{"id":980165,"date":"2026-01-06T04:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=456442"},"modified":"2026-01-06T04:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:29:18","slug":"this-shopping-kart-racing-game-is-more-than-a-jackass-knockoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-shopping-kart-racing-game-is-more-than-a-jackass-knockoff\/","title":{"rendered":"This shopping kart racing game is more than a Jackass knockoff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Slackers – Carts of Glory,<\/em> you have a big problem: You\u2019re out of beer but the grocery store closes in mere minutes. To further complicate things, you don\u2019t have a car or a bike, just a shopping cart with enough WD40 on its wheels to break the sound barrier. So, with no better choice, you must mount the metal stead and hill bomb your way to glory. Ergo, the subtitle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Accomplishing this feat is as difficult and dangerous as it sounds, with your hoody-wearing shopping kart pilot more often than not being thrown into tree trunks or over cars in ways that would be horrific if not for the game\u2019s cartoon style. However, for all the failures I experienced while shredding down the hills of suburban neighborhoods and rural highways, Carts of Glory<\/em> never left me angry, frustrated, or even stressed. Why is that?<\/p>\n

The game radiates chillness. I suppose it helps that the starting character is basically The Dude from The Big Lebowski<\/em>, with long hair, dark sunglasses, and a loose wardrobe that suggests nothing could spoil this California kickback, not even his shopping cart careening off a bluff. But what soothes my brain isn\u2019t the look or even the twangy country-rock soundtrack (which you can get a taste of in the trailer below). It\u2019s the feel of driving the shopping cart \u2014 the way the body cart floats atop its wheels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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