On this week's episode of Lifehacker, we're indulging our love of games, both of the recreational and productivity variety. We're using games as motivation, overclocking our gaming PC, turning our phones into retro gaming arcades, and more.
This is the twelfth episode of season two of Lifehacker. Today's episode highlights:
We're looking at when and where to buy video games to get your money's worth and walking through some of our favorite places to find free games.
For the serious PC gamers, we'll talk about building your own gaming PC.
If you want to get a little more bang for your buck from your gaming hardware, our guide to overclocking is a good place to start.
We take a look at various productivity tools that use games to motivate you toward productive ends.
We walk through how to turn your Android or iPhone into a portable retro game arcade.
We try our hand at saving a dying video card by baking it in the oven.
This week's top posts include how to use your smartphone without the spendy data plan, how to fix some of the redesigned Gmail's larger annoyances, and how to make yourself look better in pics with a few simple Photoshop tricks.
Today's downloads include:
Steam for Windows and Mac
Afterburner for Windows
Precision for Windows
gfxCardStatus for Mac (original post)
Hungry for a little more? Check out all the episodes in our summer series or the entire first season of Lifehacker.
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