2004-10-14
Oh oh. I'm on fire.
That's what my 3 year old son Peter says as his onscreen car is blown to bits once again in Vigilante 8: Second Offence on the Dreamcast. I was sort of surprised that he likes the game as much as he does, at first. But then, how can a typical boy not like racing around, smashing into things, flying off cliffs, and firing rockets at other vehicles on the road?
"Rianna! Heidi! Get in my car!" he says to his sisters. Extra chairs are pulled up and suddenly they're riding with him. "Peter, watch out!" "Why are those bad people trying to blow you up?" Peter's favourite vehicle is a hover car - they all like how much air it can get when you race up the side of a crater, in one of the areas available to race.
And then after he's on fire again? "It's okay. I can fix it." And he presses the Start button, and everything is new again...
"Rianna! Heidi! Get in my car!" he says to his sisters. Extra chairs are pulled up and suddenly they're riding with him. "Peter, watch out!" "Why are those bad people trying to blow you up?" Peter's favourite vehicle is a hover car - they all like how much air it can get when you race up the side of a crater, in one of the areas available to race.
And then after he's on fire again? "It's okay. I can fix it." And he presses the Start button, and everything is new again...
