Prior to the release of the original Skate, there wasn’t really any variety in the skateboarding videogame genre. But Black Box’s new take on skating gave players a whole new way to play by delivering on a more realistic experience than other games in the genre. The only catch was that with this new game came some annoyances that many players just couldn’t seem to look past. There were technical bugs sprinkled about, the online had problems, and the most noticeable of Skate’s problems was that there were just too many tricks mapped to the right stick. And now with the release of Skate 2, Black Box tries to iron out all of the kinks riddling their first installment. But do they succeed?… More info
A skateboarding dog recently entertained throngs of passers-by at the paved lot behind Buckman Elementary School, 320 S.E. 16th Ave., on an otherwise quiet Monday afternoon.
Clint Bowie/Special to The OregonianPenelope, Tony Mengis’ 5-year-old English bulldog, entertains passers-by in the Buckman neighborhood. She apparently picked up the skill from her former owner.
“I didn’t teach her how to do this,” says owner Tony Mengis of his 5-year-old English bulldog, Penelope, whom he adopted about a year ago…Â More infoÂ
We don’t write about many iPod games here at the ‘Lab, but today we’re making an exception — if only because I have wasted so much time playing TouchGrind that I need to get something productive out of it.
TouchGrind is a skateboarding game for the iPhone, and it’s probably the most addictive game I have played since Desktop Tower Defense. Don’t expect some crazy…Â More info
With the ever growing popularity and mainstream attention that is hand in hand with skateboarding today, it’s easy to lose sight of why we do what we do. When you start placing goals completely unrelated on your skating you lose track of why you started. I can tell you that first and foremost if your skateboarding to get sponsored, your in it for all the wrong reasons. Just have fun, hang with friends, and let friendly competition be your motivating factor. I’m not saying sponsorship or getting hooked up is bad, because it’s nice and helps financially to support your passion for skating. But it is far from what it’s cracked up to be. Just being at a flow and shop sponsor level is responsibility enough, not to mention the select few who are pro. It can start turning what you once loved into something you dread if your not careful…. More info
