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Here's a riddle for you. I've never properly played a Tony Hawk's game, yet I put more hours into Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on the original PlayStation than anything else on the console. Okay, it's not a particularly tough riddle to crack - like a lot of kids back then,…

Skater XL's exit from Early Access doesn't feel like a proper 1.0 release, with disappointing levels and a lack of polish letting its good trick system down.By Mat Paget on August 11, 2020 at 4:10PM PDT The world is full of spots. They invite you, seducing you into skating on…

From a distance, Skater XL looks eerily similar to Skate. Both games have a low camera angle, for instance, and hilariously bad ragdoll physics whenever you mistime a kickflip and fall down a long set of stairs. Skater XL’s control scheme is fundamentally different to the Skate franchise, though, because…

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Skater XL bills itself as “a head-first dive into the skateboarding world, where style, creativity and the perfect trick is yours to define.” Borrowing heavily from the Skate franchise, the game gives you big, open levels and a series of simple controls through which to navigate those spaces. You have…

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They’re called “strangergrams.” That’s what twenty-four-year-old professional skateboarder Andy Anderson calls them, anyhow. Brief, Instagram-length video clips featuring Anderson skating around the streets of his hometown of White Rock, BC, or Toronto, or Montreal, or Huntington Beach, California. These videos are filmed by complete—you guessed it—strangers. He simply asks a…

2020-07-20 15:30:00by Brett Makedonski66 now, maybe more to comePC has already had its day in the sun. It's time for Xbox to lounge and chillax to the max. The vacation has started a day early. Earlier this month, we reported that Xbox is getting its own Summer Game Fest demo…

Skater XL Song Artists Include many Chart Topers As a Skate Punk enthusiast in my youth, I am always stoked to see the soundtracks released for skateboard video games. Skater XL is no exception, and it did not disappoint. Skater XL takes pride in giving players unparalleled freedom in expression…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Adam Tooze, professor of history at Columbia University, in The Guardianon the need for a continued and coordinated responseThe latest figures are a wake-up call: the global Covid-19 crisis isn’t close…