Wipeout - Where Have You Been All My Life?

Optix

Basket Chassis
Staff member
No, not the crappy Psygnosis racer, the TV show!

I've spent about 2 hours today watching it on YouTube and I'm still going. It's like the 80's show Fun House and Spike's MXC had a beautiful baby! I'm familiar with the show but YouTube takes the best and crams it into a painful package.

This guy easily has the best channel so have a look. Need more convincing? Check this foolishness out!

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Need more? Ok. You twisted my arm.

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Optix

Basket Chassis
Staff member
Hahaha!

The racer wasn't all bad, but it wasn't my cup of tea. I'm more of a Destruction Derby kinda guy.

There's quite a few repeat sections from the other channel, but there are some new ones here.

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WOW!

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Rob Williams

Editor-in-Chief
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Moderator
I dunno, I don't understand the appeal of shows like this. I think I might have watched them as a kid but for some reason I am just not drawn in at all. I do remember watching a show like this when I was visiting Greg once, but I can't remember for the life of me what it was called.
 

Tharic-Nar

Senior Editor
Staff member
Moderator
For some reason, all I could think was Genki from Saints Row Third without the guns... though I wouldn't be surprised to see them in the future.
 

Optix

Basket Chassis
Staff member
I don't know what it is about shows like this. It was the same thing with MXC on Spike. I'm not big on sports (except hockey) and I don't like MMA (beating people for the sake of beating people is silly to me) so I guess I make up for it with Wipeout.

At some points last night I was in tears trying to stifle my laughter so I didn't wake anybody up.
 

eunoia

Partition Master
The meta- voiceovers in Spike's MXC were genius. I didn't think the format could be dumbed down, but I stand corrected.
 

Optix

Basket Chassis
Staff member
Kenny Blankenship and Vic Romano! Can't forget Captain Tennille and Guy LaDouche, either!

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Wipeout has some better...uh, wipeouts than MXC did, with the exception of the back flip.

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