Screw Racing, This Driving Game Is About Getting Stuck In The Mud

One of the best things about driving games on the PC is that they're not all about racing sports cars. There's stuff like Euro Truck Simulator. And now this, Spintires, which is basically a game about trying to keep trucks on the road on some of the world's worst roads.

It's a hardcore all-terrain simulation, tasking the player with performing seemingly mundane tasks like navigation and...driving on a road, but which become tough thanks to things like weather, lighting and, most important of all, a ridiculously realistic driving model.

The developers are currently looking to fund completion of the game on Kickstarter, but you can try it out now with a downloadable demo.

Spintires — The ultimate off-road challenge! [Kickstarter]

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One Does Not Simply Screw Up A LEGO Set This Badly

One of the newest playsets in LEGO's Lord of the Rings line is the Council of Elrond. A key moment in the events of the trilogy, it's notable not just because it brings the Fellowship of the Ring together, but because the internet has transformed one line into perhaps the series' most memorable.

It's crazy, then, that LEGO's set immortalising the Council doesn't include a Boromir figure. I mean, on the bright side, it does include a mechanism where Gimli can be thrown backwards after trying to whack the Ring with his axe, but that's small consolation for the lack of a contemplative Boromir.

Those happy to have Arwen and Elrond in his stead, the set is going for $ 30.

The Lord of the Rings 79006: The Council of Elrond [Review] [Brothers Brick]

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