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The history of Carmageddon (Blog post)

Carmageddon. A video game known by people even if they never played it, thanks to its scandalous reputation. However, this game is far from solely being the "nasty racing game where you have to crush pedestrians" that many media and politicians wanted to ban. Carmageddon is first and foremost an excellent game, featuring many technological and gameplay innovations that deeply influenced the racing game genre.   We interviewed Neil Barnden, co-founder of Stainless Software gam [...]

Keywords : history, carmageddon, stainless software, violence, scandal, censorship, fun

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