Subject: Re: [stella] Death Derby From: "nj bloodline" <njbl00dline@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 17:36:07 -0400 |
You know, everyone talks about hitting people for this many points or that many points, but in reality it's maybe like 5 points or so (and a suspension of your liscense) hehehehe. The other day I accidentally hit a pigeon.. I slowed down and it still stood there.. all I heard was *THUMP*, looked in the mirror and see a pile of feathers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Saeger" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [stella] Death Derby > All right, so *when* did Death Race 2000 come out? I think the idea of > assigning a point value to hitting a pedestrian goes back a long way. I can > remember doing it in high school. The little old lady is worth a thousand. > ;-) We did it all the time. Except we were in actual cars. They didn't > have video games when I was in high school. Of course we were just fooling > around. We never *really* tried to hit anybody. > > Maybe it's like a Jungian archetype or something. Maybe it's in our DNA. > ;-) > > John > > > Rob wrote: > > > At 03:01 PM 8/28/01 +0200, Thomas Jentzsch wrote: > > >I guess that cheap thrill was the main reason why they designed > > >the game that way, but i'm sure that's not the reason why you > > >choose to make a remake now. > > > > You couldn't understand the impact Death Race 2000 had on American > culture, > > in a kitsch sense. I don't think a day goes by without me driving along > > with someone else in the car and one of us commenting (as we approach a > > crosswalk) something like "She's moving a little slow. What's that, 250 > > points?" > > > > But then, everyone I know lives for black comedy. I can't wait to try > > Glenn's game. > > > > Rob > > > > > > - > > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > > > > > - > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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