8 thoughts on “Saturday Morning Gaming: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

  1. One of the guys I surf with swears that when he was much younger that he was so good at skateboarding that Tony Hawk asked HIM for an autograph.Report

      1. One of my favorite documentaries ever is called Dogtown And the Z-Boys. It is about how the early 70’s shortboarders of Venice Beach redefined skateboarding around short board maneuvers in the empty pools of draught-torn California.

        Oddly enough, it captures the essence of progress better than just about anything I have either watched or read. There is a new academic field emerging around progress studies. My recommendation is that they study this movie if they really want to “get” the topic.Report

  2. In the middle of a grind or a manual, you can tap square or circle to change the trick that you’re doing without appreciably changing your balance.

    I got the sick score.

    Now I’m in the mall. One of the cute things they updated: in 2001, the mall was obviously visited regularly by customers. In 2020, the mall is a dead mall.Report

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