Retro

Star Rider Races Into My Fantasies

Check out this psychedelic trip of a game, courtesy the bygone days of laserdisc. In the laserdisc/CG arcade game Star Rider, racers are superimposed over a futuristic dreamscape, enabling the background to display much more advanced graphics than were typical at the time.


November 23, 2010

Review: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Is This Year’s Other Great Racer

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit promises to return one of the most successful racing video game in history to its roots, delivering an easy to understand, but still deep driving experience to gamers of all kinds… including fans of Mario Kart.


August 13, 2010
News

Seacrest County Is Serious About Speeding

Apparently the recession has not hit Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit’s Seacrest County. Or the sheriff and the county commissioners are gonna face a recall election for giving the deputies Dodge Vipers instead of the good old honey-brown Crown Vic.


August 5, 2010
News

Racer Blurs The Finish Line Between Real World & Video Games

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“Interactive video game installation” Racer may not have the most creative name, but its implementation – part video game, part real world race – is delightfully inspired. This arcade game combines a sit-down cabinet, radio controlled cars and “lots of cardboard” beautifully.


May 28, 2010
News

Need For Speed World Starts Its Engines In July

EA’s massively multiplayer online racer goes live on July 20, giving PC drivers a chance to experience the mix of open world driving mixed with role-playing game style progression completely free, to a point.


April 22, 2010

Is This The Name Of The Bizarre New James Bond Racer?

Has British retailer HMV beaten Activision to the punch, revealing the name for Bizarre Creations new James Bond racing game to be James Bond: Bloodstone?


March 17, 2010

Scrap Metal Micro-Review: There’s A Difference Between Mindless And Pointless

All it took was seeing one demolition derby to hook me on car combat, but in video games we haven’t seen much in the way of this for awhile. Scrap Metal‘s here, and running unopposed. Is it still a winner?