198: Crazy Taxi (with Darren Hupke - Pixels & Polygons)

Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Discord, Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog In the midst of so many games and podcasts with heavy story themes, sometimes it's nice to just play a video game-ass video game. And so here we have Crazy Taxi (Sega, 2000), plowing through a bunch of mailboxes on its way to the podcast schedule. This is a seminal game, especially for Dreamcast owners and arcade-goers, that I had somehow never played before. So what was it like playing for the first time in 2025? Listen in to find out! Guest info: Darren Hupke (he/him) Find all of Darren's work https://pixelsandpolygons.net/ Follow on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/darrenhupke.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Title Card 0:11 Introductions 4:05 Our Histories with Crazy Taxi 9:56 Opening Thoughts About Crazy Taxi 13:50 Game Setup 23:34 Crazy Box Mode and Advanced Maneuvers 31:26 Sense of Humor, Future Crazy Taxis and Soundtrack 43:39 Real Life Crazy Taxis and Product Placement 49:40 Closing Thoughts and Recommendations 55:00 Darren's Books and Pixels & Polygons 1:00:31 Announcements and Patron Thank-Yous Music used in the episode: All I Want (The Offspring), Ten in 2010 (Bad Religion), Change the World (The Offspring) Social Media: BlueSky- https://bsky.app/profile/tftblpod.bsky.social Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/ Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures