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Monthly Archive April, 2010

Urban Exploration, Spring of 2010 Edition

The second half of spring and the first half of autumn are the best times to go out and explore the city, or at least that’s how it seems to me. Summer’s too hot and it can even be unsafe to be out because of that, early spring and late autumn are usually too rainy […]

Happy Earth Day, Earthling!

As you may, and very likely should, already know, today is Earth Day! Not that we should need a day to be reminded of our planet, and certainly not that we should only care for it one day per year, but it can’t hurt to have a day to celebrate this, or this, or this, […]

Relatives Detained and Culprits Sterilized for Violating One-Child Policy

I find it pleasing that two news pieces regarding population control efforts have caught my eye one after the other during the past few days, though I’m sure nearly all human rights activists are appalled by both of them. This time, it’s about the authorities from Puning county, Guangdong Province, China, who are so determined […]

Could Uzbekistan Have the General Idea Right?

Certain activist sites are in an uproar for the past few days because, they claim, women are forced to have hysterectomies in Uzbekistan, as the country’s authorities are desperate to curb its excessive population. However, after looking for something that I believe to be a reliable report about the situation, I really have to say […]

Review: Two Worlds

If writing a review just after you finish a game is hard, writing it nearly six months later is even worse. But waiting longer wasn’t going to make it any easier, and I think it needed to be done because this game received far less attention than it deserved. Or at least that’s the case […]