When your guests AND your host are terrible, you know you have a problem.

The Viper/Vette duel felt forced (and Evans talked too much), the Reliant race had no content and still felt rushed (and Evans talked too much), and eeesh... that star in a reasonably priced car segment needed to burn (and Evans talked too much). When the presenter and both guests are grating, you know you have a…

The one time I got potg as Mercy was doing some heavy healing and reviving followed up by a panic pistol kill. Remember... the pistol is there and does actually do something :p

Doom singleplayer looks pretty neat, but I worry about its multiplayer. Hell, I worry about most multiplayer these days without a decent matchmaking system. When I only have a few hours a week to devote to a game I don’t want to get stomped on every time I play online. Blizzard has worked hard to solve that problem,…

I think if you grew up on TF2 or TFC or remember playing a multiplayer FPS that was truly fast (like quake 3/Unreal Tournament fast) then Overwatch is amazing. It is at the same time a throwback to old school twitch FPS while still staying truly modern with their matchmaking and character design and balance. It’s a…

For a large match like this I’m surprised there wasn’t a few mods just watching the stream and handing out bans like candy. Can’t do it for every channel, but you can do it when you’re streaming a major event like this. Hell, make this a requirement for “special event” stream like a pro tournament.

The techs should know how to spin the lugnuts on. Hint: dial down the torque and only use part trigger. They have a schedule to make, so saying they can’t use the impact gun to spin the nuts on is just wrong. Its pretty much a minute a wheel if you do it by hand (not counting torquing), and for a fast turnaround shop…

Do they do overpasses in F1? That 101N/380W overpass would be NUTS at F1 speeds.

If the defenders are in view of the attacker at the beginning then the defenders are pretty screwed. All you need is one or two Widowmakers to take care of any defenders that decide to poke in view of front door or the side/upper doors. A great example of this is London. You’ve got a door at the top which has a view…

If Tavarish’s car buying advice is suspect then I have no clue what you’d call Orlove’s...

Time to dust off that Origin client I uninstalled a long time ago and redownload the C&C collection then. I hope this does for old Westwood games what OpenFreespace did for Freespace and Freespace 2.

Popping defenders with Widowmaker at the start of the round never gets old. They get all their turrets and Bastions set up only to be taken out in 10 seconds once the gates open. Remember people, attackers can see what’s going on, so place your defenses accordingly :)

I had to do this for an AC compressor bearing. Too much of a pain to pull the compressor out of the car, so had to get the bearing pressed in with about an inch of clearance. Ended up sealing the bearing in a Ziploc and sticking it in boiling water while at the same time throwing some dry ice on to the end of the…

Alright, I like it just cuz it has Disturbed’s take on Sound of Silence, which is one of those covers that can stand on its own for just how awesome it is.

The guy’s work quality (excellent, and very ingenious use of some of the tools, especially that indent punch and the line tracer) on this safety item is like the polar opposite of his attitude toward his own personal safety (umm... no fucks given YOLO?). I find that pretty hilarious.

The Speed6/6 MPS was decently upscale for a souped up Mazda 6, especially if you got it in the Grand Touring trim (leather, nav, moonroof, keyless entry and push button start in 2007). The Speed3 was all boy racer though, not that its a bad thing.

My 07 Speed6 is still alive, but starting to get on its last legs due to the transfer case making unhappy noises. I haven’t heard much good news about speed6's having long lives past 150k miles, so my 125k means it really might be the end soon. I think a new Mazdaspeed would be one of the few things that might make me…

$7500 tax credits + state credits is a pretty good incentive to get in line early. Also, the CA buyers will probably alright, but everyone else might be in for a wait. The amount of Teslas you see in Silicon Valley is on par with something like a 5 series, so I suspect if geography comes into play for order preference…

One of the biggest pet peeves of a PC port is the lack of a “quit to desktop” option (as listed in the menu 10 commandments). I don’t want to exit a game, exit a menu, then finally exit the game for real. I just want click “Exit to Desktop” and have the game respect my wishes. Not hard, but if its missing its a sure…

Yeah, it’ll be a bit of a learning process. I’m an electrical engineer by schooling, software by trade, and shadetree/garage mechanic by hobby so I’m a little concerned because I know the risks of working on high current/high voltage devices. Those things are no joke, and even high current/low voltage devices (like…