Yeah, the education was great ('08 graduate here), but the location and the general population... not so great. Good to see the region hasn't given up on spawning the occasional crazy.

My '07 Mazda MX-5's stock suspension. You know the car has way too large of a gap between the tire and the fender when a dealership mechanic asks you if you've had your car raised. It still handles reasonably well, but given the car's reputation in this area, it should be a whole hell of a lot better.

I had WoW for about 5 years and was enjoying my time as a rogue class officer in a guild filled with long-established friends (mostly just in-game with a few IRL), but the guild eventually crumbled and the people I knew slowly walked away from the game. Starting over socially in a game with such a strong correlation…

If you want to win at solo PvE as a Rogue, just roll Ranger+Bard. You only have to use two abilities (Cadence + Coda of Wrath) and won't have any downtime (thanks to free heals on Cadence from the 2nd tier bard talent). Your pet and its +damage procs will more than make up for the Bard's lackluster DPS and also make…

Yes. You'll have to drop a few gold to do so, but the option is always there. Additionally, you can buy up to 3 additional slots (they're actually pretty cheap, I had them all purchased by level 30) to store different specs and switch between them at almost any time.

Yes. I'm neither a gun nut nor a physicist, but I know well enough that things like clip size, rate of fire, recoil force, bullet size, bullet velocity, and several other attributes are all things we can realistically measure on our weapons IRL. Why can't Mass Effect 2 tell us how many shots until we have to…

Came here looking for just that. Thank you.

RIP, AI. This Midwesterner only got to see you once, but will never forget. After growing up in Kansas City for 22+ years now, I got to go from spending countless weekends and birthday parties at one of many arcades in the nearby malls in my youth to desperately searching for anything remotely as interesting as an…

Lifeline. It's like Space Channel 5 got all serious and used nothing but terrible voice recognition to control the game. NSFW language in video.

FI got off to a bit of a rocky start with this generation, due to the ECU being a bit tough to crack. Cosworth was first to take a shot at a complete kit, but the tuning solution they included was (allegedly) subpar and they wound up with a handful of blown/damaged engines. A few other ECU tuning solutions/companies…

Of course, when you're comparing it to the likes of an Elise, it's not going to be nearly as exciting. Then again, it will only cost you about half as much. The fact of the matter is that the MX5 is a fun and reliable experience right out of the box for a very affordable price. There's nothing wrong with wanting…

Just go with what Forza 3 did. If your lap isn't clean (going beyond 2 wheels off-track, making contact with a barrier, etc.), it gets flagged as such and won't count.

Complain about my Miata in the snow? Nah. As long as I have my trusty snow tires and the white stuff is low enough that I'm not constantly plowing it (generally 4-5" or less), winter driving is not only doable, but loads of fun.

One of my fellow students built part of our school's building into Half-Life and used it to simulate a chemical attack. Of course, this is the very thing that would get you in heaps of trouble in high school. But that's the thing, he didn't do it in high school. He submitted it for a research project in college. …

Keyboards are under-appreciated in applications like these, IMHO. It's possible to put together ~25 binds within easy reach of WASD. This means you can keep moving in any direction AND quickly and accurately execute actions... at the same time!

There's more to comparisons than horsepower, you know. When you weigh considerably less than the competition, set your gear ratios specifically for the course, and add a bunch of goodies to improve grip (tires, suspension, etc.), a 150 deficit isn't particularly daunting.

@t0ast: The awfulness must be subtle enough to keep bystanders from immediately fleeing in terror, but terrible enough in just the right ways so that when they draw near for a closer look, you can really scar them for life.

@t0ast: Or 'class' like the elegant fusion of red shag carpet and orange sherbet.

Nothing says 'power' like a salmon-colored engine cover.