You might get stuck on the Wii Lego Harry Potter Expelliarmus Lesson. You can end up in the room stuck on the tables unable to get off.  I searched a bit and found the solution on this Lego Harry Potter walkthrough. The short of it is to press C to skip the video of Snape attacking the other teacher

I haven’t played Starcraft in forever and decided to play it again. I went out and bought a copy which surprisingly is still in the store given its age. I was a bit worried about being able to get Starcraft to run on 64 bit Windows 7 but I found a solution on Youtube from JimmyRogain that works for me.

I thought this solution was very insightful. Nice fix

I’m running Starcraft on 64 bit Windows 7 using a batch file like the one described in the video. I’ve included a sample batch file you can download from this link. If you are running 64 bit you’ll need to change the path to Program Files (x86) or change the path to your installation directory.

I hope this helps Happy crafting

EDIT:

These are the compatibility settings I use for the starcraft.exe file.

I haven’t tried the various permutations, but what is pictured seems to work for me.

I was looking at the MSDN OS downloads and noticed MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 are still available for download Boy, that brings back memories. Windows 7 is sure a long way from those days. I jokingly sent an email about the old OS downloads and a colleague responded we might want to install Windows 3.1 in case we want to play SkiFree!

Now that really brings back memories! You can still download it at http://ski.ihoc.net/ and it runs on Windows 7! Sweet

I don’t have much time to play games anymore given work, kids, and life in general. It  took me about six months to get through God of War When I finally beat the game I took a mental pause and thought, “This might be the best game I’ve ever played”.

After letting that thought swirl around for a bit I’ve come to the conclusion that it is the best game I’ve every played.

Throughout the game you control Kratos, a Spartan warrior who serves Aries the God of War. I’m not sure you could call Kratos a hero as he does not hesitate to remove obstacles from his path whether they pose a threat or not. I’ll give fair warning: this game is extremely violent. This game is not for the faint of heart or maybe even the stout of heart. Kratos is outright brutal when fighting his enemies. He doesn’t pull punches or think twice about rip something in half

From the cut scenes, boss fights, and the normal game play the game looks awesome. I give the graphics extra points just for the fact that it is a PS 2 game. Some of the boss fights are absolutely epic in scale. The way Kratos dispatches his enemies has a certain smoothness and power that most games do not come close to capturing. The game, more than any other I’ve played, successfully pulls off fighting many enemies at once. Sometimes Kratos has to plow through 15 to 20 foes without any awkwardness with the game controls.

Yes the game came out in 2005 so why review it? Well, others like me may be a bit behind the times, so if you haven’t played God of War go out and buy a PS 2 plus God of War and play a game that should not be missed!