Getting Ready To Trip

Getting Ready To Trip

Looks like Josh, Ron, and I will be taking the gong show on the road next week as we roll the game out to some media types down near SF.  Look for some gaming media coverage eventually, and maybe a little coverage from a surprise community guest.  Not much new to share, but the GI article had some stuff that will hopefully satiate...at least momentarily.  (And...there may be be a spot check nugget buried in the puzzle down below.)  

Longplays

Gonna hafta go alphamabetical this week...too many long ones to shake an eye ball at...as always, if I missed yours...sorry...but I was logging lots of hours just trying to keep up with the action...

"H" is before "I"...so...Yes, The Hostile Hoodies released something of epic proportions...I'm bucking the Southie lovefest trend...he deservedly got the majority of the forum accolades...but I'd like to draw your attention to the skating of Blackhawk...why?  Well, listen to the song and think about it...all these dudes ripped...I get to heckle them pretty regular so I won't go into too many details, besides there's like 10 pages of praise that does a better job of breaking it down than I could ever hope to do...but...oh well...psyched to see Magic's part, he killed it and edited the hell out of an amazing piece of Skate 2 art...Skatevid had a sweet little subway ender...enjoyed the vibe of the Threat tease...Hitties little line at 6:20 was nifty... Quetonto had a suitably creative part...and Southie?  Well, we know everyone hates him...(ever skated with him?  Most of that stuff is like first try stuff...he is stupidly good at the game)...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJR9H8LVOx4&feature=related  ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32liCeO4cg&feature=related  ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU7xLTghjqk&feature=related

Illusion sneaks in by two letters for the number two slot this week...thought the intro worked pretty well with its vid scratchy rewind thing going on...Seth's part got me psyched to go do some lines in The Rez 17:46 and then do some mini-ramp body jars...and Sevenply had a few things that evoked "yeahs"...my only complaint...where was the Foreigner? http://www.wegame.com/watch/illusion_presents_double_vision/

INH took the Yeah Right magic board part and executed their own version of it...with sick results... llamarock's handy gap and song put a smile on my mug...Prof Branson had me hooked as soon as I heard Alex bashing out Hot For Teacher... and Menno's Handygap crail left me stunned... http://www.wegame.com/watch/6_Guys_one_board_iNH_full_length_video/

Shorties

Not going to do too many this week...spent too many hours checking the barrage of longplays...but some stuff is just to good to get lazy with...

Supafly super solo...can't go wrong with Del... and the hurricane announced by Del around 1:23 was super sick... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB_tkKPtuMc&feature=player_embedded

Whitseys dropped a solo for Instinct and even invited some guests... it's a perky little piece of realistic skating thatkept me stoked throughout... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohO3LEjx7K0

Getting Ready To Trip

Looks like Josh, Ron, and I will be taking the gong show on the road next week as we roll the game out to some media types down near SF.  Look for some gaming media coverage eventually, and maybe a little coverage from a surprise community guest.  Not much new to share, but the GI article had some stuff that will hopefully satiate...at least momentarily.  (And...there may be be a spot check nugget buried in the puzzle down below.)  

Longplays

Gonna hafta go alphamabetical this week...too many long ones to shake an eye ball at...as always, if I missed yours...sorry...but I was logging lots of hours just trying to keep up with the action...

"H" is before "I"...so...Yes, The Hostile Hoodies released something of epic proportions...I'm bucking the Southie lovefest trend...he deservedly got the majority of the forum accolades...but I'd like to draw your attention to the skating of Blackhawk...why?  Well, listen to the song and think about it...all these dudes ripped...I get to heckle them pretty regular so I won't go into too many details, besides there's like 10 pages of praise that does a better job of breaking it down than I could ever hope to do...but...oh well...psyched to see Magic's part, he killed it and edited the hell out of an amazing piece of Skate 2 art...Skatevid had a sweet little subway ender...enjoyed the vibe of the Threat tease...Hitties little line at 6:20 was nifty... Quetonto had a suitably creative part...and Southie?  Well, we know everyone hates him...(ever skated with him?  Most of that stuff is like first try stuff...he is stupidly good at the game)...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJR9H8LVOx4&feature=related  ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32liCeO4cg&feature=related  ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU7xLTghjqk&feature=related

Illusion sneaks in by two letters for the number two slot this week...thought the intro worked pretty well with its vid scratchy rewind thing going on...Seth's part got me psyched to go do some lines in The Rez 17:46 and then do some mini-ramp body jars...and Sevenply had a few things that evoked "yeahs"...my only complaint...where was the Foreigner? http://www.wegame.com/watch/illusion_presents_double_vision/

INH took the Yeah Right magic board part and executed their own version of it...with sick results... llamarock's handy gap and song put a smile on my mug...Prof Branson had me hooked as soon as I heard Alex bashing out Hot For Teacher... and Menno's Handygap crail left me stunned... http://www.wegame.com/watch/6_Guys_one_board_iNH_full_length_video/

Shorties

Not going to do too many this week...spent too many hours checking the barrage of longplays...but some stuff is just to good to get lazy with...

Supafly super solo...can't go wrong with Del... and the hurricane announced by Del around 1:23 was super sick... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB_tkKPtuMc&feature=player_embedded

Whitseys dropped a solo for Instinct and even invited some guests... it's a perky little piece of realistic skating thatkept me stoked throughout... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohO3LEjx7K0

Torfinho got me all misty eyed with his shred down memory lane... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICgmPEGi-Kw

In for the quickie nose slides...it's a solo from Catface's fdh3rd... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JScqPxbHYfw&feature=player_embedded

Going to add Ninja Steez in here just so he doesn't come and hippe jump my ass...plus, I do respect the wall ride hippie flip he did at Maloof... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOP9_nQdCE

Promos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFWTbAkRtuk&feature=player_embedded - promo solo from Desean for the Hood....and it's pretty damn good...

Tales From The Skatepark

I figure you've all seen this, but it never hurts to laugh and dumb little kids...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCHteZnFA3E ...reminds me of watching some people play OG Skate...or that Big Brother video when Clyde made fun of the rollerblader that couldn't get out of the bowl.

Here's something for you trivia heads that don't have anything better to do with your time...

ACROSS

1. Bull horn contest master
2. Metal gods with songs in both Skates
3. Etnies comp in Skate 2
5. Brazilian skater that met an untimely demise at the hands of a pebble
7. The biggest bouncer in San van
9. Lucas Puig's favorite challenge designer
11. The number of deathboxes in Skate 2
12. The Slaying surgeon
13. Pushing this way may get you yelled at
14. Wonder twin powers activate...form of The Mag photographer
16. Master of all things Mega
17. San Van's favorite record store

DOWN

1. Loves to play SKATE and has to go to the bathroom
4. The mini-ramp shop from OG Skate
6. Corridor of Flesh
7. Skate 3 Pre-order nugget and Skate game devlopers
8. Brick-like NY spot Cuz thinks he saw in Skate 3 build
10. The Mouth that roars on Wednesdays
15. ----- Hideout