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Need for Speed has been for over the years one of the most respected speed racing game available, in all type of consoles. They’ve introduced also the possibility to play it online a while ago, a now is completely free.
The online mode for Need for Speed, called “Need for Speed World”, is not a new version; but until a few weeks back only had the possibility for free online gaming up to “Level 10”, reaching more required a paid subscription. But now, the complete “Need for Speed World” is free; take a look here.
For those who already have a paid account will receive some bonus contents, like special cars or customizations.
Playing the online mode requires the installation of an application plus a free registration with EA Sports.
Here at Crenk we have talked a lot about online movies sites and which ones are actually worth using. We have noticed on our Watch Movie Links article that a lot of users have been suggesting Hotdog Movies, so we thought we would check them out.
Hotdog Movies is a great movies directory. Unlike Watch Movies Links you arent able to watch the movies directly on Hotdog Movies, instead they direct you to the leading sources so you have a choice of where to watch the movie. We all know that most of these sites arent completely legal, but Hotdog movies is trying to provide links they are legal and can be watched anytime and without having to download any annoying software.
Anyways, check it out and let us know what you think.
You thought that you had enough of icons already? Well, not yet. IconShock, a well-known design company, created a very complete set of 150 social media icons and they are all for free.
You can download directly from here (150mb).
This set contains not only the most important social media icons which you can use, but also provides nine different sizes (from 16 up to 512 pixels), four different formats (PNG, PSD, AI and ICO), three different states (normal, enabled and disabled); and a mobile version.
You were expecting something else?
WobZip is a very useful web app which we can use to simply upload a compressed file, considering all common formats (including ISO), and the web app will do all the work: Uncompress and scan for virus.
Did you ever receive a compressed file in a computer which didn’t have, for example, WinRAR? If that was a .rar file you know that you did not have any other option but download the tool to access those files. WobZip avoids using any software, just access the site, upload and download the uncompressed files.
Here are some of the features:
- Completely free.
- Antivirus scan included. BitDefender engine.
- 100MB file size supported.
- Formats: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZHCHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
- You can uncompress a file from your computer or directly from a URL.
Even though this is an amazing and free tool, still is a little buggy.
Massive social networks like Twitter demands, for normal users and companies, not only using it but also maintain several accounts, publishing a lot of information and also brand monitoring. For that, SplitTweet is the tool.
SplitTweet is a simple and free web app which will provide you a single place to handle several Twitter accounts with all the necessary information of each: Replies, direct messages, favorites and the most important one brand mentions features, which experts in social media can use it to monitor the behavior and popularity of their brands.
SplitTweet also provides a simple dashboard where you can monitor all the important activity around your accounts. Another important feature of this web app is the possibility to automatically tweet the same in several accounts.
It also have a Desktop App for Mac.
Fileminx is a completely simple and free web app which you can use to convert files directly, without the need of registering, filling any form or downloading any software or add-in.
Fileminx takes most common type of files document, video, music and image. Besides being completely free, the steps involved are really simple:
1. Access Fileminx website and select your file (up to 50MB).
2. Select the format you would like to change the file. The selection, of course, varies depending on the file you just uploaded.
In my case, a Word file can be converted to PDF, TXT, RTF, OpenOffice format, etc.
3. Processing…
4. Done! Just download the new and converted file.
Simple as that, this web app represents a perfect fit for most cases, when you need a fast option for conversion.
A new set of free social media icons has been released by Noel Tock with a grunge theme and a very neat design. Check them out.
You can download the entire set from here.
The download is completely free and Noel is just asking for you not to forget about the attribution if you are using those in your blog or web site.
Features:
- 256 x 256 px
- 64 x 64 px
- With & Without Gloss/Highlight
- StumbleUpon, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Delicious, YouTube, Flickr, Digg & RSS.
I just might become the “icon guy” from Crenk, but that’s OK, I’d rather be the icon guy instead of no guy, right? 
We already showed you interesting versions for Mario Bros, like the “Street version” or “Eye Mario Bros”, but did you ever consider playing an infinite Mario Bros game? Here it is.
You may think “Ok, this is just a loop game where the same characters appear over and over again” but no, this is an adaptive version of the game, which increases the difficulty according to the skills of the player. This game is in fact a project developed for an Expressive Intelligence study.
The game is created in Java (.jar), and you can download it directly from here. Controls: arrows to move, ’s’ to jump, ‘a’ to run.
Here are some of the specs about this game:
- Upon successful completion of a level, the challenge is increased.
- Faster completion times result in larger increases in difficulty.
- Upon death, the difficulty is decreased based on the amount of progress made by the player.
- If the player is close to the goal upon death, then the difficulty is decreased only a small amount.
- A new level is generated when the player either completes a level or fails to complete a level after three deaths.
Twee.li is an application which allows you to use it as a normal Twitter app but also gives you the ability to instantly chat with your followers. Tweet.li is completely free but still has some cons.
Tweet.li, developed in Adobe AIR, comes as an idea to replace TinyChat and other similar web apps which you can use in your browser but easily share the chat rooms to your Twitter timeline and invite followers; including also the possibility to login using your Twitter account name.
But even though the idea sounds great there are a few cons so far: To use it with your followers, they must use Tweet.li as well, no other option available; also the application stability and performance are not actually the best, since it takes a few moments for the timeline to update.
Even though I enjoy saying “Twitter is not a chat room”, there are some exceptions and there are even more number of users who actually use it for chatting.
Social Media and Twitter icons are probably the most used in blogs and web sites, here we provide for all you two links for a very neat set of icons in an original black design.
The social media icons are provided by BlackSmith and you can find for Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, YouTube, digg, Reddit, Delicious, etc. Download the entire set from here.
And the black set for Twitter, provided by iconhive, is definitely my favorite ones; which are available for Windows and Mac. Download from here for the Windows version; and this link for Mac.
