If you’ve spent any time in the Stardock community, you know that we love mods here. Between Galactic Civilizations III, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Star Control: Origins, and our other titles, there are thousands of available mods out there from an abundance of talented creators. A lot of us here play with mods not only on the studio’s games, but also games we’re playing from other studios. I know that one of the members of GalCiv’s creative teams has been work...

Are you a fan of podcasts? On Monday, the satellite radio company SiriusXM announced that it reached a deal to acquire Stitcher from E.W. Scripps to the tune of $325 million. Stitcher is a pioneer in podcasting that provides a popular one-stop platform for creating, monetizing, and distributing podcasts to listen via its app and other platforms.  Stitcher brings its own mobile listening app (which was acquired for $4.5 million in 2016) to the table. It also operates the Midroll Media ...

Add Additional Style Modes to Windows 10 with Curtains Full Version Now AvailableGet it Now Stardock released its new customization tool today. Curtains™ allows users to apply new styles along the lines of Dark Mode and Light to Windows® 10. Taking advantage of the groundwork built to support light and dark mode, Curtains includes several new styles including Fluent, Cairo, and Crystal mode that enhance the look and feel of the Windows UI along with apps that already support l...

It's hot here. I mean really hot. With that being said I need make my desktop a bit more "cool" by giving it an ocean theme with nice virtual breeze that I can imagine relaxing and cooling off with. Fortunately, we have plenty of those types of designs here on WinCustomize. Lets take a look at some of the best ones to try! Barreling Ocean Waves for Wallpapers   Reflections for DeskScapes Animated Wallpapers   Swimming Sea Turtle for Wallpapers   ...

Changing the default icons is one of the earliest and most popular ways to customize the look and feel of Windows. Whether users were trying to emulate another operating system (like MacOS) or just trying to create a particular theme, changing the Windows icons has been a key part of desktop customization for quite some time. IconPackager was introduced to make the process much easier, allowing Windows users to change nearly an entire set of icons with just the click of a button.   ...

I am kind of a compulsive shopper (a habit I have been trying to curb over the last few years). Because of this, there is a small amount of dread and a large amount of summoned self-restraint every year when the Steam Summer Sale arrives. I haven’t bought anything yet this year - I guess I’m waiting for the last minute - but I noticed while perusing articles on gaming sites that Steam has introduced a new Points Shop. So, of course I had to go and check it out, though I’ll b...

Have you been waiting for AMD’s Ryzen 4000 desktop APUs? Well, your wait could be over in as early as just a few days, according to one retailer. Reports started over the holiday weekend stating that Dutch retailer Centralpoint listed the incoming Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G, Ryzen 5 Pro 4650G, and Ryzen 3 Pro 4350G on their website. The listings say that the higher-end octa-core and hex-core CPUs will ship within "3 to 5 days", with the entry-level quad-core APU expected to arrive in stock on Ju...

I admit I should be using more keyboard shortcuts aside from just the most basic ones such as copy and paste. I was browsing Windows Central and they have an article which lists all the essential Windows 10 shortcuts. They even have them broken down to help you narrow down any you might be looking for. I'm going to go through it and find some of the most useful that I might use. Here's their list: https://www.windowscentral.com/best-windows-10-keyboard-shortcuts

I received my order from We The People Holsters recently and I just wanted to pass along their info in case anyone else is looking for quality holsters for their firearm. Great quality, and best of all....American made! I wanted an OWB holster for my Glock 19, and they also gave me a deal on an extra mag holder so why not. They have a wide variety of styles for most handguns, and the holsters can be customized with a bunch of different patterns. You can get $10 off your purchase here. ...

Even though we are halfway through 2020 I just got an email that was telling me how Aqua Menthe is the trending color of the year. Not sure who determines this but I took a browse at some images that have that color and It looks pretty nice. From Shutterstock: "In web design, Aqua Menthe is an ultra-bright and vivid mint-green hue, with the hex code #7FFFD4." What do you think about it? Would this look good on a WindowBlinds skin or Curtains theme? 

As the title says, I am curious which titles members of our community have snatched up during the various sales this summer. Personally, I've been more in a TTRPG kick, but I did finally grab SpaceEngine on sale and got Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC.

I’ll be honest: I take the stars for granted. To be fair, I live in the city and it can be sort of difficult to see the stars most nights, but I can’t deny the incredible awe I feel when I get away enough from the city lights and noise and am able to stare up at the boundless evening sky.  My best friend, Brian, was always fascinated with space. He loved the stars and the idea of exploration and mystery. He was constantly following the exploits of NASA and was excited to t...

In a blog post on June 24, 2020, Sony announced that they were launching a PlayStation Bug Bounty program. I think I've been playing too much Animal Crossing lately, because my first thought was along the lines of "Will they pay me 1.5x more than Nook's Cranny for my bugs, too?" Anyway. Seriously, wake your brain up woman. Wrong kind of bugs."We believe that through working with the security research community we can deliver a safer place to play," Geoff Norton, senior director of software ...

We are approaching Independence Day here in the U.S., and I wanted to point out a few skins that you can download. Some of the coolest ones I like are the fireworks and U.S. flag animated wallpapers.  If you have any favorites I missed please be sure to link them in the comments! July 4th USA for DeskScapes American Flags for Wallpapers   America for Wallpapers   Fireworks Celebration   USA Flag for CursorFX   &n...

This is a good tool to have, especially considering the wonkiness of MS W10 updates. It's more detailed description can be found here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4538642/windows-10-restore-lost-files . It has 3 modes of deployment (from the Thurrott article): Default mode. This mode uses the Master File Table (MFT) to locate lost files. Default mode works well when the MFT and file segments, also called File Record Segments (FRS), are present. Segment mod...