The 7 games I played in January 2021
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2: I have played through almost every Tony Hawk game, and I love most of them. The Tony Hawk series introduced me to punk rock as a pre-teen, and I will always be grateful for that, but even divorced from the soundtrack the gameplay is just its own thing with an expression-through-play that no other game captures in the same way. After not touching a Tony Hawk game in over 5 years, it was great to be able to just jump right back in, the controls still burned into my brain. I am especially grateful that the developers put together the perfect repertoire of abilities form the series history, instead of limiting it to the tricks present in the original THPS 1 & 2. That said, this compilation of 1+2 has only made me more adamant that 3 & 4 are the best Tony Hawk games. They really embraced a wider variety of goals that made each level feel a bit more video gamey and gave it some personality. Ketsui Deathtiny: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi: A port of Cave's ve
