Posts tagged racing simulation
Gran Turismo and the Impact of Games On Our Lives
Feb 15th
The R33-generation Nissan Skyline GT-R, as featured in Gran Turismo. Doug still wants one of these, FYI.
Almost a month ago, a Japanese engineer named Shinichiro Sakurai passed away. About a week later, he was eulogized in one of the largest Japanese daily newspapers, the Asahi Shimbun, and remembered as a passionate legend in his field. A couple days later a friend tweeted that article; I read it and sat awestruck. This was partially due to the man’s accomplishments, but after a few minutes of contemplation, I came to realize how many different points in my life met at Sakurai-san and his work.
Why the hell am I writing about this on a web site that is ostensively, about video games? Because for me, it all starts and begins with a video game: Gran Turismo.
Review: Forza Motorsport 3
Dec 1st
Forza Motorsport 3 is just about everything you would want from a sequel. While it doesn’t bring any revolutionary changes to the formula established by Turn 10 Studios with Forza 1 and 2, the game adds plenty of new features and improves on almost every feature from Forza 2.