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Quicksilver: Queen Victoria’s Airship Racing Game

11 months agoParenting / Fatherhood : Geekdad

Overview: The Quicksilver airships have been retired from Queen Victoria’s Royal Air Force, but they’ve been put to use in the Quicksilver International Racing Federation. Race to the checkpoints and cross the finish line first, but watch that you don’t run into mountains or flying minefields, and look out for the gun turrets. (Retired? Perhaps. [...]
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