I’ve got so many fond memories of playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on the PS1. Those heady, hazy days spent huddled around a small TV as me and my pals chatted nonsense and competed for high scores to the tunes of the game’s punk rock soundtrack were so carefree and full of laughter.
It feels like those days of shoulder-to-shoulder pass-the pad action are long gone now though, and they’re something that I’m not sure modern generations will ever get to experience in the way that I did. You know, what with that there speedy internet and all the other futuristic nonsense we have now.
But of course with every loss caused by futuristic nonsense comes a gain, and this particular gain is virtual reality, which is something that has allowed VR Skater to be a thing that exists. VR Skater is a VR skateboarding game (obviously) that does a very good job of translating that ever so moreish gameplay loop of a Tony Hawk’s game into a virtual reality experience and for this week’s episode of VR Corner (above) you can watch me play through a preview build of the upcoming PSVR2 port.
