Twice the Tony Hawk
Twice the Tony Hawk
Dan Ackerman Editorial Director / Computers and Gaming
Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" (Hachette/PublicAffairs), a non-fiction gaming and business history book that has earned rave reviews from the New York Times, Fortune, LA Review of Books, and many other publications.
"Upends the standard Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs/Mark Zuckerberg technology-creation myth... the story shines." -- The New York Times
Expertise I've been testing and reviewing computer and gaming hardware for over 20 years, covering every console launch since the Dreamcast and every MacBook...ever. Credentials
- Author of the award-winning, NY Times-reviewed nonfiction book The Tetris Effect; Longtime consumer technology expert for CBS Mornings
Not one, but two Tony Hawk games were announced by Activision this week. Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam is for the upcoming Nintendo Wii and puts the world's most popular skater in a series of SSX-style breakneck races on steep courses from San Francisco to Machu Picchu. The Wii controller makes for a unique control experience, but the graphics at this point are sub-GameCube quality. A Nintendo DS version will also be available. The Wii version should be a launch title later this year.
The other next-gen consoles will get Tony Hawk's Project 8, where you compete for a slot on Tony's new team of eight amateur skaters. Only a prerendered movie was available, but traditional Hawk players will be waiting with bated breath for this one.
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