Moody Non-Photo-Realistic Driving

An anonymous reader points out a project called Drivey, which he describes as "a dark and fascinating example of 2.xD [not quite 3d] graphical rendering. This tiny, free [as in beer] demo gives you an amazingly compelling driving experience. To quote the author, 'It was conceived as a driving simulator for old farts like myself, who are kind of nostalgic for the "old days" [ca. 1985] but are not so thick as to believe that the games from the 80s were actually in any way superior to the games we play today.' Even works fine under WINE!"

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Bug

[Ligur]

I have this annoying nack for discovering game-breaking bugs in a very short time. It took me about 15 seconds to break this one by holding the acceleration key down until the car started passing through solid objects like the bridge columns, a few seconds after that I passed right through the surrounding fences and soon after that I was out of the urban area entirely.
Other examples include Deus Ex 2, during the mission where you have to choose between killing the professor or letting him live and open the case for the wall-penetrating weapon. I jammed the door that's supposed to close after you exit the room with the professor (to keep you from killing him after you get the weapon) open with a crate, and return with the weapon to kill him, only he magically gained 9999 hitpoints as soon as he pushed the button, so I stabbed him in the head for about half-an-hour until he diead, at wich point I completed two opposing missions and broke the game.
I also completed the objectives of the last mission in X: beyond the frontier before I reached them through the story-line and ended up not being able to complete the game once I got there in the intended way.
I'm currently unemployed btw, so if you're looking for a bug-tester in sweden, drop me a line. ;)

Old Farts

[cmay]

"it was conceived as a driving simulator for old farts like myself" No kidding! This guy is driving on the wrong side of the road! Get that old geezer of the road before he plows through the local farmers market! :)