
We try to keep politics out of our reporting here at Time Extension, mainly because it seems to cause nothing but trouble 99.9% of the time, but we couldn't resist this one – yes, someone has added the Democrat Vice President nominee Tim Walz to Crazy Taxi.
If you're wondering why this has happened, allow us to explain.
When Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race in July, Kamala Harris stepped up and named Walz her VP. Thrust into the spotlight, Walz's personal life became news – and The New York Times published a report about the Minnesota governor that mentioned he played his Dreamcast so much that his wife had to hide it from him.
Yes, Walz is a gamer.
Now, Walz has been immortalised in the Dreamcast game he was apparently most fond of during his time with the console.
Edward La Barbera – creator of Frasier Fantasy – has modded Walz (along with Kamala) into the game, and you can download it here.
The mod features "two retextured characters, cars...and a snowy Minnesota environment," as well as "fully voiced lines using their respective DNC speeches" and a "new Polling Place location for drop-off."
It currently only works with the Flycast Dreamcast Emulator, but if you're familiar with that, you can get it all rolling by following the included instructions.
[source x.com, via edward-la-barbera.itch.io]
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I might not be voting for him but I can respect a Dreamcast enjoyer lol
@IceClimbersMain Jesus, comments like this are exactly why they're afraid to post anything remotely political. Nobody can refrain from talking about who they're going to vote for, and then it turns into a mess.
@Poodlestargenerica I'm not talking about who I'm voting for? I didn't even mention if I lived in the States or not.
TE: It had to happen, right?
Dexter Holland: YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAAAAH
Lolz
@Blast16 I still have no idea what Way down the line has to do with Reckless driving.
In honor of Walz's breakthrough viral moment, I feel like this mod should be called Weird Taxi.
@Poodlestargenerica Looks like you are part of the problem with that... That was a total nothingburger comment by Ice Climbers.
@PopetheRev28 Haha…no clue!!!
@Poodlestargenerica
He wasn't rude, he did not say that People have to vote in this or that way, he showed respect to Walz for his non political Gusto.
I think it is everything ok with that Comment.
@Azuris @Trmn8r It doesn't need to be mentioned at all which way they vote, that's the point, you can't keep something neutral if you feel the need to voice a political opinion while doing so.
I'm sorry if this is controversial but it's what I believe. I can't support this...
I can't support Dreamcast mods that don't run on real hardware.
Needs to be made to run on real hardware so that someone can mail it to him.
So is Crazy Taxi brat?
@Poodlestargenerica I'm not going to vote for Kamala or Trump, you know why? Because I live in another country. Welcome to the Internet. It is not the property of the United States.
@Cronodoug Nope it sure isn't. But about 70% of it's traffic passes through a single state in the US. So it's basically the pulse. Without it the internet would be what it was 25 years ago. JFTR
With the way inflation is going, Crazy Taxi's exorbitant taxi fares will be reality soon enough.
@Cronodoug Yeah, I'm pretty sure most people who say they're not going to vote for someone are eligible to do so. If I just go on some article about Boris Johnson and say "I'm not going to vote for him, but I got to respect a man who loves whiff whaff", that would be pretty odd behavior for someone who isn't in his constituency
@Poodlestargenerica you blocked/ignored me on here but I'm still getting emails when I'm mentioned here, so I'm not even sure you'll see this lol.
I didn't say I was in the US, but I am. I'm not voting Democrat but that doesn't mean that I can't appreciate and respect other people for sharing my interest, it's not that deep. I wanted to leave it as vague as possible so political discussion wouldn't pop up but it still did.
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