• MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    If nothing interesting happens in the game for 8 or 3 hours, why would you willingly play it? Also, why is Sonic only 2⅔ times faster than a bus, isn’t the point of Sonic that he can run at the speed of sound?

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      8 months ago

      Desert Bus was released as a protest game. In the 90s video games were demonized for being nothing more than violence simulators. Penn & Teller took that as a challenge and had some developers make the most non-violent game they could think of.

      It was made as a novelty. The people who made it knew it was boring, that’s the joke. The main group that still actually plays it is a charity group who suffers through it while getting donations for Child’s Play charity.

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      8 months ago

      Get a group of friends and drink while doing it?

      Nothing interesting happens at a mall, pub, but people still enjoy those solo with friends.

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        8 months ago

        Ok, that does sound hilarious. Especially if there is a mod that you get a DUI in the game if you drive poorly.

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      8 months ago

      I heard he only hits the speed of sound when he’s rollin’ around.

      But part of the legacy of Desert Bus is that it was a big charity series that kind of set the stage for GDQ later in gaming history. A sort of virtual road trip.
      So a lot of people have nostalgia for it.

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        8 months ago

        I would have assumed boost is modern Sonic’s equivalent to rolling, but after learning more about the game, I understand…