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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 9:09PM (Unverified) said

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Why the fuck would they even put that in the game? It looks like something out of Homestar Runner.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 9:13PM (Unverified) said

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It was meant as political commentary back in the day.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 9:13PM Jacksons said

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Exactly what I was thinking, weird.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:54PM (Unverified) said

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Political commentary? I thought it was just a joke. The whole game was made of minigames like this that you were supposed to get your friends to play as a prank. Some were rigged to play different tricks on them, while some, like this, were just really really boring. Hence the title, "Smoke and Mirrors."
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 11:37PM Antibot said

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It is a joke/political commentary. It was a response to video game critics (at the time, Janet Reno) saying video games are too violent. P&T decided to make a realistic game to show how boring it would be.

The whole game is pretty funny. You can read more about it here:

http://www.waxy.org/archive/2006/02/28/penn_tel.shtml

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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 9:18PM Shiaoran said

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D8 (my face while watching the video)
A cookie for whoever tell me of a game more boring than this one.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 9:30PM Geist said

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Gears of War! Halo 3! Um. Assassin's Creed!

Heh, oh I kid, I kid. Just that a question like that invites all sorts of fanboy comments.

Seriously. This game is quite the boring experience.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 9:36PM (Unverified) said

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There are some pains man is not meant to endure.

Godspeed to those brave, brave souls.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 9:47PM Mr Khan said

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And i thought i had seen gaming brutality with Magician Lord and Wrecking Crew

Apparently i haven't even scratched the surface of brutal games

8 hours? They're masochists indeed
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:06PM (Unverified) said

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DONATE AND MAKE THEM PLAY MORE!!!
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:08PM (Unverified) said

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Is there any traffic or turns? If not they could just, ya know, tape down a button and run with it, unless the bus has busted steering alignment and constantly tries to run off the road.

Good thing this crap never got released, holy shit.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:51PM supremespleen said

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They made it so the bus veers to the right constantly, so you cannot do that.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:09PM Geist said

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You forgot to mention the part where, at the end of the 8 hour trek, the game gives you a few seconds to confirm whether or not you'd like to try again. If you don't respond, it ends. So you have to do it _continuously_.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:13PM (Unverified) said

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wtf did i just watch ............................................................ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm so um yeah so excuse me while i rethink what ive done with my life ............................. what the bleepity bleep bleepity bleep bleepity bleep bleepity bleep bleepity bleep bleepity was that
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:19PM (Unverified) said

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this would be a good xbox live achievement. they should release this as a arcade game
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:22PM finnith said

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They should put this on XBLA with some achievements.

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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:34PM (Unverified) said

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Oh man, I know the LoadingReadyRun guys! This is awesome, going to have to donate.
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 10:47PM Hydralisk456 said

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They think that's bad, HAH! Try playing the unreleased sequel, Desert Bus 2: The Residential Zone! It's basically the same game except you drive through a residential area so the speed limit is a blistering 25mph. And you have to watch out for children, if you hit one the game bricks your console..... FOREVER!!
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 11:12PM The MAZZTer said

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hydralisk456: Awww darnnit! I was hoping they would stay truthful to the original and have no challenge whatsoever! It actually sounds like it might have an ounce of fun now...
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Posted: Nov 22nd 2007 11:46PM MrClickerson said

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ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIFYING GAME PLAY. HOLY MOTHER-F**KING S**T! THAT IS THE **GREATEST** GAME EVER! HOW DARE YOU, JOYSTIQ, INSULT SUCH A QUALITY GAME!

I'M BOYCOTTING!
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Posted: Nov 23rd 2007 12:17AM Geist said

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Overall Score: 9.5/10
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Posted: Nov 23rd 2007 12:02AM samfish said

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Haha! I love Penn & Teller. I wish this game would have been released. A VC release would be awesome or the above mentioned XBLA release with achievements.
...well, achievement.
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Posted: Nov 23rd 2007 12:06AM (Unverified) said

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lol,
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Posted: Nov 23rd 2007 12:26AM (Unverified) said

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They should use this game as an alternative for waterboarding. Cruel and unusual indeed....
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Posted: Nov 23rd 2007 6:26AM (Unverified) said

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APPROACHING SOUND BARRIER!
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Posted: Nov 23rd 2007 7:24AM (Unverified) said

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Ummmmm, that truck needs some wheel alignment done.
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Posted: Nov 23rd 2007 1:02PM (Unverified) said

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Owie that is painful they could at least put some traffic maybe an occational Coyote well maybe they did though some of those 2 lane highways are silly quiet. Kinda reminds me of the Lemanns 24 "24 hr" mode though at least on that your driving fast.
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Posted: Nov 23rd 2007 3:09PM Nick the Hero of Canton said

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Been looking forward to this one for a bit :)
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Posted: Nov 23rd 2007 4:29PM (Unverified) said

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You all are forgetting the best part. When you go off the road, a tow truck has the tow your ass AALLLLLL the way back to Tucson, ALSO in real time!
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Posted: Nov 26th 2007 8:11PM JimmyTheMonkey said

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That bus needs its allignment checked
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