Jeff Gerstmann's Pro Skater 2

best series in ages, keep it up!

That intro just makes the perfect feature even more perfect-er.

I played THPS2 on Dreamcast, and either New York isn't in that version or it's completely forgettable, but it's interesting hearing the different soundtrack, at least four of those tracks aren't in the DC version.

Man...seeing someone not manual after almost every trick literally drives me insane when it comes to THPS 2 and 3. =/ lol I am loving this series though, it's feeding my nostalgia.

*EDIT* Nevermind, Jeff got there. He never disappoints lol.

AND DON'T FORGET THE JOKER

What a chopped-up, beautiful mess. it's like downloading midi versions of songs in the dial-up internet days.

What if Tony Hawk contacted EA and said "Hey look, you guys made these great skating games at Black Box. I want you to make another one, i will allow you to license my name and make it "Tony Hawk's Skate" without changing the game play at all". I think it would help the brand get even more traction and it would be a great reintroduction to the series.

Edit: Actually Jeff's idea of "Skate 4 ft. Tony Hawk" is perfect.

Time to wrestling: 1:01:07

*I forgot he mentioned making a wrestler in create-a-skater earlier

Wow I did not remember that Powerman 5000 was a part of this soundtrack. That was an awesome surprise

Ok, i love that Ben is making a fingerboard skate park. I'm all for this. Loving this new series.

@OoBonedaddyOo:haha i went thru this same thought process.

played so much of this hel yea

SKATE ON, MY SON

I can't lie, I was indulging in some of that goodgood green love in neighborly support of Canada's newfound freedom while watching this, so when Brad called out my dumb Sean Bean joke, I'm pretty sure I nearly fell out of my chair, haha. Like "Oh, right, this is live and they're reading chat!"

Then I absolutely died laughing when Jeff ragged on my name.

I love this series so much, hopefully it will become a weekly or at least bi-weekly thing.

The ending was also great (even though I never liked Mat Hoffman's), I'd love to see more THPS clone stuff.

I absolutely hate to be the one to ask this, but was it a bit or is the staff unaware of the horrible new meaning the internet has assigned to 'hot glue'?

I live in Florida... and I have hung out with the murder junkies... or whats left of them at least.

Holyshit that intro.

RIP Wayne Static

Also, I don't remember, in any capacity, the "using cash to buy new tricks" mechanic in this game. Weird.

I just remembered this but I would rent either this one or the 3rd one and put cheat codes on for low gravity and play as spider-man and rack up insane scores. I would do this for like hours on end.

Sweet memories.

It's infuriating that so many people are unfamiliar with Web of Shadows, easily the best Spider-Man game prior to the PS4 game.

Technical issues are barring me from watching Giant Bomb lately. Their player does not work well on an iPad Air and I still have ADSL in the house, so any video that's not on YouTube will be choppy for me.

Anyway, this is a great series.

that skatepark is on namek huh

That intro might be a little to radical for me.

Damn this takes me back, some great tracks on this soundtrack.

Also to follow up on a discussion, here is a list of every 3D PS1 game that runs at 60 FPS.

Source: this forum post.

I remember when finger boards were hip with the kids, including myself.

Ben makes me laugh so much! Ben - "Shaun White looks like an old man." Brad - "He's 32, how old are you?" Ben - "28." I cried... Great series gentlemen. So glad I'm premium. Thanks for everything you all do.

This game in particular gives me serious nostalgia feels. Also, that intro is something else. Bravo.

Man, Jet Li's "The One" has nearly the same soundtrack as this game.

as soon as blood brothers by papa roach started playing while on school II i was instantly transported back 15 years

That intro is EPIC !

The Orbach car is actually Brandon Bird's. He funded it through Kickstarter last year, I think? He's an old friend of mine from high school and it's kind of rad to hear him name-checked on Giant Bomb.

Man this game is so good.

ARE THEY GONNA DO 3 NEXT? OH MY GOD

Oh man BMX XXX

bring in the trash soon

It’s good that they have Ben around since Brad and Jeff are so out of touch with any media not related to video games.

Henry Winkler finally winning an Emmy for his role on Barry was one of the nicer moments of the year so far.

Brad pronounces Abby's online user handle the same way I always do in my head (50:05).

Also, I was super disappointed that they didn't let the game's intro play before they started. I can't hear Guerrilla Radio without thinking about that montage.

Seriously, this might be the best opening for a series you guys have ever done. Fantastic stuff.

glad to hear jeff name aggressive inline as one of the standouts of this genre, i played the absolute hell out of that game when i was younger

at 17 minutes 30 this series hit a whole new level.

i'm glad i'm not the only one who bought da share zone card game and the dril book

I also love the glove but only because Jim Ross commanded me to.

Flip side to the snow fascination in places that don't get it is any part of Canada with the refusal to acknowledge that large amount of snow causes difficulties. 18" of snow falls over night? Screw you the schools are still open and your boss WILL be grumpy if you show up late that morning.

Man the soundtrack on this game is a banger.

More BenCraft please!

Easily one of the best openings (if not THE best) to a Giant Bomb series.

So when can we expect a Giant Bomb skateboard deck in the store?

@goldsoundz: Yes! My parents got me and my brothers it on Dreamcast for christmas that year. I'll always remember those days playing it.

I can't