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How to subscribe to Download Squad category feeds

Google Reader subscribeWe cover a lot of topics here at Download Squad. We cover software you can download, programs you can use online, Mac software, PC software, Linux software, news, information, and so on.

Of course, we think all of the topics we cover are fascinating, but if you're only interested in specific items we cover, it's very easy to subscribe just to the categories or tags you're interested in.

Here's how it works. If you scroll down the page a bit, you'll notice a huge list of categories. Click on a category and you'll go to a new page with nothing but posts in that category. For example, if you only want to read about Mac software and news, just click the "Macintosh" category under "Platforms."

But what if you want to subscribe to a Mac-only Download Squad feed using your favorite feed reader? No problem. Just look at the URL bar in your browser. It should look something like "http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/macintosh/" If you add "rss.xml" to the end, you'll get a URL that you scan use to subscribe to that feed using Google Reader, Bloglines, FeedDemon, or just about any other reader.

You can also subscribe to stories based on tags. If you look at the bottom of each Download Squad post page, you'll notice a bunch of tags that we add to each story. Just click one and you'll see a list of stories using that tag. Again, you can subscribe by adding "rss.xml" to the end of the URL. So if you're just interested in stories about OS X 10.5 Leopard, for example, you can subscribe to "http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/leopard/rss.xml" Easy as cake.

Just a quick warning. We're much better at categorizing stories than tagging them. So if you want to make sure you don't miss stories you're interested in, try subscribing to appropriate categories first. And we'll try to get better about using standard tags. Deal?

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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