Wipeout in the Zone is not that game. Now that I’ve got your expectations in the right zone, we can discuss Wipeout on its own merits. Based on the ABC television show Wipeout, the game recreates the zany, Japanese-game-show-style obstacle course full people getting slammed by large foam objects and knocked into. Total Wipeout is a British game show, hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, which first aired on the BBC on 3 January 2009.Each week, 20 contestants compete in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenges were based in large pools of water or mud and generally involved large assault courses that participants had to cross.

The calm before the storm.In and of “Wipeout Memories” I talked about everything leading up to my actual time in the Wipeout Zone.Let’s be honest. You want to hear about how I got my ass kicked.

Well, the wait is over.Let the ass kicking commence.The first Wipeout Zone consisted of four obstacles:. “Bowled Over”. “Spring-o-vator” (Big Balls). “Spring Fling”.

“Wipeout Kitchen”Here’s how things went oh, wait! Did I mention that entire the surface of the zone was covered in “lube” and that since I was second to last, said lube had spent the last two plus hours getting wet and muddy and eliminating all hopes of traction?No?

Well it did.So as I went to take my very first step down the ramp leading to the first obstacle, I hit the lube. My feet slipped out from under me and I slid down the ramp into the water.Needless to say, I was off to a shaky start.BOWLED OVERAfter pulling myself out of the water, I climbed up the steps to the “Bowled Over” obstacle.

Now in the prep talk, the director told us that the big obstacle to watch for were the giant balls rolling down to “bowl” us over. What he didn’t say was this was just a diversion and the real obstacle were the air ram panels waiting to hit us dead in the face and send us flying into the mud.So, as I ran along the “alley” looking up at the rolling balls, I heard the quick “hiss” of an air ram deploying. And before you could say “Oh shit,” I was airborne and heading for the mud. Swimming through the mud to the steps (and enjoying a big ole mouthful of mud for good measure), I realized I had to go through yet another alley.

And damned if I was going to fall for the same trick twice. Fortunately as I climbed the stairs I saw one panel sticking out a few inches further than the others gotcha. So I ran toward the panel and stopped just before I reached the kill zone.

The air ram deployed and did knock me back, but I managed to avoid a second mud bath.Score one for Scott. Goat simulator goatz download pc. Granted, this would be one of my few victories. I volunteered for this.SPRING-O-VATORNow I’ve probably run a few thousand miles on a treadmill in my life, but this beastie leading up to the big balls is hands down the biggest treadmill I ever have (or ever will) be on.

And this thing was on a one-way trip to the big balls. I back pedaled momentarily when I got on the belt, but quickly realized I was going to be launched whether I wanted to or not.

So, I went with the flow and jumped for the big balls. Now I had spent about an hour the week before watching video of the big balls, trying to guess their firmness, amount of spring and an appropriate strategy.

Yeah, that crap went right out the window. I hit the first ball, flipped over the second ball and then bounced like a pinball between balls two and three before ending with a splash in the water below. Graceful as a oh hell, I’m not graceful.Now I mentioned yesterday that the water wasn’t heated. This water wasn’t just cold. It was freezing.

It was “shrinkage on an epic scale” freezing (if you know what I mean). As I swam to the ladder for the next obstacle, I could feel my energy being syphoned off.On a side note, ESPN “Sports Science” analyzed Wipeout’s big balls. And they said hitting the water after falling off the big balls had the equivalent force of a major league outfielder running into the wall at full speed.

So, ouch.I paused while climbing the ladder simply because exhaustion was already starting to set in and I was barely halfway through the first obstacle course.SPRING FLINGThis obstacle involved jumping off a diving board onto a swinging platform and then jumping from that swinging platform onto yet another platform (all while rocking back and forth about 15 feet over the water). Realizing success was dependent upon timing, I waited until the swinging platform reached its apex and then hit the springboard for all it was worth and did a leap of faith into mid air. Low and behold, I had timed it just right and belly-flopped right onto the swinging platform. Score two for Scott except of course that I had basically knocked the wind out of myself. And as I gasped for breath I could hear the director on the megaphone telling me I had to get to my feet.

As I uttered a few words under my breath that certainly wouldn’t make it past network censors, I got to my feet and looked at the next platform. I did my best to time it then once again tossed my body into the void. Aw, damn.As I sailed through the air, I couldn’t help but think back to the Woody Harrelson/Wesley Snipes buddy picture “White Men Can’t Jump.” Perhaps I could have been cast to star in its straight to DVD sequel “Stocky White Men in Life Vests Also Can’t Jump.” Well, I did manage to at least hit the second platform before gracefully (and I mean “like a rock” gracefully) flipping backward and plummeting back into the freezing water for another round of “epic shrinkage.”Three down, one to go.WIPEOUT KITCHENWell, this torture contraption was surely invented by a sadist with a sweet tooth.

The obstacle consisted of me diving through several “oven shaped” cutouts while in between landing in a tub of chocolate (god, I hope it was chocolate) and then an air ram nailing me in the face with a custard pie (god, I hope it was custard). After flopping out of that mess I had to traverse two pneumatically-controlled rolling pin, umm “thingees.” I managed to roll over the first one (pun intended) and as I ran up to the second one, the operator fired the control ramming the pin dead into my chest and sending me sliding back under the first pin. Undaunted okay, maybe a little daunted I got past the first pin again, looked at the second and thought to myself, “I’m going to roll right over this bitch.”So, I started to launch myself over the second pin. You know that moment where you think everything is going to be okay?

I had that brief instant of joy.Then the operator fired the pneumatic control.I want to thank the still photographer from Wipeout, because they froze a moment in time that I’ll never forget. I was 180 degrees inverted literally “head over heels.” And I do mean literally. Quality time with Jill.So after the medics checked me over to make certain I didn’t have a concussion or some other injury, they led me back to the waiting area with me still covered head-to-toe in the soggy remnants of mud, chocolate and custard (god, I hope they were).And yes, I did make eye contact with the final contestant for the zone as I walked. And yes, I did give him an “Abandon hope all ye who enter” look.I walked into the bathroom and glanced in the mirror.