Writing WipEout, one of gaming’s most enduring, vivid worlds

Have you ever chewed fog? Of the many pleasures that games have given us, I’m not sure that I can recall it. Even in the clammier moments of Silent Hill 2, when the mists bulge and bruise with all manner of malevolence, I couldn’t tell you what it tastes like. The question arises because of a booklet, that of WipEout, for the PlayStation, which briskly summarises the joys within: “Pick the team you want to race for. take control of your souped-up anti-gravity racer. then ride the six huge circuits leaving the rest to chew the fog.” Note the lack of capital letters at the launch of each sentence. In this world, there is never such thing as a full stop.

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Source: Eurogamer.net