How Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 morphed into something very different.
Misguided, crass, even tawdry. All valid criticisms of BMX XXX, which featured the unlikely pairing of BMX riding and gratuitous nudity with a side order of fart jokes and dog sex. The game was a flop on its release in 2002 but garnered a generous helping of infamy that ensures it’s remembered even two decades on, mostly by people wondering, ‘How on earth did that game get made?’ To help answer that question, we spoke to two of the game’s developers, who reveal the story of how what should have been Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 lost its star and mutated into a melange of Jackass-style humour and stripper videos.
I think that extreme sports back then had a zeitgeist moment. Tony Hawk was obviously the leader in that regard, but Dave Mirra did really well in that space
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How Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 morphed into something very different.
Misguided, crass, even tawdry. All valid criticisms of BMX XXX, which featured the unlikely pairing of BMX riding and gratuitous nudity with a side order of fart jokes and dog sex. The game was a flop on its release in 2002 but garnered a generous helping of infamy that ensures it’s remembered even two decades on, mostly by people wondering, ‘How on earth did that game get made?’ To help answer that question, we spoke to two of the game’s developers, who reveal the story of how what should have been Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 lost its star and mutated into a melange of Jackass-style humour and stripper videos.
I think that extreme sports back then had a zeitgeist moment. Tony Hawk was obviously the leader in that regard, but Dave Mirra did really well in that space
Read the full article on timeextension.com
