Kotaku: skate or die

PlayStation AM JAM Rewards Extremism

Mike Fahey — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:20:30 MDT

The 4th Annual PlayStation AM JAM started back in March of this year, hosting events across the country to find the best of the best in extreme sports (at least the more acceptable ones) The events were spread across 11 cites, with almost 900 contestants signing up to prove their skills in skateboarding, inline skating, and BMX. The tournament culminated in a showdown at Camp Woodward, the premier action sports training camp in the country.

After the smoke cleared, only four were left standing (except of course for the BMX winner. The winners were Chris O'Reilly for skate vert, Louie Lopez for skate park, Copy Porsche for inline skating, and Kyle Kelsey for BMX. Each winner received $5,000 and a scholarship to Woodward for next season.

Stories like these make me remember the good old days of my youth, when my parents would actually have to tell me to come inside and watch television. . .back before outdoors became what I passed through on the way to Wal-Mart. Michael Fahey

PlayStation AM JAM Finalists Selected [Playstation.Blog]

Ultra Video Games For NES Commercial

fdemarco — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:00:08 MST

"I am the creator of Ultra Games for Nintendo!" proclaims the strange floating headed man at the beginning of this classic commercial. His Wizard of Oz like visage appears throughout the advertisement to tell us about all the great games he's "invented" for the NES like Metal Gear, Defender of the Crown and Skate or Die. Funny, but I don't remember ever seeing this guy in any developer interviews. Still, it strikes fear into my cold, black heart every time I hear him say "Remember, I'm never farther than your TV!"

Thanks, man. I don't think I'll be getting anywhere near my TV now. Flynn De Marco

EA Working on Next-Gen Skate Game

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:00:48 MDT

According to a Lazard Capital Markets analyst Electronic Arts is hard at work on a new skateboarding game that will compete with Activision's Tony Hawk franchise.

Skate is scheduled to hit next-gen consoles next year, according to the report.

Analyst Colin Sebastian remains faithful that Activision's TH franchise will survive the threat. Afterall, the franchise has made more than $1 billion in net revenue for Activision.

Interesting. I wonder if EA is going to try and line-up another skateboarding big name to try and dampen Tony Hawk's draw in the very limited market? More importantly, I wonder if this is some next-gen version of Skate or Die, that would rock. Brian Crecente