GTI Racer: When Physical Media... isn't.

I drive a VW GTI. My son drives a VW GTI. I have owned many VWs over the years. I bought GTI Racer for the PC. The box is in good condition. The disk is in good condition. But even though I have a physical copy of the game with all the bits, I don’t actually have the game. GTI Racer outsmarted me good. GTI Racer, complete in the original packaging ...

September 23, 2021 · 2 min · 398 words · Tipa

Steam Game of the Week: Little Racers STREET

Every couple of weeks I buy something cheap and fun on Steam. Transistor a few weeks ago, Mirror’s Edge the week before last, Injustice: Gods Among Us last week. This week’s game is Little Racers STREET. I’ve loved top down racers since the first one I played back at the dawn of the arcade era. A monochrome race where blocky cars would go around a really simple track and sometimes oil would spin you out. At the height of the arcade era, top down racers had become faster, more colorful, with powerups and shortcuts and pounding music. I used to wait for takeout pizza playing this game (and if I could remember the name of it, I’d link it). (Oh, apparently it is called Super Sprint). ...

June 15, 2014 · 2 min · 364 words · Tipa