Toxic Grind

THQ July 2002 -- With things like time travel, deadly toxins and game shows, TG seems more like a bad Cinemax movie than your average BMX game. This story-driven title features 14 levels, each taking place in a different era (place time-travel sound effect here) wherein you hunt for keys, deactivate bombs, and deal with a host of whacky objectives. Hmm...wait, is this Dave Mirra meets Portal Runner? Let's hope not.

THQ's story-based BMX game (due August) was born out of a nutty dream or a madcap development meeting; we're not sure which. It's the year 2097, and BMX riding is outlawed. Offenders are injected with toxic juice and forced to survive several killer (literally) BMX courses. Some time travel and a fella named Jason Hayes are in there as well. Whoa, that's messed up, man.