Pure
May 21st, 2008 by Computer And Video Games
They were going to call it Vertigo... but sadly that name was already taken.
The Black Death. It's not a standard gaming metaphor but somehow it fits for this kind of thumb-taped-down, brain-loaned-out arcade racer. Not because Wario or even Biff from Road Rash ever skulked across medieval Europe spreading a sniffle with a wave of their bony claws. More because, much like the bubonic plague, karting games used to be massively important and relevant, and hugely infectious.
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The Black Death. It's not a standard gaming metaphor but somehow it fits for this kind of thumb-taped-down, brain-loaned-out arcade racer. Not because Wario or even Biff from Road Rash ever skulked across medieval Europe spreading a sniffle with a wave of their bony claws. More because, much like the bubonic plague, karting games used to be massively important and relevant, and hugely infectious.
Click here to read the full article
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