Tony Hawk’s Underground
The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise has gone through its myriad ups and downs since skating onto the scene in 1999. One of the more satisfying spin-offs, though, was the Underground series—colloquially shortened to THUG—for its silly campaign, oddball characters, newly added tricks, and open environments. Sure, the controls were imprecise, especially when roaming off your board, but the vast amount of customization, the deep well of tricks, and the quirky challenges made up for some of the frustrations with board control. It also had one of the punkest soundtracks in the series, which always hyped me up to go skating and actually inspired me to start a band. Yeah, THUG’s dope.
