Hi. This was good. Thanks for forwarding this to the list from Phil.
Charles Rivard wrote: > USA Raceway Opening Day > by phil Vlasak > Inspired by Scott Crain > > The day will be here. > Years in the making and it will be here. > It will be beautiful. > It will be a crash helmet and > a force feedback steering wheel, > it will be screeching tires and sweaty palms, > it will be the culmination of developer stress > and customer demands, > in a small room with surround speakers, > a comfortable chair, > smoke in the air, > a clutched joystick, or keyboard, laughter, smiles . . . > But will it be USA Raceway? > > -asked the blind man in the subway station handing out newspapers before > going home to a turned off computer. > -asked the lawyer with the Italian shoes > who watched the game go through three divorces, > -asked the teenage boy going to school > with a frown on his face and an empty wallet. > > They start each day with dreams, plans, and hopes Raceway will finally see > the light of day at its new home. > > When USA Raceway is finished, > There will be many happy sleepy players in the mornings > and plenty of tired, slumped evenings playing after work. > It will be no more nights out but nights in, > Hours of playing until dawn, > but will it be USA Raceway? > > -asked the fifteen year old girl sleeping on a cot > dreaming of the day she will be able to drive. > > On USA Raceway Opening Day, > There will be hundreds of downloads, > crickets singing a lullaby of creation. > There will be nights of thunder and roaring, > of rattled windows and revving engines. > There will be nights of trial and error, perfecting your skills, > Others beating your best lap times, > that snuck in while you weren't looking. > There will be nights of passion beating another to a photo finish, > intensifying the joy of the game, > and there will be nights when you've let the sun go down > on your anger, after crashing at high speeds in the championship race, > But, the sun rises every morning, > and when you rise, > you will ask the question, > because that man by the guide dog > with no family and earning $5.15 an hour, > and that accessibility tech consultant on 9th avenue, and her boss, > and her > boyfriend, > need to know, if it will be USA Raceway! > > And we, the blind gaming multitudes, > with silent, awkward voices, > ask the same question. > We who surround you now > and have maybe not taken those game preordering steps > and maybe not found that perfect racing game at someone else's company. > USA Games Entertainment, You are our hope. > There will be questions on thousands of lips, > trembling to the echoes of, "will it be USA Raceway?" > > -asked by the masses with black and blue hearts and unfelt days, > demanding, "do you have the so-called guts it takes > to finish the game? 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