Skifree

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. More like have you survived SkiFree? More like: have you felt the cold rush of wind and terror that is SkiFree? Have you sensed the unstoppable, inescapable presence of SkiFree as it catches up behind you, bringing with it all the excesses and…

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Every Sunday, we reach deep into Rock, Paper, Shotgun's 141-year history to pull out one of the best moments from the archive. This week, Alec's 2009 retrospective of Microsoft oddity Skifree. Why? Why does he want to eat me? What did I ever do to him? I'm just skiing, man. I'm not a threat to him or his people. I can't believe I taste that…

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Why? Why does he want to eat me? What did I ever do to him? I'm just skiing, man. I'm not a threat to him or his people. I can't believe I taste that great, underneath this garish windcheater and plastic boots. I'm certainly not going to replace all the calories he spends chasing me down a frozen mountain slope at about 90mph. He wants…

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