You didn't see this on ESPN, but last week a new sports video game franchise might have been
born in the United Arab Emirates. Ten remote-controlled robots were placed atop ten racing camels. The camels were then
sent running around a 10-kilometer track in the while the people controlling them chased behind in more conventional
vehicles.
Now that remote-controlled camel racing is possible and conceivable, it's only a small leap to move the controls farther and farther away from the actual race and closer and closer to our living rooms. Can Akbar's Camel Racing 2K9 for the Xbox 720 Live service be all that far behind? Perhaps for a small fee of just $.10, you'll be able to adorn your camel with racing stripes, golden stirrups and iced-out front teeth.
