Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is the only good thing this hell year

When we talk about the most influential games of all time, we tend to talk about titles like Super Mario 64, Doom, and Street Fighter II. Games that either established genres, or brought them into the mainstream. But for me, there’s no series more influential than the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games. It all started when the demo for the PC version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 was released back in 2000. Initially my friends and I didn’t know what to make of this weird little game, but something about its style, its punk rock soundtrack, and its freeform…

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