“When in doubt, throttle it out.” -Anonymous

The video game market works in mysterious ways. Game trends come and go, the player base can fall in love with a concept, yet weeks or months later completely move on to something different.

Occasionally, a game is released that transcends genre, and gives us something the likes of which we’ve never seen, or at least never seen done well. Additionally, sometimes a game is released that creates a major buzz in the market, yet no one can really figure out why.

Once in a blue moon, the planets align, and you experience both of those happenings simultaneously. Almost as if a new type of game that no one has ever seen sprouts from the video game tree, ripens, and is picked and hand delivered to your local video game dispensary. The Trials series of games is a perfect example of this phenomenon.

What made motorcycle trials so popular out of seemingly nowhere? While BMX and motorcycle trials games have been around for years, starting in the early 2000’s in the form of Flash games on the likes of Miniclip.com and eBaumsWorld, the recent resurgence of the genre has certainly proven one thing: people like playing them!

Now, I’ve mentioned “motorcycle trials” several times now, and if you’re not familiar with the sport, you may be asking yourself: what the heck are “motorcycle trials?” Simply put, motorcycle trials is an action sport in which a rider on a motorcycle attempts to negotiate obstacles without crashing or touching their feet to the ground. This particular sport is done on a dirt bike that has been modified not for high speed, but for improved control at low speeds, allowing riders to absorb the large hits and negotiate obstacles, while still maintaining control of the vehicle. As the rider is always standing, there is no seat on the motorcycle, and very little air is pumped into the tires to maximize traction and increase the “squishy” feeling.

Mark your calendar, for today is the day you became an expert about trials!

While trials games centered around bicycles in the earlier 2000’s in the form of Flash games, the eventual creation of complex physics engines to handle suspension and throttle and brake control has allowed motorcycle trials games to take over their BMX counterpart in popularity.

Without going into too much detail about the earlier trials games, the resurgence of the genre arguably began in 2007 with the release of browser and Windows PC game Trials 2 by a company called RedLynx. While RedLynx would eventually be acquired by Ubisoft in 2011, they put out a steady stream of trials games before and after this acquisition, including Trials 2: Second Edition, Trials HD, Trials Evolution, and the most recent mainline game in the series, Trials Fusion. Chances are, you’ve heard of at least one of these games, and most likely seen it in action.

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