Missed last week due to Canuck Thanksgiving and what not...here's some stuff that crossed my ocular view...sorry for those I missed and the "past due date" on some of it...

Calling this out as first...other than Demz "How-to-jump-the-fence-online-courtesy-of-the-Clayfighter-flop", but here's the first vid I saw posted up on our forums of the DLC...How about a big, "FIRST!" for King Dean... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CopHlrqYfnY&feature=player_embedded

But, while on the subject of no news, I do want to give a heads up to those of you that tune into the blog for Skate 3 news. The heads up is to not be expecting too much new news here. The reality is, there's not much news to pass along or convey.

And just to stir the pots of perturbance even more...here's a gem... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVEG793G3N4

Anyway...I'm back from my Grecian sojourn. Don't read too much into the trip. No, there won't be a "Shred Antiquity" DLC pack. It was just a Griswaldian family vacation, not a research mission...but...there is DLC coming...and I know that's why you're here.

I had something all written up to explain the above. It was an insightful look into Skate 3's future.

But then I decided to delete it.

You know, I wonder if this happens at the local hockey rink. You show up, dump your pucks out onto the ice for a warm up "fire around"...then startle an exquisitely disheveled Nick Nolte mug-shot looking dude, who was "sleeping" at 12:30 PM behind the goal net, into consciousness. As he stumbles away, two other "players" arrive...one looking inked out like the drummer from Blink 182, the other rocking a Kramer hair-do and Sabbath upside down cross tattoo on his calf...and as they start blistering gnarly slapshots at the net, they proffer some mystical fungi? Is that a common occurrence at your local hockey rink, softball diamond, or shuffleboard court? Is it?

In other patches news…here’s a bit of what was happening with the patch (yes, there was a staggered release, but you know the deal…different consoles and locations get different roll outs…it’s beyond us)…anyway:

...with the game out, DLC dropping, things stabilizing and getting interesting...I thought I'd set out on my own personal grass roots "One Copy At A Time" mission...or maybe it just happened because some Dad with an accent like Gru in Despicable Me couldn't teach his kid how to "do thing where you do on the swing"...."Pump?"..."Yes, yes (I guess)"...So, there I was at Bonsor, carving and pumping corners old man style, when a little kid shows up who is obviously learning the basics...I give him the obligatory "yeahs!" when he rolls in and survives, and you could see he was on the verge of bending his knees at the right time to get his pump on...but he was just a little off.  After showing him some pointers and evidently sucking as a Mr. Miyagi because he wasn't getting it, I asked if he played video games..."Umm...duh?"...I then asked if he had played Skate?  "Yeah, Skate 2, it's sick."  "Well, Skate 3 has a pumping tutorial that'll help you visualize what you should be doing."  "Yeah?  Dad, we've gotta get it."  My work there was done.  One at a time, baby, one at a time...