bonus points if the direction/city/state combo is something nobody has ever said before, like "he's a cool guy from central rhode island"

This looks so good! Crazy smooth for GBA—puts Virtua Racing with the SVP chip to shame. Less polys being pushed but I think that’s the right move considering how much nicer this would feel to actually play.

Things I learned:

• I don’t think Sega Touring Car is any better in arcade
• 500 GP is very cool looking but unplayable—just play MotoGP on PS2
•Dirt Dash is actually the best arcade racing game Namco never ported home and better than most Ridge Racers, honestly
• Thrill Drive is SO entertaining

These younger kids that lived across the street from me just gave me their copy for free because they didn’t like it. They complained it was “like driving Hot Wheels cars.” Their loss.

Having played an OR2 SP cab last week in Japan for the first time in a long time, I’ve decided that that game is good on console but truly great in an arcade, like those physics kind of need a wheel and shifter to really thrive.

This episode is good because I ask the the bold question: “Have you ever weaponized a time signature?”

The 10-year anniversary led me to go back to it too and I forgot how good it was. Dvrk Wvrld all day

Underrated star of an underrated album (yeah I know it sold bazillions but everyone writes it off now compared to AFTP, etc)