{"id":13,"date":"2004-08-29T14:48:36","date_gmt":"2004-08-29T14:48:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-02-23T06:46:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T11:46:07","slug":"crash-n-burn-out-of-the-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2004\/08\/29\/crash-n-burn-out-of-the-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash &#8216;N&#8217; Burn &#8211; Out of the Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was slogging through mounds of email, and I noticed that I was sent an invitation from the PlayStation Underground to apply for a beta test position for Eidos\u2019 Crash \u2018N\u2019 Burn.  Two things come to mind.  First, I have never received an invite to be a beta tester before, so that was fairly cool.  Second, I am so far out of the loop that I have no idea what this game is about.  Still, the email said, \u201cyou meet all of the requirements and have been invited to participate in the online public beta test\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kind of interesting since I am not a big online fan, and it is a little disconcerting that I am completely out of it when it comes to release lists.  There was a time in my life when I could recite (in great detail) tons of games that were on my radar and even complete lists of games that I figured would be lame, or discount rack material.  I assume this game is kind of like Destruction Derby, and all good readers (and I suspense Sony too) know that the rolling demo for DD convinced me that I <strong>needed<\/strong> this new shiny known as the PlayStation months before Sony took over the world of video gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, this said tale ended with a message that stated that the enrollment period was over and all beta tester positions have been filled.  At least I know that there is still some hope for me.  After all, I did get the email saying that I was cool enough to be a beta testing.  Then again, I am sure 1000s of others received the same letter.  Still being invited to beta test is something to hang my hat on \u2026 I guess.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was slogging through mounds of email, and I noticed that I was sent an invitation from the PlayStation Underground to apply for a beta test position for Eidos\u2019 Crash \u2018N\u2019 Burn. Two things come to mind. First, I have never received an invite to be a beta tester before, so that was fairly &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2004\/08\/29\/crash-n-burn-out-of-the-loop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crash &#8216;N&#8217; Burn &#8211; Out of the Loop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39,42,32],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-ps2","tag-psone","tag-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2136,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/2136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}