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Codemasters prove themselves again as the masters of race games. The Colin Mcrae rally series, DIRT, and now: GRID!

GRID appears first as an arcade racer, but proves to be much more than that. It's a whole experience, with different race disciplines, and various car classes.

Adding to the whole experience is a fantastic visual representation. The new game engine is wonderful, great effects, great physics.

The game stays away from strict simulation racing, moving towards a more casual style. Opening the game to a wider audience, including those who use the keyboard, like myself.

So, all in all, it's a wonderful game and a huge success. Rated 8/10.

A great and extensive article on Tom's Hardware shows the benefit of upgrading either the CPU or the GPU, or even both. It concentrates mostly on gaming performance between different hardware parts, indicating some cheaper parts that offer almost the same performance.

Read it here: GPU vs. CPU Upgrade - Tom's Hardware

If you're planning to upgrade, I strongly suggest you read that article. It could save you lots of money.

I'm writing this post because right now, Barack Obama (The US Democrats presidential candidate) is only minutes away from claiming his nomination.

The U.S. (as I can see it on CNN) is shaking over that win, claiming it to be a moment of history. The moment when, for the first time in U.S. history, an African-American have been nominated for president.

I almost know nothing about him, or about his campaign. But, I wanted to write this to take my part in this so called "historical day".

For me, as a Syrian citizen, all I want from the world's most powerful man is to bring peace to the Middle-East region, not by force, not by war, but by politics. And we all know that he could do that if he wanted. So, Obama is campaigning to change, and I believe that peace in the Middle-East is exactly the change the people of this region really need.

If this is really a day in history, then let's all hope it would be a change to the better of all mankind. U.S. is currently the world's most powerful nation, and being its president holds a great responsibility. (And let's hope I won't regret writing this post)

Change wins = peace wins, please!

P.S.: I'll post again when we get to know for real who's the next U.S. president, and try to get a clearer image about him.

I saw it last week. Nothing special about it except for some 'very' special graphic effects.

The story is somewhat boring and predictable. Yes, it is a fictitious world, but nonetheless, it build up on other stories of the same kind. It's no match for "The Lord of The Rings" trilogy.

So, all in all, I wouldn't recommend it.