- What it do everybody?
My name is Irish Giron.
I'm sitting here with my brother, Chuck.
I'm sitting with the homie, Alex Stokes.
We're three skaters from San Diego, California,
who all love playing video games.
I've been skating since my junior year of high school.
I've skated San Diego, Los Angeles, New York.
- I think I first started skating in fourth grade, 13 years.
- I first started skating when I was about 11,
and I just grew up skating San Diego.
So it's been about 12 years.
- [Irish] Nice, so we got about three decades
of skating experience between the three of us.
So today, the two games that we're gonna be playing
are Tony Hawk's Pro Skaters 1 and 2 and Skater XL.
Let's get right into it.
We're gonna do skate tour, we're going to the warehouse.
Oh, didn't pick who I wanted.
- It's all good you got Tyshawn.
- Yeah, who do you think about being?
- I might just be Andrew Reynolds and just do,
just frontside flips the whole time (laughs).
- Do it.
I'm so used to playing Skater XL so, (beep) I got--
- Let's see, yeah.
- If I figure this out, yeah.
- I've never played this.
Uh, man, I'ma go as Reaper
- Reaper.
- Let's go.
(rock music)
- I wanna collect all the letters.
- Oh dang.
- Blasting through.
- You know Tyshawn's got that pop.
- He's got wicked pop.
- Yep.
(rock music)
Oh wait.
- Need to restart, hold up.
- Whoa.
- Nah, nah, I'm, okay.
(laughing)
(rock music)
(laughs) I got to figure out how to--
- Staying true.
- I'm just doing frontside flips.
All right I'll actually start--
- Oh you did impossible flips.
- I got enough frontside flips in.
- Accurate.
(rock music) - You did that on crack.
- That was fire.
- All right, I've never played this game,
so don't judge me Tony.
- Oh, there you go.
- Back 180 for Tony.
(rock music)
Nah, dude, I'm like sucking so bad right now (laughs).
I can't do anything.
- Haven't broke 5k (laughs).
- Wanna get a longer grind.
- Oh, Back Smith all--
- Good balance meter.
- The Holy (beep) grind.
- Hit that.
- Dammit.
I did it.
Certain trick.
- Get the 900 for him.
- Aww.
- Ugh!
- Straight to the knees.
- I got to break 50.
(rock music)
No, I didn't break 50.
- You were really 400 points away.
- There we go, that's a nice trick.
- [Alex] Aw-
- [Irish] Oh yes sir!
- [Chuck] Nice!
(rock music) - Yeah, that was a lower blow.
- Overtime.
- Aww.
- (claps) I wanna see 5k. - All right I got the 900.
- I need 5k.
- I can't wait to do the 900, don't tell me.
(rock music)
- Oh!
- Damn.
(indistinct)
(groans)
- Damn!
- Whoa, real quick.
- What'd you think of the mechanics of it?
- [Alex] I don't know, it's like a good
like arcade skate type of game.
Not the biggest fan though like...
- No disrespect.
- Yeah no disrespect to the bird man. (eagle cawing)
- Yeah, exactly.
- [Chuck] It was sick.
I mean, if I had more time to get to know the controls,
I would definitely, I'd be playing this 24/7.
And I probably will, I'm gonna download it.
Yeah, it's a good game.
(static)
- [Alex] I should be pretty decent this one.
- I already like having both the feet as the sticks.
I will say that.
- Oof.
- Yeah.
- That's a popping (indistinct) that trick.
- That guy's a big trick let guy.
- Ooh.
- See, that's always what happens,
that's exactly how it happens.
(laughs)
- That's exactly what happens
when I can't land a trick in actual skating.
I just do this.
- It's crazy how realistic this game is.
- Yeah.
- Versace, oh.
- Dude! - You better hit this trace.
- Yeah, I know, I gotta hit it one time for Chutch.
(indistinct)
(giggles)
(coughs)
- There it is.
- That's it, the tree.
- Oh, that was...
- That's what I wanted, dude.
- [Alex] All right let's get it.
(rock music)
- Didn't make it on time.
- Fair enough.
All right, I gotta get that at least once.
- Oh!
- Oh my God, this sucks.
(laughs)
- (Beep) this game
- This is not good gameplay.
- (laughs) you're bout to take off.
- Oh my God.
(yelling)
- I take that.
- No, this does not count.
- There he is.
It freaking froze.
(laughing)
- I gotta get, I know I can get it.
- Good.
(rock music)
- Now I know--
- Damn!
- Okay, final, final, right here.
- And the pressure did it.
- The pressure did it right!
- We got it!
(laughs)
- All right.
- He's out, he's out.
Later bro.
- [Chuck] All right so, I definitely suck at this.
- Let's see what you got.
- Okay, I gotta get some cold beer.
- Yes sir.
- All right for this next trick, shout out to Jack Black.
I'ma go goofy mongo McTwist,
with a squeeze.
Yes, that's one.
And back.
Oh, (beep).
- There we go.
(hip-hop music)
- So I accidentally hit the tricks.
- There we go.
- There you go.
- Arg (beep).
- You keep going.
- Don't stop.
- You're still going.
(giggles)
- Now I'm going Micah Christina.
- Shout out to that SOA video from back in the day.
Real skaters know that one.
All right.
Oh!
- Aww.
- I was gonna do something out of it but...
- [Irish] Ultimate balance!
- [Chuck] Ultimate balance.
- Got me, got me a trophy there.
- The mechanics are great.
I remember when I first started playing it like,
it's hard to get used to, but like,
it's the most realistic, like, skate game, so like,
it's cool how one stick controls one foot,
and the other stick controls the other.
- I think I really liked Tony Hawks Pro Skater.
It kind of makes you feel really sick,
with all these trick that you're landing and stuff.
Probably what speaks to my experience with skating
is probably Skater XL because I can't land 900s like nothing
or whatever else I was doing in Tony Hawk
even though I wish I could.
(cheerful music)
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(Drums beating)