And, added Mr Christiansen, if what you wanted to do was not there you can create a modification - or mod - that does the job, and then you can share that with other players so millions of others can do what you did.
In the fiercely conformist world of professional sport, Wiggins, a self-styled mod, has always cut an idiosyncratic figure, discreetly customizing his Team GB cycling helmet and bike with the Royal Air Force roundel co-opted by The Who as a symbol of the musical subculture in the 1960s.
Try working on a "mod"--a program that allows players to edit and modify certain parts of an existing game.
Everybody's favorite far-reaching, possibly free speech-infringing law, the DMCA, is being put to use again for busting down on Divineo, a seller of mod-chips.
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Certainly it could have been a tiny bit longer, though this would easily be remedied with a mod kit and some user-generated content.
I-mod pixels measure a mere 30 microns by 40 microns (a micron is a millionth of a metre), more than 80, 000 of them could fit in a square centimetre.
The decision came after a year-long review prompted by campaigners who had handed a dossier to the MoD, which they said included new evidence.
When we first reported on Start8, a mod that brings the tried-and-tested Start button back to Windows 8, it was impossible to know how fiercely the fires of controversy would burn over Microsoft's new interface.
Take the School of Witchcraft and Wizardy mod, which brings a Skyrim-style Hogwarts to the game, replete with hundreds of new spells, familiar Harry Potter NPCs, and new areas to explore.
In 1967, Dekker's song "007 (Shanty Town), " detailing the island's "rude boy" gangster ghetto culture, topped charts in Great Britain and became a trans-Atlantic anthem for Britain's growing mod scene.
"Over the coming months, the MoD will embark on a radical programme of reform to re-organise the structure of the department, " said Dr Fox.
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"We have had an assurance from the most likely developers of the MOD-owned airfield and barracks that the inclusion of a museum will form an important part of the site's heritage, " he said.
Gen Carter's comments come as the MoD announces a third round of 5, 300 Army redundancies - as part of a drive to cut the number of regulars in the UK's Army from 102, 000 to 82, 000 by 2017.
"We're currently in the process of approaching the MoD and the Treasury for a ship, " said project co-ordinator Neville Copperthwaite.
Then, experience dishes that defy gravity at the Zagat-rated restaurant Kelly Liken, which serves seasonal American cuisine in a mod atmosphere.
The Clyde is described by the MoD as a "highly capable and versatile vessel" with state-of-the-art air and surface surveillance radars, a 30mm gun mounting and the capability to operate a variety of helicopters from her flight deck.
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Mr Murphy suggested that ministers had tried to avoid discussing in the Commons compulsory redundancies at the RAF on the same day that Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed that he had instructed the MoD to draw up plans for the possibility of enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya.
But the MoD said it was "ridiculous" to suggest it was a cost-cutting measure.
Creating a mod proves to prospective employers that you're not just another starry-eyed fan.
Blizzard is in full damage control mode after the internet assumed it was shutting down development on a World of Starcraft mod that violated their trademark, despite using their own in-game tool set.
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He told the committee of senior Commons backbenchers that the MoD did seem to have "had a bit of a problem" with leaks - adding that this was "worrying when it is the department responsible for security".
Until recently, Divineo was selling a whole bevy of Xbox, Xbox 360, PSOne, PS2, GameCube and other system mod-chips.
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Lauren Santo Domingo, a Vogue contributing editor and co-founder of fashion online retailer Moda Operandi, has sworn off the mod era and its boxy shapes.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) staff are among public sector workers in Shropshire to have taken part in a UK-wide strike over pension changes.
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After a tendering process which lasted just two years from start to finish, the MoD is buying the side-arms to issue to all three services.
Craig Mod, a print and digital publisher who has written extensively about the challenges and opportunities of app-based models for writers and editors, sees 29th Street as part of phenomenon that will dramatically decrease the costs associated with the medium.
The Android-based MOD Live ships with four new, industry first applications: Buddy Tracking, Smartphone Connectivity, a Navigation app pre-loaded with the largest database of trail maps in the world, Music Playlist Mode, and Camera Connectivity for use in the future with select wireless point-of-view action cameras.
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