Filed under: Internet, Video, Windows, Freeware, Beta
SecondRun.tv brings network video streams to Windows Media Center
by Brad Linder Feb 13th 2009
The plugin works with Windows Vista and Windows 7, but there are still a few kinks to work out. While it's easy to browse for movies in full screen mode, when you click a video it may not play in full screen mode. The developer says Hulu videos will display in full screen, while videos from other sites like ABC.com won't. But sometimes even Hulu videos won't play full screen.
But for an early beta, this plugin is still pretty awesome. In fact, it's something I've been waiting for since Microsoft first announced an "Internet TV" feature and since Hulu launched. It's too bad that Microsoft or Hulu didn't develop an official plugin, but with a little work SecondRun.tv will be just as good.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
