Making Games Modding Profitable - How to turn your Artinto Cash

There are numerous ways to make extra money online, but have you ever thought about profitingfrom your hobbies? I have long held a love for video games and this has led to a passion formodifying them. Sadly, I used to feel guilty about doing it - you can't make money making mods - orcan you? There are plenty of rules, both written and unwritten, that come along with modifyingvideo games, but the one relevant to this article is the one that prohibits you from doing itprofessionally.

You see, in most current-day license agreements for games, the publisher makes clear that allmodified game materials will be considered property of the publisher - not the property of the artistwho spent his or her time bringing a new flare to their favorite games! This means to sell your modswould be considered the same as pirating the game itself! Some companies supply tools for gamemod enthusiasts (like Valve and their Source SDK, Epic and their Unreal Editor), but they still retainrights over anything you create with their proprietary custom game material tools! Other gameshave tools created by fans of the game (the Grand Theft Auto series on PC is a prime example of end-user ingenuity) - but you still can't sell your creations!

You can put the time into creation, you can promote your mods, you can drive traffic to your site, butyou just can't compile a set of awesome mods and sell them to interested gamers! Well, luckily,except for the part about selling mods, all of those things that lead to a great mod release are alsohand-in-hand compatible with marketing websites and driving traffic to sites that advertise on yourspace! So, if you are down about wasting your time on a game asset while you could be makingmoney - now you can do both. Head over to Google Adsense and sign up today - once you've signedup, generate some ad code and put it on your mod pages - now you can feel a little more rewardedfor your hard work!