I don't know about you, but when I'm driving, my mind often moves to one of three games in heavy traffic: Ridge Racer (powersliding!), Sega Rally (forget slow people, just drive in the grass!), or Mario Kart (damn, I wish I had some bananas right about now). Of course, if I was Mario Kart-ing it, I wouldn't wear the Mario outfit and drive a go-kart.
A French dork named Remi Gaillard would, though. Remi dressed up in Mario's overalls, slapped on a mustache, gassed up his kart, and hit the open road. After a perfect start (1 and 2 and boom before the 3), he gets his power-up: bananas. Watch as real-world drivers run over his banana tosses. Sadly, they're quite a bit less effective in real life.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
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How pissed would you be if you had to drive behind that guy? I'm sure that motorcycle driver must have wanted to beat the shit out of him after he threw that banana in front of him...
Ha, cool. Can we make a fun acronym for this kinda of stuff? May I suggest GIRLs (Games In Real Life) or has this already been done? If not lets do it. I want to see more GIRLs.
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10:30 AM on 12.05.2008
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Already done.
Awesome, hands down, thumbs up!!!
Ha, but seriously...this story is yanked.
if i was in that car i'd pull up next to him and throw my big gulp on him. see how he likes it.
All I need is the 4x multiplier...
He's a professional prankster.
Shifter karts can go over 125 mph.
This video was pretty good.
(Downloads video)