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Oct 15, 2011
Happy Wheels: Cycling Havoc in the Metro
Note: The video contains some simulated graphic violence
With ever constant spat between cyclists and drivers in D.C., let’s imagine if we included the other main sub-sect of local transit: Metro riders. For those of us less inclined to attempt to pop a wheelie on a metro platform or train aisle, perhaps those urges can be satiated with Happy Wheels, a ragdoll-physics Flash game by Jim Bonacci. While there are already 1.7 million user-made levels, the Dupont Circle Metro station lands prominently as a feature level in the main game.