You’re asking questions you donut want the answer to.
MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 3 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?
jeze64@midwest.social 3 months ago
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 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.
MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 3 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.
BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 3 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.MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
I would have assumed boost is modern Sonic’s equivalent to rolling, but after learning more about the game, I understand…
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 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 made 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.
MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Thank you, this is very interesting.
cafuneandchill@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Vinesauce Joel’s playthrough of it is also very iconic
trigonated@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Joel also has a real-time flight from Sweden to Brazil in Flight Simulator that’s very entertaining despite being several hours long.
cafuneandchill@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Oh yeah, I remember that