How many bones have you broken? Too bad, the crunching noise they make is gross. I prefer breaking virtual, non-corporeal bones. Slackers: Carts Of Glory seems complicit in this endeavor. It's basically the same part of Jackass where the gang speeds downhill in shopping carts, risking their physical and mental health, as usual. The arcade racing game came out yesterday, and it has online multiplayer, so you can break other people's bones too. Let's see it in action.
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In single-player, it's less of a race and more of a time trial. In this case, the finish line is a liquor store at the bottom of the hill. The store is closing soon, and you need to hurl yourself through the windows before the clock runs out. There are beers to grab as you hurtle down the asphalt slopes. Sip on your beer to “quench your thirst and push yourself to insane speeds,” says Falling Saints developer.
This is a very boozy game, so maybe it's good for a hangout game, or for a leisurely fall afternoon with friends who share a disturbing fondness for Johnny Knoxville and others jousting in shopping carts and covering the parking lots of the United States in fine spatters of their own blood. My own memories of these scenes from the Jackass TV show are hazy, and to be honest, I'm not sure I have the stomach for them anymore. The visually explosive but relatively sedate introduction to the team's 2002 film is more than I can stomach.
What about ragdoll video game figures? I could do that! Slackers: Carts Of Glory was recommended to me on Steam because I love the smashy racing game Wreckfest and the face-down skateboarding sim Session. And wow, yeah, good job, algorithm. There seems to be a good limb-flinging scene as you blast out of your car uncontrollably (I especially liked the very quick cut to the store CCTV as you crash through the windows). You can also pick it up on Steam if you have a pent-up thirst for beer and ill-conceived stunt work.