Was there a thunderstorm the night before this was taken? Actually seeing the sun in rare in Shanghai, as the pollution is so thick. However, thunderstorms de-ionize the pollutants, causing them to lose their charge and fall to the ground, giving some reprieve from the leaden scorched sky.

What on earth are you talking about? CPUs vary little in game performance. Though, some games are requiring quad cores now, as long as you meet that standard, there is little reason to stress about what CPU you have for gaming.

From an i5 to an i7, you will usually only see a 2 frame p/s difference regardless of the…

Don’t know how long the deal has been going on, or if you have covered it already, but Good Old Games has The Witcher and The Witcher 2 on sale for $1.49 and $2.99 respectively. This is a significant deal on admittedly old games, but worth a mention at this price.

Don’t know how long the deal has been going on, or if you have covered it already, but Good Old Games has The…

Silent Hill 2, silly. Let me put it this way: sometimes things are inexplicably popular, like the Kardashians. Sometimes, things are popular for very good reasons, like Beethoven. Silent Hill 2 is not a very original choice for list like this, but it falls into the latter category: It is popular for very good reason.

Wow, are you people spoiled rotten. I used to work in distribution and exhibitor relations, and as part of my job, I had to watch the movies. Seriously, I had to sit through Glitter, then go and tell theaters it was a good choice for them to show on their screens. And if I did not do that, concessionists and box…

Also, it is not .30, it is .30-06 Thirty Aught Six. There are significant differences between the two cartidges, most common being range.

I suppose now it would be silly to add the fact that the Garand is not a rifle at all, but a carbine. The difference is in the barrel length.

I could tell you that all the Star Wars movies suck, and self-righteously laugh at you for even considering that they have place in cinema history. But, I will not. Instead, I will take the high road and just hope that you are not too disappointed when the new movie comes out. Though, I think that even articles like…

My grandad was a race car driver. I will never forget the wisdom he passed onto my dad, who passed it onto me: “The car is not your woman. It is not your honey. It is a thoughtless lump of metal that will not hesitate to kill you or anyone else. It does not care. It does not care how fast it can go, nor how much money…

I can’t draw a stick man the same way twice, so you are not alone.

Alfred = Elf Council. Named for the only British King to carry the title of “Great,” Alfred the Great was intrumental not only as a superior tactician, but also as someone who loved learning and literature. He is largely responsible for encouraging the pre-Norman English literary traditions. Truly, he is the only…

I have a confession to make: I have never once recruited the Krakken for my Army.

This would be an awesome chance for more random Suikoden articles.

Not to be a grammar nazi, but that is poetry, not irony. The two concepts are intimately related, but semi-opposing to one another. To put it as simply as possible: You’ve heard of Poetic Justce, right? For example, in Medieval England, horse thieves could be executed by having that horse pull the leaver on a machine…

$89.99 is not a bad price for Suikoden II, consideing we’ve seen it as high as $405 on Amazon, and has sold for more than $250 on ebay.

Tak Fuji. Eeeeexxxtreeeeeeeeeeeeme

Richard the First is never, not under any circumstances, nor from any reputable source, referred to as Richard the “Great.” Richard the “Lionheart,” obviously, but never the “great.” I cannot stress this enough, and here’s why:

1) The only king from the British Isles ever to be referred to as the “Great” is Alfred the…

Matt Groening is a wonderful human being. I’m from Portland, so we often see him round town when he comes back to visit his family and friends. I ran into him at a coffee shop one day, and not wanting to take up too much of his time, but still wanting to tell him I loved his work, I walked up briskly, tapped him on…

As someone who has in the past often worked with physically and sexually abused young women, I find this uncalled for. Please know two things: 1) It is not a funny situation. 2)Rarely do they “act” polite or well behaved. The ultimate authority on whether or not a child has been abused is that child them self.…

Fred Rodgers never signed books or gave autographs. This is not because he was a jerk, but because he refused to entertain the idea that he was any kind of celebrity. In fact he was philosophically opposed to the very concept of the “celebrity.” He did not feel that one person should be held above another socially in…