Watch trailer for ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater’ documentary about video game’s legacy
nme.comTony Hawk’s Pro Skater, the video game that revitalised the dwindling skateboarding culture of the ’90s, has been released.Pretending I’m A Superman, which lands digitally on August 18, chronicles the rise and demise of skateboarding from the ’80s to the mid-late ’90s, and the impact that had on the career prospects of professional vertical skater, Tony Hawk.The film will go on to show how Activision’s decision to publish a skateboarding game using Hawk’s name in 1999 would prove to be not only a critical and commercial success, but a virtual catalyst for inspiring a new generation of kids to take their boards to the streets.“To think that this may actually affect the evolution of skateboarding,” professional boarder Chad Muska says at one.
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