Your cousin and grandfather aren’t going to play Forza together, but they can both hang in a round of Mario Kart. When Bizarre Creations, the developer of the critically acclaimed Project Gotham Racing series, was purchased by Activision in 2007, the last thing anyone expected was a hard break from their semi-realistic street racing. On the surface, Blur looks like any other 2000s racing game. Playing with friends and strangers online, it was hilarious how quickly everyone’s shared knowledge of Mario Kart lent Blur its shorthand. The Disney-published racing game, whose selling point was mid-race setpieces literally pulled from Michael Bay films, presented far better to potential buyers than Blur.