Saturday Morning Gaming: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

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8 Responses

  1. Swami says:

    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

    • Brandon Berg in reply to Swami says:

      I just realized that skateboarding is land surfing. Or maybe the other way around.Report

      • Surfing came first, so I’m inclined to go with the former.Report

      • Swami in reply to Brandon Berg says:

        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. Jaybird says:

    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

  3. PROFESSOR ESPERANTO says:

    Not necessarily playing anything, just beating myself up for being stupid and selfish.Report

  4. Aaron David says:

    Here is a little video taste of the great Tony Hawk, along with Tommy Guerrero, another one of the famous Bones Brigade, doing the Norcal thing. Guerrero has since become an intensely good jazz guitarist.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_m_Xw1aErUReport