I’ve got some Blur multiplayer beta keys. Only three, but that’s three more than I need. If you an Xbox Live gold subscription and you want to play Blur, which you do, hit the jump for further instructions. Not sure yet? Hit the jump anyway, and I’ll tell you why you want to play it.

I’ll make good on my second promise first: here’s why you want to play. You take the beauty of form from a racing game with real cars, like Codemasters’ GRID, and hand it to Bizarre Creations. Bizarre Creations couldn’t make a bad game if they tried, and they obviously have mad respect for Mario Kart. The product of all of this is a racer with extremely fun multiplayer, power-ups, gorgeous graphics, menus that drip with style, and experience points from racing well that mean you’ll probably unlock something new every two or three races.

Watch this video, and then pretend that the people in it were just normal folk having a normal conversation. Because that’s exactly how I’ve been talking about the game.

There’s an unrestrained, childish glee that accompanies just about every race in Blur. Not to mention, when the full thing gets here, we’ll have 4-player splitscreen. Delicious.

You want a key? The first three people to email me (originofbob@astringentgaming.com) with the subject line “GIVE ME MAH BLUR BETA,” in all caps, just like that, will receive a reply with a unique key and instructions on what to do with it. Remember, you need to cover the cost of your Xbox Live gold subscription yourself. I’m watching my inbox! Go go go!