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Feature: 100 Things that would make London Racer better.

Over the past few months, Ive had the great* task of thoroghly and critically analyzing a game. I wont go into why I must but needless to say its the most horrible assignment Ive ever been given.

Guess why? I was given London Racer (PSX).

The sheer nature and content of this game is of such a standard its probally not worth even writing a full analytical review here, instead,I shall write a difinitive list of 100 things the creators of London Racer, Davilex, could do to make the game better:

  1. Un-publish it
  2. Use it as a coaster
  3. Stamp on it
  4. Melt it
  5. Cast it into the sun
  6. Use as mirror
  7. Frizbee
  8. Use as dog toy
  9. Keep case for another game
  10. Strap CD to bomb
  11. Dont aknowledge its existence... oh, wait...
  12. Stick two together: Novelty glasses
  13. Sharpen edges, use as a saw
  14. Turn into necklace
  15. Put 2 together, Bikini!
  16. Melt down and re-mould as something better... like FFIIV...
  17. Melt down and re-sell plastic
  18. Snap CD in two
  19. Use as shiv
  20. Attatch to baloon, and see how high it goes
  21. Use it to repel alien brain washing devices (hang from roof)
  22. Annoy people on train by reflecting light off CD
  23. Attatch to feet in winter and use as skis
  24. attatch CDS to wall, retro art!
  25. Draw on it
  26. Skeet shooting
  27. Use as target at shooting ranges
  28. Use as Dog poop-a-scoop-a
  29. Use as an object to draw around
  30. Drill holes in it and use as an spirograph
  31. Drill a hole in it...
  32. Stick it in a microwave
  33. Use as a stress relief. Snap it when a good game annoys you
  34. Disguise as change and give it to a hobo
  35. put it into a broken CD drive and send the drive to be repaired, hopefully theyll just issue you a new drive in return
  36. Paint pink and disguise as ham
  37. Throw into ravive and see how far you can skip it
  38. Set on fire and frizbee into the night sky
  39. Stack a few to even a wonky table/chair
  40. Grab two and ping pong ball, use as raqet and play table tennis
  41. Competitions! How many can you snap in 10 minutes?
  42. Use as an electric conductor in scientific experements
  43. Geek bling hub caps
  44. Dangle from fishing rod in front of camera: Cheesy ufo in home movie
  45. Make into a clock
  46. Ran out of toilet paper?
  47. Waft away an unpleasant smell
  48. Use as bottle opener
  49. Use to pry open awkward boxes
  50. Christmas present for someone you dont like
  51. Birthday present for someone you dont like
  52. Lock in time capsule then bury it... then cement over it... on the side of a volcano
  53. Use it to clean gunk out of keyboard
  54. Roll over with a steam roller to discover how flat it can go
  55. Put in oven and see how long it takes to melt
  56. Use to burn stuff by reflecting sun
  57. Leave under someones windscreen wiper like a parking ticket
  58. Use to scoop dog food biscuits out of bag
  59. Melt and re-mould as lego
  60. Wedge open windows and doors
  61. use as bookmark
  62. cut into star and put on top of christmas tree
  63. Use as ice scraper for car windows
  64. Scoop away snow
  65. Erase data on disk and write something more useful onto it
  66. Draw a man on it with his crotch over the hole and stick your pinky through
  67. Beer mat
  68. Throw it into the ocean with address written on it, see which country it ends up in... youll probally get it back with a death threat on it however.
  69. Ditch that crazy girl whos stalking you by confessing your love for the game
  70. Make crap games look good by comparison, hold it upto a rubbish game and viola! Pippa Funnels pony express looks somewhat tangiable... but not much.
  71. Cut it up into small plastic meccano pieces
  72. Pat butcher ear-rings (google it for my international readers)
  73. Stack up and glue together, perfect doorstop!
  74. Bookmark
  75. The relist game, see how many times it doesnt sell on ebay, get relist highscores!
  76. Use as snow shoes
  77. Dangle from trees to scare birds
  78. Sharpen and use as make-shift razor for shaving
  79. Use to peel fruit
  80. Attatch to stick and turn into fly swatter
  81. Tile your floor with them
  82. Scratch up the CD and mail it back to Davilex
  83. At a friends house, pick up a good game and swap disks
  84. Windsheild cover
  85. At haloween, place on in a trick or treaters bag
  86. Use as wheels on a trolley
  87. Chop up and use as decorative gravel
  88. Use as a decorative facefplate for headphones
  89. Trapped on an island with about 1000 copies? Spell out SOS with them
  90. Glue loads together and attatch chain to them, makeshift mace
  91. Use as test subject for a braniac experiment
  92. Cut out plectrums out of the CD
  93. Drop one bedind you every couple of meters as a way of tracking where you have been
  94. Use as headband for ponytails
  95. Glue to forehead and look like a doctor
  96. Glue some end on end and use as blinds
  97. Cut out some fan blades and attatch to motor, cheap-o fan
  98. Frizbee at people you dont like
  99. Use to scrape out rat cage
  100. Make sure you have completely and fully achieved number 1

*dubious

Special thanks to 3DMadness, Keyz, Emily