{"id":201,"date":"2025-07-27T14:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T14:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/?p=201"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:44:19","slug":"why-wipeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/why-wipeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Wipeout?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-controversial-magazine-ads-for-wipeout-v0-gamf65pzyk2b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Top techno DJ Sara Cox got a fatal nose bleed from doing too many um high speed corners.<br>Contemporary magazine ad via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/btmpkd\/\">btmpkd<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/psx\/comments\/13tvyoe\/the_controversial_magazine_ads_for_wipeout\/\">Reddit<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1996 Sony was pushing the PlayStation console up into the adult market and Wipeout was cool to play. It had crashing techno tunes and nailed the &#8220;just one more go&#8221; addiction cycle. Play it with mates after the club. Play it with Sunday dub. Close the curtains, tea and a packet of custard creams. No shame to race the day away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wipeout-2097-ps1-75.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thanks for the grab, <a href=\"https:\/\/thekingofgrabs.com\/about-the-king-of-grabs\/\">King of Grabs<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/phoboslab.org\/wipegame\/\">playing in a browser<\/a> ffs, you see the low poly count through the textures. The learning curve is a brick wall. Gaining outsider cool by promoting drug use? Nah. Pit lane babes, so last century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/lego.dougal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wipeout-web-browser.large_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yet. The ships still bob beguilingly on the start line, your heart still races when the circuit drops out below you, the on-board computer announces &#8220;missile&#8221; and you imitate it for the thousandth time as you get away with another over cooked corner. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b1lLk7yxrek?si=J5LRXXLMXcvZxlt6&amp;t=75\">Hey, hey, hey<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vol.co\/blogs\/wipeout-futurism\/mcp_speaks\">They<\/a> are writing <a href=\"https:\/\/vol.co\/products\/wipeout-futurism\">books<\/a> about it. The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/archive\/2017\/06\/02\/25-stunning-pieces-of-unseen-wipeout-concept-art-that-deserve-to-be-your-new-wallpaper\/\">lore<\/a> is strong in this one. 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