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An Open Letter To Tony Hawk

May 30, 2009

Dear mr Hawk,
We have recently had the announcement of your new Tony Hawk Ride game and the new motion based controller that can be used to make the on screen skater perform tricks as you hop, flip and ollie the board in front of your TV.
Tony, what you fail to realize is that “gimmicks” and [...]

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Skate 2 is here

January 23, 2009

Today, being the 23rd of Jan 2009 is the official launch day of Skate 2 by Electronic Arts and Black Box.
Despite there being some bad press, sore user reviews of the demo and overall apathy at the inclusion of some Tony Hawk style features, Skate 2 still guarantees to be the best skateboarding console game [...]

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EA Skate Session Spots

December 22, 2008

Ok. I have something to admit. I have not yet completed EA Skate!
What?
I get too hung up skating single spots over and over again rather than cruising down hills or completing objectives set by a “homie”.  I stick to my skating roots and session a spot, then move on.
My current favorite is the [...]

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Skitching

December 12, 2008

Ok…
I’m getting scared now.
Skitching(i.e. “ski-hitching” or “skate-hitching”) is the act of hitching a ride on the rear bumper of a car when there is ice or slick snow on the roads. It is also sometimes commonly referred to as Bumper Hitching. This can also be done with a skateboard or roller skates in urban areas [...]

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Video Of The Week #3

March 28, 2008

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An excellent, all out, balls to the grindstone, full speed technical smash of EA Skate action.
It’s a little “Hawk” at times – but great stuff!

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Game Developers Conference 08 – where’s our Skate 2?

February 27, 2008

The GDC 2008 in San Francisco finished just over a week ago and left us drooling after getting more concrete details for franchise updates such as Gears Of War 2 and Mario Kart Wii.
But where was Skate 2?
Where was the tech demo showing some new stuff like getting off the board and night/day weather effects?
Ok, [...]

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Official: Skate Outsells Tony Hawk 2-to-1

February 3, 2008

Several titles did well against direct competitors. SKATE, a new and highly rated IP from our Black Box studio, outperformed an entrenched competitor. Despite the fact that we launched on three fewer platforms, we realized a 55% revenue share in North America. On current generation systems, SKATE outsold Tony Hawk nearly 2 to 1.
So. There [...]

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EA Skate Versus Guy Mariano Fully Flared

January 31, 2008

As featured on Skatergeek before, Guy Mariano appears in another video made using EA Skate trying to replicate his part in the excellent Fully Flared Lakai Skateboarding DVD.
Watch the original and then watch the EA Skate version.
Let me know what you think!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltG2JHkknKM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_NzxrkuhIA[/youtube]

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Video Of The Week #2

January 28, 2008

It’s a Monday, it’s the afternoon, it’s my coffee time – it must be time for me to post my Video Of The Week!
This week, some cool action from Project 0mega.  Especially love that last jump over the rail!
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ohzlIQXaIso[/youtube]
And yes… it’s EA Skate again!
If you can show me some good Tony Hawk footage you have [...]

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EA Skate Reel – What Would You Change?

January 12, 2008

I know that the EA Skate Reel is not the best format for sharing your compiled images, videos and experiences – but at the moment it’s all we have.
The fact that it is still in Beta is, in my opinion, admittance by EA that they have not really spent any time sorting it out.
With the [...]

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