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Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story

I got approached by a PC developer that wanted to do a videogame based on skateboarding

I got approached by a PC developer that wanted to do a video
game based on skateboarding

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- I got approached by a PC developer
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that wanted to do a video game based on skateboarding.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:35
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
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The story of how skateboarding became a part of the mainstream by focusing on the success of the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" video game franchise.
He asked if I would go pitch this idea - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:10
He asked if I would go pitch this idea
He finally gave up on it and said look, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
He finally gave up on it and said look,
I got a call from Nintendo to come up and talk to them. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
I got a call from Nintendo to come up and talk to them.
I had been working with Neversoft - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:10
I had been working with Neversoft
We hired Neversoft to start building a demo. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
We hired Neversoft to start building a demo.
And then we started looking for who could we attach - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
And then we started looking for who could we attach
So we were looking at some magazines, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
So we were looking at some magazines,
- I don't think there's anybody really at Neversoft - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
- I don't think there's anybody really at Neversof...
So this was like a new thing to us - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
So this was like a new thing to us
- I got a call from Take-Two which is now Rockstar Games. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
- I got a call from Take-Two which is now Rockstar Games.
And they wanted to work on a game - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
And they wanted to work on a game
It was as hard as skateboarding to learn almost - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
It was as hard as skateboarding to learn almost
Activision called me and said we are working on a game, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
Activision called me and said we are working on a game,
- He came in, he showed up in like a T-shirt - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
- He came in, he showed up in like a T-shirt
They sat Tony down and they started showing him - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
They sat Tony down and they started showing him
And I could just see Tony just sort of sinking lower, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
And I could just see Tony just sort of sinking lower,
But at the the meeting, we actually got - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
But at the the meeting, we actually got
And it was their, kind of first attempt - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
And it was their, kind of first attempt
- What they actually showed me was Bruce Willis - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
- What they actually showed me was Bruce Willis
As silly as that sounds, as soon as I played it - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
As silly as that sounds, as soon as I played it