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Roadie Runner

Before things went Babyshambles, Pete Doherty and Carl Barat were partners in rhyme and the new darlings of the London indie scene. When the band split it seems they had different ideas....

If you believe the papers, Pete was hellbent on ending his life, whereas Carl wanted to save everyone elses.

Well, that’s going on the evidence of a game called Roadie Runner. Backed by Carl’s current ensemble, Dirty Pretty Things it’s designed to highlight road safety. To play, you have to ferry the bands roadie across a busy road to collect instruments for their gig. Fail to dodge the traffic and you’re looking at some roadie roadkill.

As a means of raising road safety awareness Roadie Runner is quite clever but lacks some rock n roll realism. The character in the games is super slim and conservatively dressed with no tattoos, bum cleavage, beer belly or pony tail. Maybe they’re an imposter drafted in because the real roadie has done a runner…

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