also! once youve gotten your movies and tv shows, i highly recommend using Plex! Plex is a free media system that will scan your libraries and automatically organize things for you! the end result will be something like this (taken from my own server):

its like having your own personal netflix/hulu! and Plex does all the work! all you have to do is tell it which files to scan and it puts all this together automatically!

you can use Plex on your computer, tv, stream box, phone….pretty much anywhere. and like i said, the core functionality is totally free! there are some premium features you can pay for ($5 a month), but they arent required

enjoy!

Additional Notes On Software

• while usually good for video files, try to avoid thepiratebay when it comes to software. it has a much higher volume of viruses compared to other places you can torrent from
• i personally recommend 1337x.to for software torrents
• in general, older uploaders are more likely to be legitimate. a user who has been providing torrents for years is more likely to be safe than someone who just created their account yesterday. thats because the former likely would have been reported and shut down already if malicious
• look for VIP uploaders. on 1337x, these torrents will be marked with a blue line by the uploaders name. this means that the people who run the site have verified that user to be trustworthy. while you should still always err on the side of caution for ANY torrent, only downloading from VIPs gives you much better odds of avoiding malware
• never torrent without an antivirus!!

Do remember that the PlayStation Store for the PS3, PSP, and PS Vita is shutting down in a few months. Along side this the Wii Store is gone with all the games with it. Piracy keeps the games alive.

Keep circulating those dead games. We’ll raise those dead games from the grave.

torrenting is honestly a really damn great way to keep old media from disappearing