Clipping & Game Recording Guides

Instant replay continuously records your gameplay into a rolling buffer, so you can save what just happened after it happens. Here's how the buffer actually works, which tools offer it, how it differs from automatic clipping, and the settings worth getting right.

VOD review is the practice of rewatching your own matches to find mistakes you couldn't see while playing. Every pro team does it, most amateurs don't, and it's the cheapest way to improve without a coach. Here's what it is and how to actually run a session.

Getting a 16:9 PC clip onto a vertical feed without it looking terrible takes a few specific decisions. Here's the full workflow — which clips survive the crop, how long to cut them, export settings, captions for muted viewers, and a weekly routine that keeps you posting.

CS2 gives you demos — excellent for studying, terrible for sharing. Here's how to record CS2 as real video, the best settings for a competitive shooter, and how to use demos and recordings together instead of choosing between them.

Search “games that pay real money” and you'll get a hundred affiliate lists promising hundreds a month. This is the version without the sales pitch: the four categories that actually pay, what each realistically earns, and how to spot a scam in 30 seconds.

Most “get paid to play games” results are survey apps in a gaming costume. But there are five legitimate paths — gameplay data rewards, playtesting, content, competition and coaching. Here's the honest map of what each pays, what it demands, and the warning signs of a scam.

Players usually look for a Medal alternative for three reasons: the watermark on free downloads, the 20-minute clip cap, and links that expire. Here are seven alternatives compared on what each is actually best at — and where each falls down.

Insights Capture and Medal.tv both record your best gaming moments — then diverge on almost everything else. An honest side-by-side on free-plan limits, watermarks, expiring links, team review and rewards, including where Medal is genuinely the better choice.

Your PS5 is always recording — the Create button can save anywhere from the last 15 seconds to a full hour of gameplay. Here's how to claim those clips before the buffer overwrites them, the settings worth changing once, and how to get clips off the console for editing and team review.

Every Windows PC can already save the last 30 seconds of gameplay — the question is which method fits you. This guide compares all five ways to clip on PC, from the built-in Win+Alt+G shortcut to fully automatic highlight detection, with honest pros and cons for each.

League's built-in replay system stops working every time a patch ships — old .rofl files can never be opened again. This guide covers how to download and watch LoL replays, why they break, and how to build a permanent, patch-proof archive of your best games.

Riot's replay system finally arrived — but replays vanish every patch, cover only your own Competitive matches, and can't be shared. Here's how the system works, its three big limitations, and how to keep every ace and clutch permanently with Insights Capture.