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Take a look at the image above. At first glance you’d never guess it was computer-generated, let alone taken from a game released in 2008. But this really is a screenshot from Grand Theft Auto IV, a three year old game, albeit a heavily modified version with tweaked graphics and updated textures.

While the mainstream gaming world has moved on to obsessing over Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Driver San Fransisco (not to mention eagerly awaiting GTA 5), there are a hardcore of graphics tweakers pushing GTA 4 to the limit, and lately, they’ve achieved phenomenal results.

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Grab a PC and a copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and you can get some new life out of the four-year-old FPS. Black Monkeys have completed their two-and-a-half year project to create a Star Wars mod for the game and it’s available to grab now for free.

You can play either as a Imperial stormtrooper or a rebel grunt with Star Wars: Galactic Warfare dropping you in familiar settings including Mos Eisley and Tatooine. If we weren’t working, we’d be playing already. You can grab the mod from the link below and get hints on how to install in this video guide.

Take a peek at Star Wars: Galactic Warfare in action after the jump…

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Here’s a gaming combination made in our geekiest daydreams: our long-time obsession Minecraft injected with elements that make Portal 2 baffling and brilliant: the Portal gun, heel springs, energy pellets and test chambers. The PortalCraft mod is available right now and you can see video of it in action after the break. It’s brilliant…

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10 unbelievable iPad mods

Apple doesn’t do open source. The internet, however, does, and as this collection of bizarre hacks and mods for your iPad shows, there’s no shortage of creativity out there. Not to mention the time and expertise to turn a “magical and revolutionary” product into a walking  robot, a skateboard, a typewriter, and even some classic Apple computers from days gone by. Check them out for yourself, and let us know if you could do any better.

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Here’s a DIY challenge for the long Bank Holiday weekend: go back to the future and replicate this retro 1957 Magnavox TV casing, hollowed out to install a colour screen and set top boxes.

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Face it: your plain old 13 or 15 inch laptop with a Core 2 Duo chip and integrated graphics is ten a penny. If you’re looking to outdo all the MacBook brats in Starbucks, you need something much more outlandish.

Luckily, we’ve got just the thing… Feast your peepers on the five craziest laptop designs in the world: from three way folds to twin machines, we’ve got them all here. See them after the jump!

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Nokia reckons it’s on to something with its new Build service, cranking out customised phones for fashion conscious chatterboxes, but do you customise your other kit too? Are you interested in buying pre-customised gizmos, or would you rather undertake the hard work yourself?

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PSP gets Xbox 360 Chatpad

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The PSP Xbox 360 Chatpad modThe PSP might not yet have its own keyboard but that hasn’t stopped one hacker from getting the Xbox 360’s Chatpad working with the Sony handheld.

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Hot chat, right here!


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