"You must be confused, but try not to think too hard about this," says Herman, the spluttering old man who's about to thrash me in a few laps of familiar-looking racing game Nightmare Kart. "Just go out and win a few races, and it will all be over before you know it."
That's easier said than done. Unlike its chirpy older sibling Mario Kart, there are few rules in Nightmare Kart. If you fancy pulling up beside a fellow racer and blasting them with a shotgun, that's perfectly reasonable – encouraged, in fact – and you best believe those skeletons on the track are going to try and kill you. If all of this sounds familiar, you may know developer LWMedia's Nightmare Kart by another name: Bloodborne Kart, the viral PS1-style demake that had to drop all FromSoftware-adjacent branding when Sony's lawyers caught wind of it. With those changes made, there's nothing here to interest any lawyers – off you go, now – but plenty for speed demons to enjoy.
