Tony Hawk: Ride (console game)

It's about time they invented a game that portrays what skating is really about. To be honest, I think Xbox are just raking in the money, working their way toward the Microsoft Natal (smart thinking). Ya see, there's no skating-skill in flicking a few buttons with your thumbs. I think the makers of this game (I doubt it was Tony's idea) took this into consideration and decided they would make a game where you were actually standing on a board. Obviously, with there being no trucks on the game board-controller, playing this game too much could create new skating habits that might affect your real street skating...but I don't think that is too likely...a good balance should do the trick.